Ghost/core/server/api/slugs.js

// # Slug API
// RESTful API for the Slug resource
var canThis      = require('../permissions').canThis,
    dataProvider = require('../models'),
    errors       = require('../errors'),
    Promise      = require('bluebird'),

    slugs,
    allowedTypes;

/**
 * ## Slugs API Methods
 *
 * **See:** [API Methods](index.js.html#api%20methods)
 */
slugs = {

    /**
     * ## Generate Slug
     * Create a unique slug for the given type and its name
     *
     * @param {{type (required), name (required), context, transacting}} options
     * @returns {Promise(String)} Unique string
     */
    generate: function (options) {
        options = options || {};

        // `allowedTypes` is used to define allowed slug types and map them against its model class counterpart
        allowedTypes = {
            post: dataProvider.Post,
            tag: dataProvider.Tag,
            user: dataProvider.User,
            app: dataProvider.App
        };

        return canThis(options.context).generate.slug().then(function () {
            if (allowedTypes[options.type] === undefined) {
                return Promise.reject(new errors.BadRequestError('Unknown slug type \'' + options.type + '\'.'));
            }

            return dataProvider.Base.Model.generateSlug(allowedTypes[options.type], options.name, {status: 'all'}).then(function (slug) {
                if (!slug) {
                    return Promise.reject(new errors.InternalServerError('Could not generate slug.'));
                }

                return {slugs: [{slug: slug}]};
            });
        }).catch(function (err) {
            if (err) {
                return Promise.reject(err);
            }

            return Promise.reject(new errors.NoPermissionError('You do not have permission to generate a slug.'));
        });
    }

};

module.exports = slugs;