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Created August 8, 2012 11:13
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Yet another regex to check URLs
# Capture entire matched URL
(
# Optional: only allow some network protocols
# URL protocol and a colon followed by 2 slashes
(?:
(?:
http|https|ftp
):\\/\\/
)?
# Check if it is the beginning of a word
(?<=\\b)
# The URL must not start with the character '@'
(?<!\\@)
# The domain name must begin with a valid character
(?:[\w\d]
# Other characters allowed in the domain
(?:[\w\dñÑ()+,-.:=;$_!*'%?#])*
)
# A recognized domain is required
\\.
(?:
aero|arpa|asia|biz|cat|com|coop|edu|gov|inet|info|int|jobs|mil|
mobi|museum|name|net|org|pro|tel|travel|xxx|ac|ad|ae|af|ag|ai|
al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|
bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cu|
cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|
fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|
hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|
km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|
mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne|nf|
ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt|pw|
py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|
st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|
ua|ug|uk|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|za|zm|zw
)
# Optional: Port number
(?::[0-9]+)?
# Characters allowed in a URL according to RF1738
(?:
\\/[\w\d()+,-.:=@;$_!*'%?#&|\\\\]*
)*
# Check if we have consumed all characters allowed in a URL
(?![\w\d()+,-./:=@;$_!*'%?#&|\\\\])
)
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