SexySlug

This is a Ruby gem that builds slugs from Strings.

It is similar to StringEx' String#to_url, but more lightweight.

These are the main things that SexySlug does differently:

• depends on activesupport
• leaves core classes untouched
• makes a few more transformations (see specs)
• does not transliterate non-latin scripts (why?)
• provides no ActiveRecord mixin
• is less customizable
• is about five times faster (see benchmark)

gem install sexy_slug or add it to your Gemfile.

SexySlug.from('Hi there!') # => 'hi-there'
SexySlug.from('Mambo #5') # => 'mambo-number-five'
I18n.with_locale(:de) { SexySlug.from('Mambo #5') } # => 'mambo-nummer-fuenf'

Simply change the contents of the SexySlug::PROCESSORS Array.

SexySlug::PROCESSORS.delete(SexySlug::UsuallyTransliterableChar)
SexySlug::PROCESSORS.unshift(MyCustomProcessor)

Sluggification is always a fuzzy business, but transliteration in particular is almost guaranteed to produce incorrect results.

In many languages, codepoints don't map one-to-one to pronunciations, so their correct transliteration is context-dependent. Some relevant issues are e.g. allophones, crasis, digraphs, sandhi, and shared scripts.

Despite some restraint, sexy_slug isn't completely "i18n-proof", e.g.:

• it might mistranslate money amounts, as the dollar sign is also used for non-dollar currencies
• it always transliterates umlauts, which isn't appropriate for languages such as Turkish

See customization on how to avoid this if needed.

• babosa
• friendly_id
• stringex

Feel free to send suggestions, point out issues, or submit pull requests.