How to slugify a string in JavaScript?

Definition

This page explains how to convert a string to slug in JavaScript. Slugifying is the action of converting a string into a valid URL (a slug). For example : le blog de Lulu will become le-blog-de-lulu.

JavaScript source code

The following function converts a string into a slug:

// Slugify a string
function slugify(str)
{
    str = str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

    // Make the string lowercase
    str = str.toLowerCase();

    // Remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc
    var from = "ÁÄÂÀÃÅČÇĆĎÉĚËÈÊẼĔȆÍÌÎÏŇÑÓÖÒÔÕØŘŔŠŤÚŮÜÙÛÝŸŽáäâàãåčçćďéěëèêẽĕȇíìîïňñóöòôõøðřŕšťúůüùûýÿžþÞĐđßÆa·/_,:;";
    var to   = "AAAAAACCCDEEEEEEEEIIIINNOOOOOORRSTUUUUUYYZaaaaaacccdeeeeeeeeiiiinnooooooorrstuuuuuyyzbBDdBAa------";
    for (var i=0, l=from.length ; i<l ; i++) {
        str = str.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i));
    }

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

    return str;
}

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Last update : 11/05/2020