slug

What is slug?

The 'slug' npm package is a utility for creating URL-friendly slugs from strings. It converts strings into a format that can be safely used in URLs by removing or replacing special characters, spaces, and other non-URL-safe characters.

What are slug's main functionalities?

Basic Slug Creation

This feature allows you to create a basic slug from a string. It converts the string to lowercase and replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens.

const slug = require('slug');
const title = 'Hello World!';
const urlSlug = slug(title);
console.log(urlSlug); // Output: 'hello-world'

Custom Separator

This feature allows you to specify a custom separator instead of the default hyphen. In this example, underscores are used as separators.

const slug = require('slug');
const title = 'Hello World!';
const urlSlug = slug(title, { replacement: '_' });
console.log(urlSlug); // Output: 'hello_world'

Remove Special Characters

This feature automatically removes special characters from the string, making it URL-safe.

const slug = require('slug');
const title = 'Hello, World!';
const urlSlug = slug(title);
console.log(urlSlug); // Output: 'hello-world'

Multi-language Support

This feature supports multiple languages, converting non-Latin characters to their Latin equivalents.

const slug = require('slug');
const title = '你好，世界';
const urlSlug = slug(title);
console.log(urlSlug); // Output: 'ni-hao-shi-jie'

Other packages similar to slug

speakingurl

The 'speakingurl' package is another utility for creating slugs from strings. It offers more customization options, such as transliteration, custom character maps, and support for multiple languages. Compared to 'slug', 'speakingurl' provides more flexibility and control over the slug generation process.

slugify

The 'slugify' package is a straightforward utility for converting strings into URL-friendly slugs. It is similar to 'slug' but focuses on simplicity and ease of use. 'slugify' is a good choice if you need a lightweight solution without many configuration options.

url-slug

The 'url-slug' package provides a simple way to create URL-friendly slugs from strings. It offers basic functionality similar to 'slug', with options for custom separators and character replacement. 'url-slug' is a good alternative if you need a minimalistic approach to slug generation.

README

slug

slugifies every string, even when it contains unicode!

Make strings url-safe.

• respecting RFC 3986
• Comprehensive tests
• No dependencies (except the unicode table)
• Not in coffee-script (except the tests lol)
• Coerces foreign symbols to their english equivalent
• Works in browser (window.slug) and AMD/CommonJS-flavoured module loaders (except the unicode symbols unless you use browserify but who wants to download a ~2mb js file, right?)

npm install slug

example

var slug = require('slug')
var print = console.log.bind(console, '>')

print(slug('i ♥ unicode'))
// > i-love-unicode

print(slug('unicode ♥ is ☢')) // yes!
// > unicode-love-is-radioactive

print(slug('i ♥ unicode', '_')) // If you prefer something else then `-` as seperator
// > i_love_unicode

slug.charmap['♥'] = 'freaking love' // change default charmap or use option {charmap:{…}} as 2. argument
print(slug('I ♥ UNICODE'))
// > I-freaking-love-UNICODE

print(slug('☏-Number', {lower: true})) // If you prefer lower case
// > telephone-number

print(slug('i <3 unicode'))
// > i-love-unicode

options

// options is either object or replacement (sets options.replacement)
slug('string', [{options} || 'replacement']);

slug.defaults.mode ='pretty';
slug.defaults.modes['rfc3986'] = {
    replacement: '-',      // replace spaces with replacement
    symbols: true,         // replace unicode symbols or not
    remove: null,          // (optional) regex to remove characters
    lower: true,           // result in lower case
    charmap: slug.charmap, // replace special characters
    multicharmap: slug.multicharmap // replace multi-characters
};
slug.defaults.modes['pretty'] = {
    replacement: '-',
    symbols: true,
    remove: /[.]/g,
    lower: false,
    charmap: slug.charmap,
    multicharmap: slug.multicharmap
};

browser

When using browserify you might want to remove the symbols table from your bundle by using --ignore similar to this:

# generates a standalone slug browser bundle:
browserify slug.js --ignore unicode/category/So -s slug > slug-browser.js