Slugify a title

Turn any title into a lowercase, URL-safe slug.

python beginner #strings#regex#urls
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python-slugify.py
import re
import unicodedata


def slugify(text: str) -> str:
    text = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", text).encode("ascii", "ignore").decode()
    text = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9]+", "-", text).strip("-").lower()
    return text or "item"


print(slugify("Café & Bakery: Summer Menu!"))   # cafe-bakery-summer-menu