Class: FileNamingHelper

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/file_naming_helper.rb

Overview

Normalises arbitrary user-supplied filenames into safe, ASCII-friendly
slugs while preserving the original extension.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.sanitize_file_name(filename) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/file_naming_helper.rb', line 5

def self.sanitize_file_name(filename)
  base = File.basename(filename, File.extname(filename))
  ext = File.extname(filename)

  # Replace any non-word characters with a dash, strip extra dashes/spaces
  sanitized = base
              .gsub(/[^\w\s-]/, '') # Remove anything not word, space, or dash
              .gsub(/\s+/, '-').squeeze('-') # Squeeze repeated dashes
              .downcase # Optional: downcase

  "#{sanitized}#{ext}"
end