***

title: "SlugValidator"
generated: true
---------------

## SlugValidator

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/service/helpers/slug-validator/slug-validator.ts" sourceLine="44" packageName="@vendure/core" />

Used to validate slugs to ensure they are URL-safe and unique. Designed to be used with translatable
entities such as [Product](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/product#product) and [Collection](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/collection#collection).

```ts title="Signature"
class SlugValidator {
    constructor(connection: TransactionalConnection)
    validateSlugs(ctx: RequestContext, input: T, translationEntity: Type<E>) => Promise<T>;
}
```

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### validateSlugs

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(ctx: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>, input: T, translationEntity: Type<E>) => Promise<T>`}   />

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## InputWithSlug

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/service/helpers/slug-validator/slug-validator.ts" sourceLine="16" packageName="@vendure/core" />

```ts title="Signature"
type InputWithSlug = {
    id?: ID | null;
    translations?: Array<{
        id?: ID | null;
        languageCode: LanguageCode;
        slug?: string | null;
    }> | null;
}
```

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### id

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/common/id#id'>ID</a> | null`}   />

### translations

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`Array<{         id?: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/common/id#id'>ID</a> | null;         languageCode: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/common/language-code#languagecode'>LanguageCode</a>;         slug?: string | null;     }> | null`}   />

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## TranslationEntity

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/service/helpers/slug-validator/slug-validator.ts" sourceLine="29" packageName="@vendure/core" />

```ts title="Signature"
type TranslationEntity = VendureEntity & {
    id: ID;
    languageCode: LanguageCode;
    slug: string;
    base: any;
}
```