mathiasose
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8 years ago Since 1.9 Django supports unicode slugs and SlugFields natively.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/utils/#django.utils.text.slugify https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/models/fields/#slugfield
I thought others might encounter the same problem as I did, so I'll share my solution and possibly get some feedback if there is a better way to do it.
Problem: If you use slugs generated by unicode-slugify with Django's SlugField, you will be prevented from saving a form with a SlugField (e.g. in the Django Admin) if the field value is invalid by Django's slug standard.
Solution: Replace SlugField with a new UnicodeSlugField which inherits everything from SlugField except that pesky validation. Add a new validator using unicode-slugify.