fixes #568

server/controllers/project.controller.js

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import archiver from 'archiver';
 import request from 'request';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import isUrl from 'is-url';
-import slugify from 'slugify';
 import jsdom, { serializeDocument } from 'jsdom';
+import generateSlug from '../utils/generateSlug';
 import Project from '../models/project';
 import User from '../models/user';
 import { deleteObjectsFromS3, getObjectKey } from './aws.controller';
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function buildZip(project, req, res) {
   });
 
   const currentTime = moment().format('YYYY_MM_DD_HH_mm_ss');
-  project.slug = slugify(project.name, '_');
+  project.slug = generateSlug(project.name, '_');
   res.attachment(`${project.slug}_${currentTime}.zip`);
   zip.pipe(res);
 

server/models/project.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 import shortid from 'shortid';
-import slugify from 'slugify';
+import generateSlug from '../utils/generateSlug';
 
 const { Schema } = mongoose;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ projectSchema.set('toJSON', {
 
 projectSchema.pre('save', function generateSlug(next) {
   const project = this;
-  project.slug = slugify(project.name, '_');
+  project.slug = generateSlug(project.name, '_');
   return next();
 });
 

server/utils/generateSlug.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * generate short slug for a given string
+ * that can be used as a valid file name
+ * in all operating systems
+ * @param {String} string
+ * @param {String} replacer (optional) character to replace invalid characters
+ */
+export function generateSlug(string, replacer) {
+  // from here  https://serverfault.com/a/242134
+  const INVALID_CHARS_REGEX = /[*/?:\\<>|"\u0000-\u001F]/g;
+  const slug = string.replace(INVALID_CHARS_REGEX, replacer || '');
+
+  return slug;
+}
+
+export default generateSlug;