django-smart-slug 0.1.0

a smart slug field for your models

slug fields for the lazy

Examples

There are exhausting examples in the tests, but here’s the quick rundown:

from django.db import models
from smart_slug.fields import SmartSlugField

class Simple(models.Model):
    slug = SmartSlugField(max_length=5, underscores=False)

class Complex(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    slug = SmartSlugField(
        source_field='title',
        date_field='pub_date',
        split_on_words=True,
        max_length=10)
    pub_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

>>> s1 = Simple.objects.create(slug='simple')
>>> s1.slug
simpl

>>> s2 = Simple.objects.create(slug='simple')
>>> s2.slug
sim-1

>>> s3 = Simple.objects.create(slug='simple')
>>> s3.slug
sim-2

>>> c1 = Complex.objects.create(title='complex example')
>>> c1.slug
complex

>>> c2 = Complex.objects.create(title='complex example')
>>> c2.slug
complex_