I’ve figured it out. If you only have 1 collection you want the slug to be like this, you can just add
"slug":{ "type": "uid", "targetField": "name", "required": true, "options": { "decamelize": false } }
to the schema.json. Or if you want to have it apply to all future UID fields you create across all collections (who are binded to a text field called “name”), you have to make a file at src/extensions/content-manager/strapi-server.js and paste this in. If anyone finds something I did wrong please let me know.
//replaces the node_modules/@strapi/plugin-content-manager/server/services/uid.js
//with this that automatically includes decamelization
const _ = require('lodash');
const slugify = require('@sindresorhus/slugify');
module.exports = (plugin) => {
plugin.services.uid = ({ strapi }) => ({
async generateUIDField({ contentTypeUID, field, data }) {
const contentType = strapi.contentTypes[contentTypeUID];
const { attributes } = contentType;
let { targetField, default: defaultValue, options } = attributes[field];
const targetValue = _.get(data, targetField);
if (targetField === 'name') {
options = {
decamelize: false,
...options
};
}
if (!_.isEmpty(targetValue)) {
return this.findUniqueUID({
contentTypeUID,
field,
value: slugify(targetValue, options),
});
}
return this.findUniqueUID({
contentTypeUID,
field,
value: slugify(defaultValue || contentType.modelName, options),
});
},
async findUniqueUID({ contentTypeUID, field, value }) {
const query = strapi.db.query(contentTypeUID);
const possibleColisions = await query
.findMany({
where: { [field]: { $contains: value } },
})
.then(results => results.map(result => result[field]));
if (possibleColisions.length === 0) {
return value;
}
let i = 1;
let tmpUId = `${value}-${i}`;
while (possibleColisions.includes(tmpUId)) {
i += 1;
tmpUId = `${value}-${i}`;
}
return tmpUId;
},
async checkUIDAvailability({ contentTypeUID, field, value }) {
const query = strapi.db.query(contentTypeUID);
const count = await query.count({
where: { [field]: value },
});
if (count > 0) return false;
return true;
},
})
return plugin;
};