feat: add header lang selector

src/DesktopHeader.jsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { injectIntl, intlShape } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 import { getConfig } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { getAuthenticatedUser } from '@edx/frontend-platform/auth';
 
 // Local Components
 import { Menu, MenuTrigger, MenuContent } from './Menu';
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import messages from './Header.messages';
 
 // Assets
 import { CaretIcon } from './Icons';
+import LanguageSelector from './LanguageSelector';
 
 class DesktopHeader extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) { // eslint-disable-line no-useless-constructor
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ class DesktopHeader extends React.Component {
     } = this.props;
     const logoProps = { src: logo, alt: logoAltText, href: logoDestination };
     const logoClasses = getConfig().AUTHN_MINIMAL_HEADER ? 'mw-100' : null;
-
+console.log(loggedIn)
     return (
       <header className="site-header-desktop">
         <a className="nav-skip sr-only sr-only-focusable" href="#main">{intl.formatMessage(messages['header.label.skip.nav'])}</a>
@@ -145,13 +147,21 @@ class DesktopHeader extends React.Component {
             {logoDestination === null ? <Logo className="logo" src={logo} alt={logoAltText} /> : <LinkedLogo className="logo" {...logoProps} />}
             <nav
               aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages['header.label.main.nav'])}
-              className="nav main-nav"
+              className="nav main-nav mr-auto"
             >
               {this.renderMainMenu()}
             </nav>
+            {getConfig().ENABLE_HEADER_LANG_SELECTOR && (
+              <div className="mx-2">
+                <LanguageSelector
+                  options={getConfig().SITE_SUPPORTED_LENGUAGES}
+                  authenticatedUser={getAuthenticatedUser()}
+                />
+              </div>
+            )}
             <nav
               aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages['header.label.secondary.nav'])}
-              className="nav secondary-menu-container align-items-center ml-auto"
+              className="nav secondary-menu-container align-items-center"
             >
               {loggedIn
                 ? (

src/LanguageSelector/data/api.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { getConfig } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { getAuthenticatedHttpClient } from '@edx/frontend-platform/auth';
+import { convertKeyNames, snakeCaseObject } from '@edx/frontend-platform/utils';
+
+export async function patchPreferences(username, params) {
+  let processedParams = snakeCaseObject(params);
+  processedParams = convertKeyNames(processedParams, {
+    pref_lang: 'pref-lang',
+  });
+
+  await getAuthenticatedHttpClient()
+    .patch(`${getConfig().LMS_BASE_URL}/api/user/v1/preferences/${username}`, processedParams, {
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/merge-patch+json' },
+    });
+
+  return params;
+}
+
+export async function postSetLang(code) {
+  const formData = new FormData();
+  const requestConfig = {
+    headers: {
+      Accept: 'application/json',
+      'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
+    },
+  };
+  const url = `${getConfig().LMS_BASE_URL}/i18n/setlang/`;
+  formData.append('language', code);
+
+  await getAuthenticatedHttpClient()
+    .post(url, formData, requestConfig);
+}

src/LanguageSelector/index.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { publish } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import {
+  getLocale, injectIntl, intlShape, FormattedMessage, LOCALE_CHANGED, handleRtl,
+} from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+import { logError } from '@edx/frontend-platform/logging';
+
+import { patchPreferences, postSetLang } from './data/api';
+
+const onLanguageSelected = async (username, selectedLanguageCode) => {
+  try {
+    if (username) {
+      await patchPreferences(username, { prefLang: selectedLanguageCode });
+      await postSetLang(selectedLanguageCode);
+    }
+    publish(LOCALE_CHANGED, getLocale());
+    handleRtl();
+  } catch (error) {
+    logError(error);
+  }
+};
+
+const LanguageSelector = ({
+  intl, options, authenticatedUser, ...props
+}) => {
+  const handleSubmit = (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    const previousSiteLanguage = getLocale();
+    const languageCode = e.target.elements['site-header-language-select'].value;
+    console.debug(previousSiteLanguage, languageCode, authenticatedUser);
+
+    if (previousSiteLanguage !== languageCode) {
+      onLanguageSelected(authenticatedUser?.username, languageCode);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <form
+      className="form-inline"
+      onSubmit={handleSubmit}
+      {...props}
+    >
+      <div className="form-group d-wrap">
+        {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/label-has-associated-control */}
+        <label htmlFor="site-header-language-select" className="d-inline-block m-0 small">
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="footer.languageForm.select.label"
+            defaultMessage="Choose Language"
+            description="The label for the laguage select part of the language selection form."
+          />
+        </label>
+        <select
+          id="site-header-language-select"
+          className="form-control-sm mx-2"
+          name="site-header-language-select"
+          defaultValue={intl.locale}
+        >
+          {options.map(({ value, label }) => <option key={value} value={value}>{label}</option>)}
+        </select>
+        <button data-testid="site-header-submit-btn" className="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm" type="submit">
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="footer.languageForm.submit.label"
+            defaultMessage="Apply"
+            description="The label for button to submit the language selection form."
+          />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  );
+};
+
+LanguageSelector.propTypes = {
+  authenticatedUser: PropTypes.shape({
+    username: PropTypes.string,
+  }).isRequired,
+  intl: intlShape.isRequired,
+  options: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({
+    value: PropTypes.string,
+    label: PropTypes.string,
+  })).isRequired,
+};
+
+export default injectIntl(LanguageSelector);

src/learning-header/LearningHeader.jsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import AnonymousUserMenu from './AnonymousUserMenu';
 import AuthenticatedUserDropdown from './AuthenticatedUserDropdown';
 import messages from './messages';
 import getCourseLogoOrg from './data/api';
+import LanguageSelector from '../LanguageSelector';
 
 const LinkedLogo = ({
   href,
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ const LearningHeader = ({
             </span>
           </div>
         </div>
+        {getConfig().ENABLE_HEADER_LANG_SELECTOR && (
+          <div className="mx-2 d-none d-md-inline-flex">
+            <LanguageSelector
+              options={getConfig().SITE_SUPPORTED_LENGUAGES}
+              authenticatedUser={authenticatedUser}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
         {showUserDropdown && authenticatedUser && (
           <AuthenticatedUserDropdown
             username={authenticatedUser.username}