unicode-slugify-latin 0.2

A slug generator that turns strings into unicode slugs, and enables replacement for common latin letters into ascii representations.

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Links

PyPi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unicode-slugify-latin

Github: https://github.com/eminbugrasaral/unicode-slugify-latin

# Unicode Slugify (with Latin Hack)

Unicode Slugify is a slugifier that generates unicode slugs. It was originally used in the Firefox Add-ons web site to generate slugs for add-ons and add-on collections. Many of these add-ons and collections had unicode characters and required more than simple transliteration.

## Install

pip install unicode-slugify-latin

## Usage

>>> import slugify

>>> slugify.slugify(u'Bän...g (bang)')
u'bäng-bang'

## Latin Hack

• Replaces special Latin chars with similar ascii representations.

• Problem: I want users who speak Latin languages with English keyboards to be able to search through my Latin strings.

• Solution: Slugify that Latin string by enabling Latin replacement, and match this string with the slugified search word.

• Example: Strore “Sabancı Üniversitesi” as “sabanci-universitesi” and then users will be able to search with any combination like “Sabanci”, “Sabancı” and “SABANCI”.

• Note: Do not forget to slugify both strings with replace_latin=True

## Example

>>> from slugify import slugify

>>> string_without_latin_letters = slugify(u'ıspanaklı boğaz turşusu', replace_latin=True)
u'ispanakli-bogaz-tursusu'

>>> slugify(u'Ispanakli Bogaz Tursusu') == string_without_latin_letters
True

>>> u'Bogazici'.lower() in slugify(u'boğaziçi', replace_latin=True)
True

>>> slugify(u'çiçek', replace_turkish=True) in slugify(u'ÇİÇEK', replace_latin=True)
True

>>> u'cicek' in slugify(u'ÇİÇEK', replace_latin=True)
True

## List of common latin letters to be replaced

• ı, ì, í, î, ï -> i

• İ, Ì, Í, Î, Ï -> I

• ö, ó, ò, ô, õ, ø -> o

• Ö, Ò, Ó, Ô, Õ, Ø -> O

• ü, ù, ú, û -> u

• Ü, Ù, Ú, Û -> U

• à, á, â, ã, ä, å -> a

• À, Á, Â, Ã, Ä, Å -> A

• æ -> ae

• Æ -> AE

• è, é, ê, ë -> e

• È, É, Ê, Ë -> E

• ñ -> n

• Ñ -> N

• ý, ÿ -> y

• Ý, Ÿ -> Y

• ş -> s

• Ş -> S

• ç -> c

• Ç -> C

• ğ -> g

• Ğ -> G

## New parameters after this fork

• replace_latin: Replace common Latin letters to be replaced with similar ascii representation.

• unicode_pairs: You can give a dictionary of unicode characters with their replacement values. Like: {u’xe9’, ‘e’} - é will be replaced with e

## Sponsors

• This library is being used in The Volt Ride Sharing App (http://thevoltapp.com)

• Hippo Foundry (http://hipolabs.com)

## Contact

• Website: http://www.eminbugrasaral.com