philiprehberger-slug 0.2.0

URL slug generation with transliteration and uniqueness.

philiprehberger-slug

URL slug generation with transliteration and uniqueness.

Installation

pip install philiprehberger-slug

Usage

from philiprehberger_slug import slugify

slugify("Hello World!")        # "hello-world"
slugify("Ünïcödé Têxt")       # "unicode-text"
slugify("Straße nach München") # "strasse-nach-munchen"

Options

from philiprehberger_slug import slugify

slugify("Hello World", separator="_")    # "hello_world"
slugify("Hello World", max_length=8)     # "hello"
slugify("Hello World", lowercase=False)  # "Hello-World"

Reserved Slug Blocking

from philiprehberger_slug import slugify, ReservedSlugError

try:
    slugify("Admin", reserved=["admin", "api", "about"])
except ReservedSlugError as e:
    print(e)  # "Slug 'admin' is reserved. Reserved slugs: ['admin', 'api', 'about']"

Custom Transliteration

from philiprehberger_slug import slugify

slugify("Ölkörper", transliterate={"ö": "oe", "ü": "ue"})  # "oelkoerper"

Slug from Parts

from philiprehberger_slug import slug_from_parts

slug_from_parts("2026", "03", "my post title")  # "2026-03-my-post-title"
slug_from_parts("Blog", "Straße & Weg")         # "blog-strasse-and-weg"

Unique Slugs

from philiprehberger_slug import unique_slugify

existing = {"hello-world", "hello-world-2"}
unique_slugify("Hello World", existing)  # "hello-world-3"

Strip HTML

from philiprehberger_slug import strip_html

strip_html("<p>Hello <b>World</b></p>")  # "Hello World"

API

Function / Class	Description
slugify(text, separator, max_length, lowercase, reserved, transliterate)	Generate a URL-safe slug from text
slug_from_parts(*parts, separator)	Join multiple strings into a single slug
unique_slugify(text, existing, separator, max_length)	Generate a unique slug with numeric suffix
strip_html(text)	Remove HTML tags from text
ReservedSlugError	Raised when a slug matches a reserved word

Development

pip install -e .
python -m pytest tests/ -v

Support

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License

MIT