diff --git a/snippets/slugify.md b/snippets/slugify.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..75b6962d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/slugify.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: slugify +tags: string,regexp,intermediate +--- + +Converts a string to a URL-friendly slug. + +- Use `String.prototype.toLowerCase()` and `String.prototype.trim()` to normalize the string. +- Use `String.prototype.replace()` to replace spaces, dashes and underscores with `-` and remove special characters. + +```js +const slugify = str => + str + .toLowerCase() + .trim() + .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '') + .replace(/[\s_-]+/g, '-') + .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, ''); +``` + +```js +slugify('Hello World!'); // 'hello-world' +```