vue-wp/vue-theme/src/utils/helpers.js

const convertTitleCase = (type) => {
    if(typeof type !== 'string') return ''
    return type.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + type.slice(1)
}

const dePluralize = type => {
    return type[type.length - 1] === 's' ? type.slice(0, -1) : type
}

const sortTypes = {
    alpha: 'by-alpha',
    recent: 'by-recent',
    material: 'by-material',
    artist: 'by-artist',
    episode: 'by-episode',
}

/**
 * A list of custom post types used to dispatch vuex actions
 * This makes ALL post type modules available for the
 * list and single components to request data
 */
const postTypes = [
    'episodes',
    'artists',
    'exhibitions',
    'events',
    'posts',
    'pages',
]

/**
 * Type assigned from Route :type
 * In case of failure, tries to derive type
 * matching pieces to postTypes array
 */
const typeFromRoute = route => {
    let type = route.params.type ? route.params.type : route.fullPath.split('/')

    if(!route.params.type) {
        // Remove blank path sections and match to postTypes array
        type = type
            .filter(pathSection => pathSection != '')
            .filter(pathSection => postTypes.includes(pathSection))
        
        // Only take the first match
        type = type[0]
        console.log(`type derived from route.path: ${type}`)
    }
    
    return type
}

export { convertTitleCase, dePluralize, typeFromRoute, sortTypes, postTypes }