Generating Pretty Urls for SEO in GoLang using string and regex packages

golang-prettyurl.go

type Post struct {
    // db tag lets you specify the column name if it differs from the struct field
    Id      int64 `db:"post_id"`
    Created int64
    Title   string `form:"Title" binding:"required"`
    Body    string `form:"Body"`
    UserId  int64 `form:"UserId"`
    Url     string
}

//function to create a new Post object
func newPost(title string, body string, user int64) Post {

    //let's make pretty urls from title
    reg, err := regexp.Compile("[^A-Za-z0-9]+")
    if err != nil {
      log.Fatal(err)
    }
    prettyurl := reg.ReplaceAllString(title, "-")
    prettyurl = strings.ToLower(strings.Trim(prettyurl, "-"))

    return Post{
        Created: time.Now().Unix(),
        Title:   title,
        Body:    body,
        UserId:  user,
        Url: prettyurl,
    }
}