"URLize" string in ruby

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I'm getting some strings on human readable format, and those are gonna be titles of my wordpress posts. So, for generate the url for that post, I would like to know if there's some method for "urlize" a string in ruby. For example, if I have the string "Doing some test on my áccented string ", I would like to get "doing-some-test-on-my-accented-string" or do I have to write my own? Thanks in advance!

Pure ruby or RoR? In any case the keyword to google is “slug.” — Aleksei Matiushkin, Nov 17 '17 at 16:23
If you're using ActiveSupport, String#parameterize is provided. Otherwise, you'll have to write your own, though it shouldn't be too hard (or you could just rip ActiveSupport's implementation - it's just a few lines). — Chris Heald, Nov 17 '17 at 16:24
It's pure ruby... yeah, the annoying part is to handle accents :/. But thanks anyway! — Ronan Lopes, Nov 17 '17 at 16:25
A more sophisticated one is in the `stringex` gem called `acts_as_url`. Check out the examples in [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4309257/182590). — Mark Thomas, Nov 17 '17 at 18:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 17 '17 at 16:33

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After some suggestions, implemented my own method:

require 'i18n'

I18n.config.available_locales = :en

def urlize(string)
   I18n.transliterate(string).squeeze.gsub(" ", "-").downcase
end

Hope this helps someone, thanks for the help!

answered Nov 17 '17 at 16:33

Ronan Lopes

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What's the squeeze for? And you might consider using tr instead of gsub for this particular use-case. – mwp Nov 17 '17 at 16:55
@mwp for removing multiple whitespaces, turning into only one – Ronan Lopes Nov 17 '17 at 16:56
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Got it. It looks like ActiveSupport::Inflector.parameterize does the same thing. You can combine your `.squeeze.gsub(' ', '-')` into a single `.tr_s(' ', '-')` if you want to shave a few characters/operations. :) – mwp Nov 17 '17 at 17:01
`"My blog about bookkeeping".squeeze → "My blog about bokeping"` – Max Dec 20 '18 at 13:39

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '17 at 16:39

I used i18n myself on occasion (eg here), but if you don't want to require yet another gem you could also use .tr

string_with_special_chars.tr( 
"ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåĀāĂăĄąÇçĆćĈĉĊċČčÐðĎďĐđÈÉÊËèéêëĒēĔĕĖėĘęĚěĜĝĞğĠġĢģĤĥĦħÌÍÎÏìíîïĨĩĪīĬĭĮįİıĴĵĶķĸĹĺĻļĽľĿŀŁłÑñŃńŅņŇňŉŊŋÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöøŌōŎŏŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšſŢţŤťŦŧÙÚÛÜùúûüŨũŪūŬŭŮůŰűŲųŴŵÝýÿŶŷŸŹźŻżŽž", 
"AAAAAAaaaaaaAaAaAaCcCcCcCcCcDdDdDdEEEEeeeeEeEeEeEeEeGgGgGgGgHhHhIIIIiiiiIiIiIiIiIiJjKkkLlLlLlLlLlNnNnNnNnnNnOOOOOOooooooOoOoOoRrRrRrSsSsSsSssTtTtTtUUUUuuuuUuUuUuUuUuUuWwYyyYyYZzZzZz")

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 17 '17 at 22:05

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Won't give you as pretty results, but

require 'uri'
URI.escape(string.gsub(/\s+/, ?-)

For your example that gives

"Doing-some-test-on-my-%C3%A1ccented-string"

answered Nov 17 '17 at 22:05

Max

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