For when you want a string, like a headline for a news article, to be used as part of a URL

kin_slugify.lasso

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/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------

kin_slugify.lasso

Author: Jolle Carlestam
License: Public Domain

Description:
For when you want a string, like a headline for a news article, to be used as part of a URL. Safe to send out in the wild.


Sample Usage:
local(title = 'Swedish Räksmörgås a treat for /me/?')
kin_slugify(#title)

-> swedish-raksmorgas-a-treat-for-me

Version history
2018-09-26	JC	Published to gist

----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

define kin_slugify(
	text::string
) => {

	local(_string = string(#text))

	#_string->lowercase
	#_string->replace(regexp(`(ä|å|æ)`), 'a')
	#_string->replace('å', 'a')
	#_string->replace(regexp(`(ö|ø)`), 'o')
	#_string->replace('ü', 'u')
	#_string->replace('&', '-')
	#_string->replace(regexp(`[\x{10000}-\x{10ffff}]`, '')) // clear out emojis and similar
	#_string->replace(regexp(`(,|\+|\$|#|€|%|/|\(|\||\)|\=|\?|")`), '')//"
	#_string->replace(regexp(`(\[|<|>|@|:|;|/)`), '')
	#_string->replace(regexp(`(\{|\}|\])`), '')
	#_string->replace(regexp(`(\^|\\)`), '')
	#_string->trim
	#_string->replace(' ', '-')

	return string(#_string->encodeurl)
}

]