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Javascript Regex for valid URLs
function validURL(s) {
var regexp = /^(ftp|http|https|chrome|:\/\/|\.|@){2,}(localhost|\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}|\S*:\w*@)*([a-zA-Z]|(\d{1,3}|\.){7}){1,}(\w|\.{2,}|\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}|\/|\?|&|:\d|@|=|\/|\(.*\)|#|-|%)*$/gum
return regexp.test(s);
}
// Live @ https://regex101.com/r/COlP9V/3
/*
========== Matches ==========
http://www.google.com
https://www.google.com
https://www.GOOGLE.com
https://www.apple.COM
https://cnn.com
http://www.google.com
https://localhost/foo
ftp://localhost
https://127.0.0.1
http://127.0.0.1:8080
http://127.0.0.1:8080/asdf
http://www.google.com?asdf&asdf
http://asdf:asdf@www.google.com?asdf&asdf
http://asdf:@asdf.com
http://w.co
chrome://version
https://foo.com/blah_blah
https://foo.com/blah_blah/
https://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)
https://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again)
http://www.example.com/wpstyle/?p=364
http://foo.com/blah_blah
http://foo.com/blah_blah/
http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)
http://foo.com/blah_blah_(wikipedia)_(again)
http://www.example.com/wpstyle/?p=364
https://www.example.com/foo/?bar=baz&inga=42&quux
http://userid:password@example.com:8080
http://userid:password@example.com:8080/
http://userid@example.com
http://userid@example.com/
http://userid@example.com:8080
http://userid@example.com:8080/
http://userid:password@example.com
http://userid:password@example.com/
http://142.42.1.1/
http://142.42.1.1:8080/
http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)#cite-1
http://foo.com/blah_(wikipedia)_blah#cite-1
http://foo.com/unicode_(✪)_in_parens
http://foo.com/(something)?after=parens
http://code.google.com/events/#&product=browser
http://j.mp
http://foo.bar/?q=Test%20URL-encoded%20stuff
http://-.~_!$&'()*+,;=:%40:80%2f::::::@example.com
http://223.255.255.254
http://0.0.0.0
http://10.1.1.1
http://10.1.1.0
http://10.1.1.255
http://224.1.1.1
========== SHOULD MATCH BUT DOESN'T ==========
http://مثال.إختبار
http://例子.测试
http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा
http://a.b-c.de
========== MATCHES BUT SHOULDN'T ==========
http://.www.foo.bar/
http://123.123.123
http://3628126748
========== DOES NOT MATCH ==========
http://
https://
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1:8080
http:://127.0.0.1:8080
127.0.0.1:8080/asdf
http://asdf:a.com
http://1337.net
htt
www.c
www.google.com
localhost/foo
localhost
http://www.c
https://www.google .com
https://www.google,com
https://www.google:com
file:///blah/index.html
http://
http://.
http://..
http://../
http://?
http://??
http://??/
http://#
http://##
http://##/
http://foo.bar?q=Spaces should be encoded
//
//a
///a
///
foo.com
rdar://1234
h://test
http:// shouldfail.com
:// should fail
http://foo.bar/foo(bar)baz quux
ftps://foo.bar/
http://.www.foo.bar./
http://-error-.invalid/
http://a.b--c.de/
http://-a.b.co
http://a.b-.co
http://1.1.1.1.1
http:///a
http://www.foo.bar./
http://☺.damowmow.com/
http://➡.ws/䨹
http://⌘.ws
http://⌘.ws/
http://✪df.ws/123
*/
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Many of these have been written. But this is mine to share with you all. ❤️

Pulled long list of test URLs from others. Thanks!

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