sphinx-autoapi/autoapi/utils.py

import unicodedata
import re


# From Django


def slugify(value):
    """
    Converts to lowercase, removes non-word characters (alphanumerics and
    underscores) and converts spaces to hyphens. Also strips leading and
    trailing whitespace.
    """
    value = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", value).strip()
    return re.sub(r"[-\s]+", "-", value)