Why am I getting (US$) and not ($)

[rochapablo]

I'm using

"email-templates": "^2.5.4",
"handlebars": "^4.0.6",
"handlebars-intl": "^1.1.2",
"handlebars-layouts": "^3.1.4"

This is how I'm formatting

{{formatNumber price style="currency" currency="USD" locales="en-US"}}

And here's my js file

const handlebars = require('handlebars');
const handlebarsIntl = require('handlebars-intl');

handlebarsIntl.registerWith(handlebars);
handlebars.registerHelper(layouts(handlebars));
handlebars.registerPartial('layout', fs.readFileSync(`public/email-template/layout.hbs`, 'utf8'));

var intlData = {
  locales: 'en-US'
  // I also tried to follow this: https://formatjs.io/handlebars/ (Using Named Number Formats)
};

var newsletter = new EmailTemplate(path, {
  data: { intl: intlData }
});
handlebars.registerPartial('data', { intl: intlData });

newsletter.render({ params: { ... }, data: { intl: intlData } }, function (err, result) {
  if(err) { return reject(err); }
  return resolve(result.html);
});

Everything that I tried, or nothing happens or I got this error

ReferenceError: Could not find Intl object: formats.number.USD at intlGet (E:\www\unclehub\v0.2.2\api\node_modules\handlebars-intl\lib\helpers.js:96:23)

[gregholland]

@rochapablo did you have any luck solving this? I'm having the same issue.

[rochapablo]

@gregholland, nop. I kind give up for now. I'm working in other areas and I'll let this for later.

[paulfalgout]

Honestly I don't think this issue has to do with this lib. Under the hood it uses the browsers intl API which is what is using US$ instead of $. So likely in testing this is the browser using a different locale than en-US. You can see in the polyfill what I mean: https://github.com/andyearnshaw/Intl.js/search?p=19&q=%22US%24%22&type=&utf8=%E2%9C%93

[paulfalgout]

Oh and the formats part of the intl file is mostly for shorthand.. so instead of typing {{formatNumber fooNum style="currency" currency="USD"}} with a format you can just do {{formatNumber fooNum "bar"}} where

var intlData = {
    "locales": "en-US",
    "formats": {
        "number": {
            "bar": {
                "style": "currency",
                "currency": "USD"
            }
        }
    }
};

I honestly can't find good reason to use them.. seems hard to maintain.

[azhiv]

I was able to solve the problem using singular 'locale' form:
{{formatNumber price style="currency" currency="USD" locale="en-US"}}

[Pooja-N-Swamy]

Need to use currencyDisplay: 'narrowSymbol' to display $ instead of US$ . Please refer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52410407/intl-numberformat-currency-us-currency-symbol