fix #42: Email has invalid characters

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index 1638a9ff..750155c5 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ exports.randomize = function (array) {
     return Faker.random.array_element(array);
 };
 
+// slugifies string
+exports.slugify = function (string) {
+    return string.replace(/ /g, '-').replace(/[^\w\.\-]+/g, '');
+};
+
 // parses string for a symbol and replace it with a random number from 1-10
 exports.replaceSymbolWithNumber = function (string, symbol) {
     // default symbol is '#'
diff --git a/lib/internet.js b/lib/internet.js
index e08308d0..898769de 100644
--- a/lib/internet.js
+++ b/lib/internet.js
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@ var Faker = require('../index');
 
 var internet = {
     email: function () {
-        return this.userName() + "@" + this.domainName();
+        return Faker.Helpers.slugify(this.userName()) + "@" + Faker.Helpers.slugify(this.domainName());
     },
 
     userName: function () {
+        var result;
         switch (Faker.random.number(2)) {
         case 0:
-            return Faker.random.first_name();
+            result = Faker.random.first_name();
+            break;
         case 1:
-            return Faker.random.first_name() + Faker.random.array_element([".", "_"]) + Faker.random.last_name();
+            result = Faker.random.first_name() + Faker.random.array_element([".", "_"]) + Faker.random.last_name();
+            break;
         }
+        return result;
     },
 
     domainName: function () {