Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@codeguy
Created September 24, 2013 13:19
Show Gist options
  • Save codeguy/6684588 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save codeguy/6684588 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Create slug from string in Javascript
function string_to_slug (str) {
str = str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim
str = str.toLowerCase();
// remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc
var from = "àáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;";
var to = "aaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuunc------";
for (var i=0, l=from.length ; i<l ; i++) {
str = str.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i));
}
str = str.replace(/[^a-z0-9 -]/g, '') // remove invalid chars
.replace(/\s+/g, '-') // collapse whitespace and replace by -
.replace(/-+/g, '-'); // collapse dashes
return str;
}
@nithincb-oss
Copy link

@codeguy - Could you please add an open-source license to this gist?

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment