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gruber_url_check.py
import re
def check(test_str):
pattern = r'(?i)\b((?:https?://|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:\'".,<>?\xab\xbb\u201c\u201d\u2018\u2019]))'
if not re.search(pattern, test_str):
print 'Invalid : %r' % (test_str,)
else:
print 'Valid : %r' % (test_str,)
check("http://www.timbroder.com")
check("ht:a//hi.com")
check("http/a.hi.com")
check("www.hiadas.com")
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