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+import fs      from 'fs';
+import _       from 'lodash';
+import nconf   from 'nconf';
+import gulp    from 'gulp';
+import request from 'superagent';
+
+nconf.argv().env().file({ file: 'config.json' });
+
+const LOCALES = './common/locales/';
+const ENGLISH_LOCALE = `${LOCALES}en/`;
+
+const SLACK_URL = nconf.get('TRANSIFEX_SLACK:url');
+const SLACK_CHANNEL = '#' + nconf.get('TRANSIFEX_SLACK:channel');
+const SLACK_USERNAME = 'Transifex';
+const SLACK_EMOJI = ':transifex:';
+
+gulp.task('transifex:exists', () => {
+
+  var missingStrings = [];
+
+  eachTranslationString((language, key, englishString, translationString) => {
+    if(!translationString) {
+      let errorString = `${language} - ${key} - ${englishString}`;
+      missingStrings.push(errorString);
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (!_.isEmpty(missingStrings)) {
+    post('The following strings are missing', missingStrings);
+  }
+});
+
+function eachTranslationFile(cb) {
+  let languages = fs.readdirSync(LOCALES);
+  languages.shift(); // Remove README.md from array of languages
+
+  let jsonFiles = stripOutNonJsonFiles(fs.readdirSync(ENGLISH_LOCALE));
+
+  _(languages).each((lang) => {
+    _.each(jsonFiles, (file) => {
+      let translationFile = fs.readFileSync(LOCALES + lang + '/' + file);
+      let parsedTranslationFile = JSON.parse(translationFile);
+
+      let englishFile = fs.readFileSync(ENGLISH_LOCALE + file);
+      let parsedEnglishFile = JSON.parse(englishFile);
+
+      cb(lang, parsedEnglishFile, parsedTranslationFile)
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function eachTranslationString(cb) {
+  eachTranslationFile((language, englishJSON, translationJSON) => {
+    _.each(englishJSON, (string, key) => {
+      var translationString = translationJSON[key];
+      cb(language, key, string, translationString);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function checkForIssues(thingToCheck) {
+  let hasIssues = !_.isEmpty(thingToCheck);
+  return hasIssues;
+}
+
+function post(message, items) {
+  let formattedMessage = formatMessageForPosting(message, items);
+
+  request.post(SLACK_URL)
+    .send({
+      channel: SLACK_CHANNEL,
+      username: SLACK_USERNAME,
+      text: formattedMessage,
+      icon_emoji: SLACK_EMOJI
+    })
+    .end((err, res) => {
+      if (err) console.error('Unable to post to slack', err);
+    });
+}
+
+function formatMessageForPosting(msg, items) {
+  let body = `*Warning:* ${msg}`;
+  body += '\n\n```\n';
+  body += items.join('\n');
+  body += '\n```';
+
+  return body;
+}
+
+function stripOutNonJsonFiles(collection) {
+  let onlyJson = _.filter(collection, (file) => {
+    return file.match(/[a-zA-Z]*\.json/);
+  });
+
+  return onlyJson;
+}