⚡ Generate and append a unique ID to each item

src/utils/MiscHelpers.js

@@ -25,3 +25,23 @@ export const sanitize = (string) => {
   const reg = /[&<>"'/]/ig;
   return string.replace(reg, (match) => (map[match]));
 };
+
+/* Based on section title, item name and index, return a string value for ID */
+const makeItemId = (sectionStr, itemStr, index) => {
+  const charSum = sectionStr.split('').map((a) => a.charCodeAt(0)).reduce((x, y) => x + y);
+  const itemTitleStr = itemStr.replace(/\s+/g, '-').replace(/[^a-zA-Z ]/g, '').toLowerCase();
+  return `${index}_${charSum}_${itemTitleStr}`;
+};
+
+/* Given an array of sections, apply a unique ID to each item, and return modified array */
+export const applyItemId = (inputSections) => {
+  const sections = inputSections || [];
+  sections.forEach((sec, secIdx) => {
+    if (sec.items) {
+      sec.items.forEach((item, itemIdx) => {
+        sections[secIdx].items[itemIdx].id = makeItemId(sec.name, item.title, itemIdx);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return sections;
+};