muk_base/muk_utils/tools/helper.py

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import re
import sys
import logging
import unicodedata

_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def slugify(value):
    value = str(unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value))
    if sys.version_info < (3,):
        value = str(value.encode('ascii', 'ignore'))
    value = str(re.sub('[^\w\s-]', '', value).strip().lower())
    value = str(re.sub('[-\s]+', '-', value))
    return value