export default (str) => { str = str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim str = str.toLowerCase(); // remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc var from = "àáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;"; var to = "aaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuunc------"; for (var i = 0, l = from.length; i < l; i++) { str = str.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i)); } str = str.replace(/[^a-z0-9 -]/g, '') // remove invalid chars .replace(/\s+/g, '-') // collapse whitespace and replace by - .replace(/-+/g, '-'); // collapse dashes return str; }