@squirrel-forge/ui-util/src/js/String/strSlug.js

A collection of utilities, classes, functions and abstracts made for the browser and babel compatible.

/**
 * Convert string to slug
 * @param {string} str - String to sanitize
 * @return {string} - Sanitized string
 */
export function strSlug( str ) {
    str = str.replace( /^\s+|\s+$/g, '' ); // trim
    str = str.toLowerCase();

    // remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc
    const from = 'àáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;';
    const to   = 'aaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuunc------';
    for ( let i = 0, l = from.length; i < l; i++ ) {
        str = str.replace( new RegExp( from.charAt( i ), 'g' ), to.charAt( i ) );
    }

    str = str.replace( /[^a-z0-9 -]/g, '' ) // remove invalid chars
        .replace( /\s+/g, '-' ) // collapse whitespace and replace by -
        .replace( /-+/g, '-' ); // collapse dashes

    return str;
}