From 968506a8ddbd2b8310e7e3e13a4765e1b4c392a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Liebowitz <alex@alexliebowitz.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 03:28:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add lbry.formatName()

---
 js/lbry.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/lbry.js b/js/lbry.js
index 00cbbe626..381dde98f 100644
--- a/js/lbry.js
+++ b/js/lbry.js
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ lbry.formatCredits = function(amount, precision)
   return amount.toFixed(precision || 1).replace(/\.?0+$/, '');
 }
 
+lbry.formatName = function(name) {
+  // Converts LBRY name to standard format (all lower case, no special characters)
+  return name.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9\-]/, '');
+}
+
 lbry.loadJs = function(src, type, onload)
 {
   var lbryScriptTag = document.getElementById('lbry'),