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server/utils/slugify.js

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/**
 * @description Transform a string to a valid slug (useful for selector).
 * @param {string} str - The string to transform.
 * @returns {string} Return the slug.
 * @example
 * slugify('Living room light');
 */
function slugify(str) {
  let newString = str;
  newString = newString.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim
  newString = newString.toLowerCase();

  // remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc
  const from = 'àáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;';
  const to = 'aaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuunc------';
  for (let i = 0, l = from.length; i < l; i += 1) {
    newString = newString.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i));
  }

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

  return newString;
}

module.exports = {
  slugify,
};