String slugification in Python

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There is a python package named python-slugify, which does a pretty good job of slugifying:

pip install python-slugify

Works like this:

from slugify import slugify

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

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

txt="C\"est déjà l\'été.'
r = slugify(txt)
self.assertEquals(r, "cest-deja-lete")

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

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

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

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This package does a bit more than what you posted (take a look at the source, it’s just one file). The project is still active (got updated 2 days before I originally answered, over nine years later (last checked 2022-03-30), it still gets updated).

careful: There is a second package around, named slugify. If you have both of them, you might get a problem, as they have the same name for import. The one just named slugify didn’t do all I quick-checked: "Ich heiße" became "ich-heie" (should be "ich-heisse"), so be sure to pick the right one, when using pip or easy_install.

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