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Override resource field before validation

I have a slug field that is based on a name. I want to be able to set it from title by something like slugify in Django. But I'm not able to override

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values of fields before they get validated in create action. I've used

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but it is not called when slug is

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. I don't want to do it before calling create action because it just doesn't feel right and dry. If I enable this action through an API and web interface than it will be 2 places to convert title to slug.

In case you don't know what slug is, here's wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_%28publishing%29 It is used in URL to uniquely identify a resource and this term comes from publishing. URL safe title is not fast to write is it? Django is my background where this term is frequently used.

Slug (publishing)

In newspaper editing, a slug is a short name given to an article that is in production. The story is labeled with its slug as it makes its way from the reporter through the editorial process. The AP Stylebook prescribes its use by wire reporters (in a "keyword slugline") as follows: "The keyword or slug (sometimes more than one word) clearly ind...