Python Slugify

Overview

A Python slugify application that handles unicode.

How to install

Via pip:

$ pip install python-slugify

Via easy_install:

$ easy_install python-slugify

From sources via git:

$ git clone http://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
$ cd python-slugify
$ python setup.py

From sources:

$ wget https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify/zipball/master
# unzip the downloaded file
# cd into python-slugify-* directory
$ python setup.py

How to use

from slugify import slugify

txt = "This is a test ---"
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")

txt = "___This is a test ---"
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")

txt = "___This is a test___"
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")

txt = "This -- is a ## test ---"
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")

txt = '影師嗎'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "ying-shi-ma")

txt = 'C\'est déjà l\'été.'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "c-est-deja-l-ete")

txt = 'Nín hǎo. Wǒ shì zhōng guó rén'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "nin-hao-wo-shi-zhong-guo-ren")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo-a")

txt = 'Компьютер'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, "kompiuter")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=9)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=15)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememe")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=50)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo-a")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=15, word_boundary=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-a")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=17, word_boundary=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=18, word_boundary=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=19, word_boundary=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo-a")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=20, word_boundary=True, separator=".")
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja.lol.mememeoo.a")

txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=20, word_boundary=True, separator="ZZZZZZ")
self.assertEqual(r, "jajaZZZZZZlolZZZZZZmememeooZZZZZZa")

txt = 'one two three four five'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=13, word_boundary=True, save_order=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "one-two-three")

txt = 'one two three four five'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=13, word_boundary=True, save_order=False)
self.assertEqual(r, "one-two-three")

txt = 'one two three four five'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=12, word_boundary=True, save_order=False)
self.assertEqual(r, "one-two-four")

txt = 'one two three four five'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=12, word_boundary=True, save_order=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "one-two")

txt = 'this has a stopword'
r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['stopword'])
self.assertEqual(r, 'this-has-a')

txt = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['the'])
self.assertEqual(r, 'quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-lazy-dog')

txt = 'Foo A FOO B foo C'
r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['foo'])
self.assertEqual(r, 'a-b-c')

txt = 'Foo A FOO B foo C'
r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['FOO'])
self.assertEqual(r, 'a-b-c')

txt = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog in a hurry'
r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['the', 'in', 'a', 'hurry'])
self.assertEqual(r, 'quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-lazy-dog')

txt = 'foo &amp; bar'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEqual(r, 'foo-bar')

txt = "___This is a test___"
regex_pattern = r'[^-a-z0-9_]+'
r = slugify(txt, regex_pattern=regex_pattern)
self.assertEqual(r, "___this-is-a-test___")

txt = "___This is a test___"
regex_pattern = r'[^-a-z0-9_]+'
r = slugify(txt, separator='_', regex_pattern=regex_pattern)
self.assertNotEqual(r, "_this_is_a_test_")

Running the tests

To run the tests against the current environment:

python test.py

License

Released under a (MIT) license.

Version

X.Y.Z Version

`MAJOR` version -- when you make incompatible API changes,
`MINOR` version -- when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
`PATCH` version -- when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.

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