speakingurl

What is speakingurl?

The 'speakingurl' npm package is used to generate slugs from strings. It is particularly useful for creating URL-friendly strings from titles or other text inputs. The package supports multiple languages and offers various customization options.

What are speakingurl's main functionalities?

Basic Slug Generation

This feature allows you to convert a string into a URL-friendly slug. Special characters are removed, and spaces are replaced with hyphens.

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

Custom Separator

You can customize the separator used in the slug. In this example, an underscore is used instead of the default hyphen.

const getSlug = require('speakingurl');
const slug = getSlug('Hello World!', { separator: '_' });
console.log(slug); // Output: 'hello_world'

Language Support

The package supports multiple languages, allowing you to generate slugs that are appropriate for different linguistic contexts.

const getSlug = require('speakingurl');
const slug = getSlug('你好，世界', { lang: 'zh' });
console.log(slug); // Output: 'ni-hao-shi-jie'

Custom Transliteration

You can define custom transliterations for specific characters, giving you more control over the slug generation process.

const getSlug = require('speakingurl');
const slug = getSlug('Hello World!', { custom: { 'H': 'h', 'W': 'w' } });
console.log(slug); // Output: 'hello-world'

Other packages similar to speakingurl

slugify

'slugify' is another popular package for generating URL-friendly slugs. It offers similar functionality to 'speakingurl' but is often considered simpler and more lightweight. It also supports custom replacements and different character sets.

limax

'limax' is a slug generator that focuses on Unicode support and transliteration. It is highly configurable and supports a wide range of languages, making it a strong alternative to 'speakingurl' for internationalization needs.

url-slug

'url-slug' is a package designed to create slugs from strings with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. It provides basic slug generation features and is a good choice for straightforward use cases.

README

Speaking URL

Generate of so called "static" or "Clean URL" or "Pretty URL" or "nice-looking URL" or "Speaking URL" or "user-friendly URL" or "SEO-friendly URL" or "slug" from a string.

This module aims to transliteration the input string.

For use in browser and server - no dependencies!

Installation

server-side:

$ npm install speakingurl --save

client-side:

$ # http://bower.io/
$ bower install speakingurl 

or

$ # http://component.io/
$ component install pid/speakingurl

or

$ # http://jamjs.org/
$ jam install speakingurl

or 
copy the file speakingurl.min.js to your script directory

or use the CDN from Cloudflare
use //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/speakingurl/0.2.21/speakingurl.min.js

Usage

getSlug(input, [options]);

input: {string} to convert; options: {object|string} config object or separator string (see below)

• separator {string} default: '-'
  • char that replace the whitespaces
• lang {string} default: 'en'
  • language for symbol translation ('en, 'de', more coming soon)
• maintainCase {boolean} default: false
  • true -> maintain case chars
  • false -> convert all chars to lower case
• uric {boolean} default: false
  • true -> additionally allow chars: ";", "?", ":", "@", "&", "=", "+", "$", ",", "/"
  • false -> only Base64 chars allowed (/A-Za-z0-9-_/)
• uricNoSlash {boolean} default: false
  • true -> additionally allow chars: ";", "?", ":", "@", "&", "=", "+", "$", ","
  • false -> only Base64 chars allowed (/A-Za-z0-9-_/)
• mark {boolean} default: false
  • true -> additionally allow chars: "-", "_", ".", "!", "~", "*", "'", "(", ")"
  • false -> only Base64 chars allowed (/A-Za-z0-9-_/)
• custom {object} default: {}
  • custom map for translation, overwrites all i.e. { '&': '#', '*': ' star ' }
• truncate {number} default: 0
  • 0 -> don't trim length
  • >= 1 -> trim to max length while not breaking any words
• options {string} separator

notes: default only Base64 chars are allowed (/A-Za-z0-9_-/), setting uric, uricNoSlash or/and mark to true will add the specified chars to the list of allowed characters. The separator-character is always allowed.

var getSlug = require('speakingurl');
var slug;

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !");
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener-titel-laesst-gruessen-bel-ete

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", "*");
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener*titel*laesst*gruessen*bel*ete

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", {separator: "_"});
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener_titel_laesst_gruessen_bel_ete

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", {uric: true});
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener-titel-laesst-gruessen?-bel-ete

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", {uricNoSlash: true});
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener-titel-laesst-gruessen?-bel-ete

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", {mark: true});
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener-titel-laesst-gruessen!-bel-ete-!

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", {truncate: 20});
console.log(slug); // Output: schoener-titel

slug = getSlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !", {maintainCase: true});
console.log(slug); // Output: Schoener-Titel-laesst-gruessen-Bel-ete

slug = getSlug("Äpfel & Birnen!", {lang: 'de'});
console.log(slug); // Output: aepfel-und-birnen

slug = getSlug("Apple & Pear!", {lang: 'en'}); // lang: "en" is default, just to clarify
console.log(slug); // Output: apple-and-pear

slug = getSlug('Foo & Bar * Baz', {custom: {'&': ' doo '}, uric:true } );
console.log(slug); // Output: foo-doo-bar-baz

slug = getSlug('Foo ♥ Bar');
console.log(slug); // Output: foo-love-bar

slug = getSlug('Foo & Bar | (Baz) * Doo', {custom:{'*': "Boo"},mark:true});
console.log(slug); // Output: foo-and-bar-or-(baz)-boo-doo

slug = getSlug('NEXUS4 only $299');
console.log(slug); // Output: nexus-4-only-usd299

slug = getSlug('NEXUS4 only €299', {maintainCase: true});
console.log(slug); // Output: NEXUS-4-only-EUR299

In browser:

<script src="components/speakingurl/speakingurl.min.js"></script>

<script>
    var slug = getSlug('NEXUS4 only €299', {maintainCase: true});
    console.log(slug); // Output: NEXUS-4-only-EUR299
</script>

createSlug([options])

options: {object|string} config object or separator string (see above)

Create your own specially configured function.

var slug;
var options = {
    maintainCase: true,
    separator: '_'
};
var mySlug = require('speakingurl').createSlug(options);

slug = mySlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !");
console.log(slug); // Output: Schoener_Titel_laesst_gruessen_Bel_ete

In browser:

<script src="components/speakingurl/speakingurl.min.js"></script>

<script>
    var options = {
        maintainCase: true,
        separator: '_'
    };
    var mySlug = createSlug(options);

    var slug = mySlug("Schöner Titel läßt grüßen!? Bel été !");
    console.log(slug); // Output: Schoener_Titel_laesst_gruessen_Bel_ete
</script>

Tests

$ npm test

History

References

• http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration

Credits

• @dypsilon
• @simov
• @henrikjoreteg

License

BSD

The BSD 3-Clause License (BSD3)

Copyright (c) 2013 Sascha Droste [e-mail] All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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