django-uuslug 0.8

A Django slugify application that guarantees uniqueness and handles unicode

django-uuslug
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A Django slugify application that guarantees uniqueness and handles unicode.
UUSlug = (``U``nique + ``U``nicode Slug)

Patches welcome: https://github.com/un33k/django-uuslug

Usage
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A. Install django-uuslug:
* _ Make sure you have python 2.6+ and can install from pypi
1. easy_install django-uuslug
2. pip install django-uuslug
3. git clone http://github.com/un33k/django-uuslug
a. cd django-uuslug
b. run python setup.py
4. wget https://github.com/un33k/django-uuslug/zipball/master
a. unzip the downloaded file
b. cd into django-uuslug-* directory
c. run python setup.py

B. Test & contribute to django-uuslug: (for developers)
* _ git clone http://github.com/un33k/django-uuslug
a. cd into django-uuslug
b. run python bootstrap.py
c. run bin/buildout -vvvvv
d. run bin/test


Unicode Test Example
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from uuslug import slugify

s = "This is a test ---"
r = slugify(s)
self.assertEquals(r, "this-is-a-test")

s = 'C\'est déjà l\'été.'
r = slugify(s)
self.assertEquals(r, "c-est-deja-lete")

s = 'Nín hǎo. Wǒ shì zhōng guó rén'
r = slugify(s)
self.assertEquals(r, "nin-hao-wo-shi-zhong-guo-ren")

s = '影師嗎'
r = slugify(s)
self.assertEquals(r, "ying-shi-ma")


Uniqueness Test Example
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Override your object's save method with something like this (models.py)

from django.db import models
from uuslug import uuslug

class CoolSlug(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
slug = models.CharField(max_length=200)

def __unicode__(self):
return self.name

def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.slug = uuslug(self.name, instance=self)
super(CoolSlug, self).save(*args, **kwargs)


Note: You can also specify the start number.
Example:
self.slug = uuslug(self.name, instance=self, start_no=2)
# the second slug should start with "-2" instead of "-1"


Test:
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name = "john"
c = CoolSlug.objects.create(name=name)
c.save()
self.assertEquals(c.slug, name) # slug = "john"

c1 = CoolSlug.objects.create(name=name)
c1.save()
self.assertEquals(c1.slug, name+"-1") # slug = "john-1"

c1 = CoolSlug.objects.create(name=name)
c1.save()
self.assertEquals(c1.slug, name+"-2") # slug = "john-2"

ToDo:
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clean up README
add more test and examples

Credits:
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This is inspired by a snippet from http://www.djangosnippets.org/
Improved to handle unique slugs and unicode chars and packaged for easy install.