Python Slugify
A Python slugify application that handles unicode.
Overview
Best attempt to create slugs from unicode strings while keeping it DRY.
Notice
This module, by default installs and uses text-unidecode (GPL & Perl Artistic) for its decoding needs.
However, there is an alternative decoding package called Unidecode (GPL). It can be installed as python-slugify[unidecode] for those who prefer it.
How to install
easy_install python-slugify |OR| easy_install python-slugify[unidecode]
-- OR --
pip install python-slugify |OR| pip install python-slugify[unidecode]
Options
def slugify(
text,
entities=True,
decimal=True,
hexadecimal=True,
max_length=0,
word_boundary=False,
separator='-',
save_order=False,
stopwords=(),
regex_pattern=None,
lowercase=True,
replacements=()
):
"""
Make a slug from the given text.
:param text (str): initial text
:param entities (bool): converts html entities to unicode (foo & bar -> foo-bar)
:param decimal (bool): converts html decimal to unicode (Ž -> Ž -> z)
:param hexadecimal (bool): converts html hexadecimal to unicode (Ž -> Ž -> z)
:param max_length (int): output string length
:param word_boundary (bool): truncates to end of full words (length may be shorter than max_length)
:param save_order (bool): if parameter is True and max_length > 0 return whole words in the initial order
:param separator (str): separator between words
:param stopwords (iterable): words to discount
:param regex_pattern (str): regex pattern for allowed characters
:param lowercase (bool): activate case sensitivity by setting it to False
:param replacements (iterable): list of replacement rules e.g. [['|', 'or'], ['%', 'percent']]
:return (str): slugify text
"""
How to use
from slugify import slugify
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 = '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, word_boundary=True)
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-a")
txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
r = slugify(txt, max_length=20, word_boundary=True, separator=".")
self.assertEqual(r, "jaja.lol.mememeoo.a")
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 = '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 = '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 = 'thIs Has a stopword Stopword'
r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['Stopword'], lowercase=False)
self.assertEqual(r, 'thIs-Has-a-stopword')
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_")
txt = '10 | 20 %'
r = slugify(txt, replacements=[['|', 'or'], ['%', 'percent']])
self.assertEqual(r, "10-or-20-percent")
txt = 'ÜBER Über German Umlaut'
r = slugify(txt, replacements=[['Ü', 'UE'], ['ü', 'ue']])
self.assertEqual(r, "ueber-ueber-german-umlaut")
For more examples, have a look at the test.py file.
Command Line Options
With the package, a command line tool called slugify is also installed.
It allows convenient command line access to all the features the slugify function supports. Call it with -h for help.
The command can take its input directly on the command line or from STDIN (when the --stdin flag is passed):
$ echo "Taking input from STDIN" | slugify --stdin
taking-input-from-stdin
$ slugify taking input from the command line
taking-input-from-the-command-line
Please note that when a multi-valued option such as --stopwords or --replacements is passed, you need to use -- as separator before you start with the input:
$ slugify --stopwords the in a hurry -- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog in a hurry
quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-lazy-dog
Running the tests
To run the tests against the current environment:
python test.py
Contribution
Please read the (wiki) page prior to raising any PRs.
License
Released under a (MIT) license.
Version
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`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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