refactor some methods for reuse (#468)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit/Utilities/PathUtilities.cs b/src/StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit/Utilities/PathUtilities.cs
index 2e74e7d9..b959f9b5 100644
--- a/src/StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit/Utilities/PathUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit/Utilities/PathUtilities.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit.Utilities
 {
@@ -61,5 +62,12 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Toolkit.Utilities
                 relative = "./";
             return relative;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>Get whether a string is a valid 'slug', containing only basic characters that are safe in all contexts (e.g. filenames, URLs, etc).</summary>
+        /// <param name="str">The string to check.</param>
+        public static bool IsSlug(string str)
+        {
+            return !Regex.IsMatch(str, "[^a-z0-9_.-]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+        }
     }
 }