# python: get_default_locale
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/python/api/get-default-locale.mdx
---
title: get_default_locale
description: API reference for the get_default_locale function
---

## Overview

Returns the default (source) locale configured via [`initialize_gt`](/docs/python/api/initialize-gt) or `gt.config.json`.

```python
from gt_flask import get_default_locale  # or from gt_fastapi import get_default_locale

default = get_default_locale()  # e.g., "en"
```

## Reference

### Returns

`str` — the default locale code.