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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#colors
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[1;32m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+SOURCE_LANGUAGE="en"
+LOCALES_DIRECTORY="./react-native/app/translations/resources/"
+PULL_SOURCE=true
+
+if [[ ! -e $LOCALES_DIRECTORY ]]; then
+    echo -e "Directory ${RED}$LOCALES_DIRECTORY${NC} does not exist, creating"
+    mkdir -p $LOCALES_DIRECTORY
+fi
+
+if [ "$#" = 0 ]
+then
+  echo -e "${RED}ERR${NC}: Usage = ${GREEN}./get-transifex-translations.sh pt_BR de  ${NC}or  ${GREEN}./get-transifex-translations all${NC}"
+else
+  read -p "Enter Transifex Username: " USER
+  read -p "password: " -s PW
+  echo -e "\n----------------------------------\nchecking project info\n----------------------------------"
+  PROJECT_INFO=$( curl -L --user "$USER":"$PW" -X GET https://www.transifex.com/api/2/project/bigbluebutton-v25-html5-client/languages/ )
+
+  if [ "$PROJECT_INFO" == "Authorization Required" ]
+  then
+    echo -e "${RED}Err${NC} : $PROJECT_INFO"
+  else
+    echo -e "Project Information Found :${GREEN} ✓${NC}"
+    if [ "$PROJECT_INFO" == "Forbidden" ]
+    then
+      echo -e "${RED}Err${NC}: Invalid User Permissions"
+    else
+      for ARG in "$@"
+      do
+        if [ "$ARG" == "all"  ]
+        then
+          AVAILABLE_TRANSLATIONS=$( echo "$PROJECT_INFO" | grep 'language_code' | cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d '[",]' )
+
+          echo "$AVAILABLE_TRANSLATIONS" | while read l
+            do
+              LOCALE=$( echo "$l" | tr -d '[:space:]' )
+              if [ "$LOCALE" == "$SOURCE_LANGUAGE" ] && [ "$PULL_SOURCE" == false ]; then
+                continue # only pull source file if locales folder did not exist
+              fi
+              TRANSLATION=$(curl -L --user "$USER":"$PW" -X GET "https://www.transifex.com/api/2/project/bigbluebutton-v25-html5-client/resource/enjson/translation/$LOCALE/?mode=onlytranslated&file")
+              MOBILE_APP_STRINGS=$(echo "$TRANSLATION" | grep "mobileApp.")
+              NO_EMPTY_STRINGS=$(echo "$MOBILE_APP_STRINGS" | sed '/: *\"\"/D' | sed '/}$/D')
+              if [ $(echo "$NO_EMPTY_STRINGS" | wc -l) -lt 5 ]
+              then
+                echo -e "${RED}WARN:${NC} translation file $LOCALE.json contains less than 5 lines\n${RED}WARN:${NC} $LOCALE.json not created"
+                continue
+              else
+                NO_TRAILING_COMMA=$(echo "$NO_EMPTY_STRINGS" | sed  '$ s/,$//')
+                echo "export default {" > "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/$LOCALE".ts
+                echo -e "$NO_TRAILING_COMMA" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/$LOCALE".ts
+                echo -e "}" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/$LOCALE".ts
+                echo -e "Added translation file $LOCALE.ts :${GREEN} ✓${NC}"
+              fi
+            done
+        else
+          TRANSLATION=$(curl -L --user "$USER":"$PW" -X GET "https://www.transifex.com/api/2/project/bigbluebutton-v25-html5-client/resource/enjson/translation/$ARG/?mode=onlytranslated&file")
+          if [ "$TRANSLATION" == "Not Found" ]
+          then
+            echo -e "${RED}Err${NC}: Translations not found for locale ->${RED}$ARG${NC}<-"
+          else
+            MOBILE_APP_STRINGS=$(echo "$TRANSLATION" | grep "mobileApp.")
+            NO_EMPTY_STRINGS=$(echo "$MOBILE_APP_STRINGS" | sed '/: *\"\"/D' | sed '/}$/D')
+            if [ $(echo "$NO_EMPTY_STRINGS" | wc -l) -lt 5 ]
+            then
+              echo -e "${RED}WARN:${NC} translation file $ARG.json contains less than 5 lines\n${RED}WARN:${NC} $ARG.json not created"
+            else
+              NO_TRAILING_COMMA=$(echo "$NO_EMPTY_STRINGS" | sed  '$ s/,//')
+              echo "export default {" > "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/$ARG".ts
+              echo -e "$NO_TRAILING_COMMA" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/$ARG".ts
+              echo -e "}" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/$ARG".ts
+              echo -e "Added translation file $ARG.ts :${GREEN} ✓${NC}"
+            fi
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+#create index.ts file
+TAB="\\t";
+
+if [ -f "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts" ] ; then
+  rm "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts"
+fi
+
+for entry in "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY"/*
+do
+  FILE=$(echo "$entry" | rev | cut -d'/' -f 1 | rev | cut -d'.' -f 1)
+  TRANSLATION=$(echo "$FILE" | sed 's/_//')
+  echo -e "import $TRANSLATION from \"./$FILE\";" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts"
+done
+
+echo -e "\\nexport default {" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts"
+
+for entry in "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY"/*
+do
+  if [ "$entry" != "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts" ]
+  then
+  FILE=$(echo "$entry" | rev | cut -d'/' -f 1 | rev | cut -d'.' -f 1 | tr _ -)
+  TRANSLATION=$(echo "$FILE" | sed 's/-//')
+  echo -e $TAB"'$FILE': {" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts"
+  echo -e $TAB$TAB"translation: $TRANSLATION\\n$TAB}," >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts"
+fi
+done
+
+echo -e "}" >> "$LOCALES_DIRECTORY/index.ts"