regex-weburl.js

//
// Regular Expression for URL validation
//
// Author: Diego Perini
// Created: 2010/12/05
// Updated: 2018/09/12
// License: MIT
//
// Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Diego Perini (http://www.iport.it)
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//
// the regular expression composed & commented
// could be easily tweaked for RFC compliance,
// it was expressly modified to fit & satisfy
// these test for an URL shortener:
//
//   http://mathiasbynens.be/demo/url-regex
//
// Notes on possible differences from a standard/generic validation:
//
// - utf-8 char class take in consideration the full Unicode range
// - TLDs have been made mandatory so single names like "localhost" fails
// - protocols have been restricted to ftp, http and https only as requested
//
// Changes:
//
// - IP address dotted notation validation, range: 1.0.0.0 - 223.255.255.255
//   first and last IP address of each class is considered invalid
//   (since they are broadcast/network addresses)
//
// - Added exclusion of private, reserved and/or local networks ranges
// - Made starting path slash optional (http://example.com?foo=bar)
// - Allow a dot (.) at the end of hostnames (http://example.com.)
// - Allow an underscore (_) character in host/domain names
// - Check dot delimited parts length and total length
// - Made protocol optional, allowed short syntax //
//
// Compressed one-line versions:
//
// Javascript regex version
//
// /^(?:(?:(?:https?|ftp):)?\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z0-9\u00a1-\uffff][a-z0-9\u00a1-\uffff_-]{0,62})?[a-z0-9\u00a1-\uffff]\.)+(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}\.?))(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/i
//
// PHP version (uses % symbol as delimiter)
//
// %^(?:(?:(?:https?|ftp):)?\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z0-9\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}][a-z0-9\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}_-]{0,62})?[a-z0-9\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}]\.)+(?:[a-z\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}]{2,}\.?))(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$%iuS
//
var re_weburl = new RegExp(
  "^" +
    // protocol identifier (optional)
    // short syntax // still required
    "(?:(?:(?:https?|ftp):)?\\/\\/)" +
    // user:pass BasicAuth (optional)
    "(?:\\S+(?::\\S*)?@)?" +
    "(?:" +
      // IP address exclusion
      // private & local networks
      "(?!(?:10|127)(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){3})" +
      "(?!(?:169\\.254|192\\.168)(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){2})" +
      "(?!172\\.(?:1[6-9]|2\\d|3[0-1])(?:\\.\\d{1,3}){2})" +
      // IP address dotted notation octets
      // excludes loopback network 0.0.0.0
      // excludes reserved space >= 224.0.0.0
      // excludes network & broadcast addresses
      // (first & last IP address of each class)
      "(?:[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d|2[01]\\d|22[0-3])" +
      "(?:\\.(?:1?\\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-5])){2}" +
      "(?:\\.(?:[1-9]\\d?|1\\d\\d|2[0-4]\\d|25[0-4]))" +
    "|" +
      // host & domain names, may end with dot
      // can be replaced by a shortest alternative
      // (?![-_])(?:[-\\w\\u00a1-\\uffff]{0,63}[^-_]\\.)+
      "(?:" +
        "(?:" +
          "[a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff]" +
          "[a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff_-]{0,62}" +
        ")?" +
        "[a-z0-9\\u00a1-\\uffff]\\." +
      ")+" +
      // TLD identifier name, may end with dot
      "(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff]{2,}\\.?)" +
    ")" +
    // port number (optional)
    "(?::\\d{2,5})?" +
    // resource path (optional)
    "(?:[/?#]\\S*)?" +
  "$", "i"
);

@dperini, incorrectly returns true for "https://goo.gl.". Edit: Hmm... it seems that chrome does accept that as a valid url. How so?

as . is allowed at the end of URL changing nothing