urlize

An urlize module for Node.js. Turns a string into a string that can be used more easily as an URL.

1. Turns everything into lowercase

• Removes accents: äöå -> aoa
• Removes other characters than (i.e. keeps the following characters): a-z 0-9 . _ - ( ) /
• Trims the string

##usage

npm install git://github.com/ile/urlize.git

var urlize = require('urlize').urlize;

urlize(" ääliö älä lyö, ööliä läikkyy");
// aalio-ala-lyo-oolia-laikkyy

##drawbacks

Doesn't handle many foreign characters. Handles some.