https://stackoverflow.com/a/45044740/5627904

validUrl.js

function isValidURL(str) {
    var pattern = new RegExp('^((https?:)?\\/\\/)?'+ // protocol
        '(?:\\S+(?::\\S*)?@)?' + // authentication
        '((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|'+ // domain name
        '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))'+ // OR ip (v4) address
        '(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*'+ // port and path
        '(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?'+ // query string
        '(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$','i'); // fragment locater
    if (!pattern.test(str)) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}