An Elixir library and protocol for generating URL-friendly slugs from strings with configurable replacements.
Slugger is an Elixir library designed to generate URL-friendly slugs from strings, ensuring they contain only safe characters like A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and a configurable separator. It solves the problem of creating readable, semantic URLs for web applications by handling special character replacements and providing flexible slugging options.
Elixir developers building web applications, content management systems, or any project requiring clean URL slugs for SEO and user-friendly navigation.
Developers choose Slugger for its simplicity, extensibility via protocols, and built-in support for special character replacements, making it a robust solution for slug generation without external dependencies.
A Slugger for elixir.
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Functions like `slugify` and `slugify_downcase` offer straightforward slug generation, as demonstrated in the README examples with clear input-output pairs.
Allows customization of separator characters and replacement files via application config, enabling tailored slug creation for different use cases.
Implements the Slugify protocol to easily generate slugs for custom data structures, leveraging Elixir's protocol system for seamless extensibility.
Provides a `truncate_slug` function to limit slug length while maintaining readability, useful for SEO and URL length constraints.
Changes to settings like separator or replacement file only take effect after recompilation, which can hinder rapid development and deployment workflows.
Special character replacements depend on a user-maintained file; default support may not cover all languages or complex Unicode cases without manual updates.
For database use with Ecto, developers must rely on third-party libraries like ecto_autoslug_field, adding complexity and potential dependency issues.