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Generate URL-safe slugs from Persian text, with options for separator, lowercase, max length, custom replacements, and Persian digit handling. Use when building URL paths from article titles, file names from user-typed strings, or anchor IDs. Triggers on mentions of slugify, createSlug, URL-safe Persian, slug from Farsi, prettify URL.

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slugify — URL-safe slugs from Persian text

import {
  slugify,
  createSlug,
  slugifyWithNumbers,
  slugifySimple,
} from "@persian-tools/persian-tools";
// CommonJS
const {
  slugify,
  createSlug,
  slugifyWithNumbers,
  slugifySimple,
} = require("@persian-tools/persian-tools");

Public exports

slugify(text: string, options?: SlugifyOptions): string
createSlug(text: string, separator?: string): string
slugifyWithNumbers(text: string, separator?: string): string
slugifySimple(text: string): string

interface SlugifyOptions {
  separator?: string;                  // default "-"
  lowercase?: boolean;                  // default true (lowercases Latin only — Persian has no case)
  removeRepeatedSeparators?: boolean;   // collapse "--" → "-", default true
  maxLength?: number;                   // truncate after slug build
  preserveNumbers?: boolean;            // default true — Persian digits kept; English digits stay as-is
  customReplacements?: Record<string, string>;
}

Basic usage

import { slugify } from "@persian-tools/persian-tools";

slugify("سلام دنیا");                          // "سلام-دنیا"
slugify("چگونه برنامه‌نویسی یاد بگیریم؟");      // "چگونه-برنامه-نویسی-یاد-بگیریم"
slugify("Hello سلام 2024");                    // "hello-سلام-2024"

With options

slugify("سلام دنیا", { separator: "_" });                  // "سلام_دنیا"
slugify("سلام دنیا", { maxLength: 8 });                    // "سلام-دن"
slugify("سلام دنیا", { lowercase: false });                // doesn't lowercase Latin
slugify("سال ۱۴۰۰", { preserveNumbers: true });            // "سال-۱۴۰۰" (Persian digits preserved)

Convenience exports

  • createSlug(text, separator?) — slugify with the same separator default-overridable.
  • slugifyWithNumbers(text, separator?) — slugify keeping digits intact.
  • slugifySimple(text) — barebones slugification (no options).

These are thin wrappers; you can always call slugify(text, ...) directly.

What it does internally

  1. Validates input is a non-empty string. Otherwise throws (likely Error, not TypeError — see src/modules/slugify/index.ts:65).
  2. Normalises Arabic characters → Persian via toPersianChars.
  3. Applies SLUG_REPLACEMENTS (e.g. آ → ا, ة → ه, drops Arabic diacritics).
  4. Applies PUNCTUATION_REPLACEMENTS (strips ؟ ، « » etc.; converts Arabic-Indic digits to English).
  5. Applies any customReplacements.
  6. Replaces whitespace runs with separator, optionally collapses repeated separators, optionally truncates to maxLength.

Common pitfalls

  • Throws on empty string. Pre-check text.trim().length > 0.
  • lowercase: true affects only Latin characters; Persian doesn't have case.
  • preserveNumbers: true keeps Persian digits, which may NOT be URL-safe in some contexts (browsers handle them fine, but some servers reject non-ASCII paths). For pure-ASCII URLs, set preserveNumbers: false and pre-convert digits with digitsFaToEn.
  • maxLength truncates after slug building — the final slug may end on a separator if you're unlucky. Trim trailing separators yourself if it matters.
  • Custom replacements run after defaults — they can override punctuation handling. Useful for vocabulary-specific tweaks (e.g. brand-name expansions).

References

  • Tests: test/slugify.spec.ts
  • Related: URLfix skill (decode percent-encoded URLs before slugifying)