Slugify a string in JavaScript

Jan 9, 2023

Learn how to slugify a string in JavaScript using the slugify library, and how to strip dots and other punctuation with its remove regex option.

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Install the slugify library

npm i slugify

Then import it

import slugify from 'slugify'

and you can do

const slug = slugify('Testing this')
console.log(slug) //testing-this

Note that if the string contains dots or other punctuation, it will not strip that.

To remove that, you can use a regex like this:

slugify('Testing. this!', { remove: /[*+~.,()'"!:@]/g })

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