- Less than 1kB minified and gzipped;
- Uses default JavaScript APIs, no dependencies;
- SEO friendly;
- RFC 3986 compliant, compatible with URL hosts, paths, queries and fragments;
- Supports custom dictionaries to replace characters;
- Easily revert slugs.
Installation
npm install url-slug
Usage
import urlSlug from 'url-slug'
urlSlug('Sir James Paul McCartney MBE is an English singer-songwriter')
// sir-james-paul-mc-cartney-mbe-is-an-english-singer-songwriter
Usage with Node.js
⚠️ Only named exports are available in Node.js.
import { convert } from 'url-slug'
urlSlug('Sir James Paul McCartney MBE is an English singer-songwriter')
// sir-james-paul-mc-cartney-mbe-is-an-english-singer-songwriter
const { convert } = require('url-slug')
urlSlug('Sir James Paul McCartney MBE is an English singer-songwriter')
// sir-james-paul-mc-cartney-mbe-is-an-english-singer-songwriter
urlSlug(value[, options]), convert(value[, options])
Returns value
value converted to a slug.
value
A string to be slugified.
options
Name | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
camelCase | Split on camel case occurrences | true |
dictionary | Chars to be replaced | {} |
separator | Character or string used to separate the slug fragments | '-' |
transformer | A built-in transformer or a custom function (null to keep the string unchanged) |
LOWERCASE_TRANSFORMER |
Examples
import * as urlSlug from 'url-slug'
urlSlug.convert('Comfortably Numb', {
transformer: urlSlug.UPPERCASE_TRANSFORMER,
})
// COMFORTABLY-NUMB
urlSlug.convert('á é í ó ú Á É Í Ó Ú ç Ç ª º ¹ ² ½ ¼', {
separator: '_',
transformer: false,
})
// a_e_i_o_u_A_E_I_O_U_c_C_a_o_1_2_1_2_1_4
urlSlug.convert('Red, red wine, stay close to me…', {
separator: '',
transformer: urlSlug.TITLECASE_TRANSFORMER,
})
// RedRedWineStayCloseToMe
urlSlug.convert('Schwarzweiß', {
dictionary: { ß: 'ss', z: 'z ' },
})
// schwarz-weiss
revert(value[, options])
Returns the value
value converted to a regular sentence.
value
A slug to be reverted to a sentence.
options
Name | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
camelCase | Split on camel case occurrences | false |
separator |
Character or string to split the slug (null for automatic splitting) |
null |
transformer | A built-in transformer or a custom function (null to keep the string unchanged) |
false |
Examples
import { revert, TITLECASE_TRANSFORMER } from 'url-slug'
revert('Replace-every_separator.allowed~andSplitCamelCaseToo', {
camelCase: true,
})
// Replace every separator allowed and Split Camel Case Too
revert('this-slug-needs-a-title_case', {
separator: '-',
transformer: TITLECASE_TRANSFORMER,
})
// This Slug Needs A Title_case
Custom transformers
Custom transformers are expressed by a function that receives two arguments:
fragments
, an array containing the words of a sentence or a slug, and
separator
, which is the separator string set in convert()
options. When
revert()
calls a transformer, the separator
argument will always be a space
character (' '
) — the separator
option will be used to split the slug.
Transformers should always return a string.
Examples
import { convert, revert } from 'url-slug'
convert('O’Neill is an American surfboard, surfwear and equipment brand', {
transformer: (fragments) => fragments.join('x').toUpperCase(),
})
// OxNEILLxISxANxAMERICANxSURFBOARDxSURFWEARxANDxEQUIPMENTxBRAND
revert('WEIrd_SNAke_CAse', {
separator: '_',
transformer: (fragments, separator) =>
fragments
.map(
(fragment) =>
fragment.slice(0, -2).toLowerCase() + fragment.slice(-2).toUpperCase()
)
.join(separator),
})
// weiRD snaKE caSE
Built-in transformers
LOWERCASE_TRANSFORMER
Converts the result to lowercase. E.g.: // SOME WORDS >> some words
SENTENCECASE_TRANSFORMER
Converts the result to sentence case. E.g.: // sOME WORDS >> Some words
UPPERCASE_TRANSFORMER
Converts the result to uppercase. E.g.: // some words >> SOME WORDS
TITLECASE_TRANSFORMER
Converts the result to title case. E.g.: // sOME wORDS >> Some Words
Separator characters
Any character or an empty string can be used in the separator
property. When
the separator
is an empty string, the revert()
method will split the slug
only on camel case occurrences if camelCase
option is set to true
,
or else it returns an untouched string. The following characters are valid
according to RFC 3986 — defined as unreserved or sub-delims —, and will be
used in revert()
function if automatic splitting is enabled — separator
is
set to null
:
-
, .
, _
, ~
, ^
, -
, .
, _
, ~
, !
, $
, &
, '
, (
, )
, *
,
+
, ,
, ;
or =
dictionary
option
It must be an object, with keys set as single characters and values as strings of any length:
import { convert } from 'url-slug'
convert('♥øß', {
dictionary: {
'♥': 'love',
ø: 'o',
ß: 'ss',
//...
},
})
// loveoss
To add separators before or after a specific character, add a space before or after the dictionary definition:
import { convert } from 'url-slug'
convert('♥øß', {
dictionary: {
'♥': 'love',
ø: ' o', // A space was added before
ß: 'ss',
//...
},
})
// love-oss
convert('♥øß', {
dictionary: {
'♥': 'love',
ø: ' o ', // A space was added before and after
ß: 'ss',
//...
},
})
// love-o-ss
convert('♥øß', {
dictionary: {
'♥': 'love',
ø: 'o ', // A space was added after
ß: 'ss',
//...
},
})
// loveo-ss
Compatibility
Compatible with any environment with ES6 support.