String.toUrlSlug

Convert the string to a URL slug.

A “slug” is a token that is added to a URL to make it more human-readable and optimized for search engines.

'Learn HTML in 33 Days!'.toUrlSlug()
//= 'learn-html-in-33-days'

'Turtles & Tide Pools'.toUrlSlug()
//= 'turtles-tide-pools'

Skip Words

The $skipWords argument takes a string containing a whitespace-delimited list of words to exclude from the slug.

This will also filter out any duplicate words from the slug.

$pageTitle = '''
    THT News: The THT Festival Was a Success!
'''

$pageTitle.toUrlSlug('a an the')
//= 'tht-news-festival-was-success'

If $skipWords is :common, it will be set to a list of about 50 common English words (e.g. “and”, “or”, “a”, etc.) that will result in a cleaner, keyword-dense slug.

$pageTitle = '''
    This Man Watched 'Lord of the Rings' 3,000 Times
'''

$pageTitle.toUrlSlug(':common')
//= 'man-watched-lord-rings-3000-times'