// // Regular Expression for URL validation // // Author: Diego Perini // Updated: 2010/12/05 // License: MIT // // Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Diego Perini (http://www.iport.it) // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation // files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without // restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, // copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following // conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be // included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, // EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES // OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND // NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, // WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. // // 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.) // // Compressed one-line versions: // // Javascript 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-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/i // // PHP version // // _^(?:(?:https?|ftp)://)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}0-9]-*)*[a-z\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}0-9]-*)*[a-z\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\x{00a1}-\x{ffff}]{2,}))\.?)(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$_iuS // re_weburl = new RegExp( // protocol identifier "(?:(?:https?|ftp)://)" + // user:pass authentication "(?:\\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 & broacast 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 name "(?:(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)" + // domain name "(?:\\.(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)*" + // TLD identifier "(?:\\.(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff]{2,}))" + // TLD may end with dot "\\.?" + ")" + // port number "(?::\\d{2,5})?" + // resource path "(?:[/?#]\\S*)?", "img" );