Method: StringUtils#urlify

Defined in:
lib/string_utils.rb

#urlify(string, opts = {}) ⇒ Object

Converts a string to a nicely readable URL opts: :default_replacement – string to use for unknown characters (Default: “”) :whitespace_replacement – string to use to replace whitespace+ (Default: “-”)



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# File 'lib/string_utils.rb', line 43

def urlify(string, opts = {})
  opts = {:whitespace_replacement => '-', :default_replacement => ""}.merge(opts)
  string = string.gsub(WHITESPACES, opts[:whitespace_replacement])
  string.strip!
  string.gsub!(/[^\x00-\x7f]/u) { |char| TRANSLITERATIONS[char] || opts[:default_replacement] }
  string.gsub!(/[^a-z0-9\-+_]/, opts[:default_replacement])
  string
end