From 3c5b1ac6dd60e153899adf5eda03c0e0e21557ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elara <elara@elara.ws>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 01:53:03 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Use the Accept-Language header to set new users' language
 (#4435)

* Use the Accept-Language header to set new users' language

* Implement clippy suggestions

---------

Co-authored-by: Dessalines <dessalines@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 Cargo.lock                         | 7 +++++++
 crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml         | 1 +
 crates/api_crud/src/user/create.rs | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0f7695df5..abe673cd8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ version = "0.11.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fe438c63458706e03479442743baae6c88256498e6431708f6dfc520a26515d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "accept-language"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f27d075294830fcab6f66e320dab524bc6d048f4a151698e153205559113772"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "activitypub_federation"
 version = "0.5.1-beta.1"
@@ -2608,6 +2614,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "lemmy_api_crud"
 version = "0.19.3"
 dependencies = [
+ "accept-language",
  "activitypub_federation",
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index f4f89c2e5..d72ed27c9 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ moka.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 webmention = "0.5.0"
+accept-language = "3.1.0"
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
 ignored = ["futures"]
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/user/create.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/user/create.rs
index 39e375150..5f11384f7 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/user/create.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/user/create.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ pub async fn register(
   // Also fixes a bug which allows users to log in when registrations are changed to closed.
   let accepted_application = Some(!require_registration_application);
 
+  // Get the user's preferred language using the Accept-Language header
+  let language_tag = req.headers().get("Accept-Language").and_then(|hdr| {
+    accept_language::parse(hdr.to_str().unwrap_or_default())
+      .first()
+      // Remove the optional region code
+      .map(|lang_str| lang_str.split('-').next().unwrap_or_default().to_string())
+  });
+
   // Create the local user
   let local_user_form = LocalUserInsertForm::builder()
     .person_id(inserted_person.id)
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ pub async fn register(
     .show_nsfw(Some(data.show_nsfw))
     .accepted_application(accepted_application)
     .default_listing_type(Some(local_site.default_post_listing_type))
+    .interface_language(language_tag)
     // If its the initial site setup, they are an admin
     .admin(Some(!local_site.site_setup))
     .build();