Improved c# Slug generator (or how to make friendly url from a post title)

 

here is an improved version of the Slug generator from Kamran Ayub. You can found original post here : http://www.intrepidstudios.com/blog/2009/2/10/function-to-generate-a-url-friendly-string.aspx

I’ve added the ability to remove accent.

public static string GenerateSlug(this string phrase)
{
    string str = phrase.RemoveAccent().ToLower();

    str = Regex.Replace(str, @"[^a-z0-9\s-]", ""); // invalid chars          
    str = Regex.Replace(str, @"\s+", " ").Trim(); // convert multiple spaces into one space  
    str = str.Substring(0, str.Length <= 45 ? str.Length : 45).Trim(); // cut and trim it  
    str = Regex.Replace(str, @"\s", "-"); // hyphens  

    return str;
}

public static string RemoveAccent(this string txt)
{
    byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("Cyrillic").GetBytes(txt);
    return System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
}

note: I’ve chosen to implement them as extension method, feel free to modify this.