new slug-based identifiers

scripts/make-folklist.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from datetime import date
 # re-run it every time you edit the folk.csv file to add someone you have forgotten
 # it needs to be run on the server too as the file produced is ignored by git
 
+# updated to use slugs to recognise people instead of FirstnameSurname
+
 headcount = 0
 pics = 0
 allyears = 0
@@ -20,6 +22,19 @@ headcounts_byyear = [0]*(len(lines[0].split(","))-5)
 
 yearnow = date.today().year 
 
+slug_cache = {}
+def troggle_slugify(longname):
+    """Uniqueness enforcement too. Yes we have had two "Dave Johnson"s
+    This function copied instact from troggle/parsers/people/py
+    """
+    slug = longname.strip().lower().replace(" ","-")
+    if len(slug) > 40: # slugfield is 50 chars
+        slug = slug[:40]
+    if slug in slug_cache: 
+        slug_cache[slug] += 1
+        slug = f"{slug}_{slug_cache[slug]}"
+    slug_cache[slug] = 1
+    return slug
 
 for r in lines[1:]:
     n +=1
@@ -52,6 +67,10 @@ for r in lines[1:]:
     nameurl = nameurl.replace(';', '%3B')
     nameurl = re.sub('<[^>]*>','',nameurl)
     nameurl = re.sub('\([^\)]*\)','',nameurl) # mostly not needed, but is for Wookey
+
+    # new url using slug
+    nameurl = re.sub('\([^\)]*\)','',name)
+    nameurl = troggle_slugify(nameurl)
     namelink= "<a href='/person/" + nameurl + "'>" + namevis + "</a>"
     output += namelink
     #output += name.replace('""', '"')