urlize
v0.2.2
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Convert strings to be used as urls
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urlize
An urlize module for Node.js. Turns a string into a string that can be used more easily as an URL.
- Turns everything into lowercase
- Removes accents: äöå -> aoa
- Removes other characters than (i.e. keeps the following characters):
a-z 0-9 . _ - ( ) /
- Trims the string
##usage
npm install git://github.com/ile/urlize.git
var urlize = require('urlize').urlize;
urlize(" ääliö älä lyö, ööliä läikkyy");
// aalio-ala-lyo-oolia-laikkyy
##drawbacks
Doesn't handle many foreign characters. Handles some.