Python Slugify

A Python slugify application that handles unicode

Overview

A Python slugify application that handles unicode.

How to install

1. easy_install python-slugify
2. pip install python-slugify
3. git clone http://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
    a. cd python-slugify
    b. run python setup.py
4. wget https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify/zipball/master
    a. unzip the downloaded file
    b. cd into python-slugify-* directory
    c. run 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 = 'C\'est déjà l\'été.'
 r = slugify(txt)
 self.assertEqual(r, "cest-deja-lete")

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

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

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

 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=19, word_boundary=True)
 self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo")

 txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
 r = slugify(txt, max_length=20, 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")

Running the tests

To run the tests against the current environment:

python test.py

License

Released under a (BSD) license.