request

The current request.

Available in: Every template.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
request.host	string	Host name.
request.path	string	Path.
request.origin	string	Scheme and host (https://…).
request.locale	object	Current language: iso_code, name, endonym_name, primary, root_url, direction (ltr or rtl).
request.page_type	string	Template type (index, product, collection…).
request.design_mode	boolean	True in the theme editor.
request.visual_preview_mode	boolean	True in an editor preview.

Example

Liquid

<html dir="{{ request.locale.direction }}" lang="{{ request.locale.iso_code }}">

Output

<html dir="ltr" lang="en">

Compatibility

Differs from Shopify

request.locale.direction is Sooquna’s: use it for dir= on RTL languages.

Since theme platform 1.0.