/** * Expose `isUrl`. */ module.exports = isUrl; /** * RegExps. * A URL must match #1 and then at least one of #2/#3. * Use two levels of REs to avoid REDOS. */ var protocolAndDomainRE = /^(?:\w+:)?\/\/(\S+)$/; var localhostDomainRE = /^localhost[\:?\d]*(?:[^\:?\d]\S*)?$/ var nonLocalhostDomainRE = /^[^\s\.]+\.\S{2,}$/; /** * Loosely validate a URL `string`. * * @param {String} string * @return {Boolean} */ function isUrl(string){ if (typeof string !== 'string') { return false; } var match = string.match(protocolAndDomainRE); if (!match) { return false; } var everythingAfterProtocol = match[1]; if (!everythingAfterProtocol) { return false; } if (localhostDomainRE.test(everythingAfterProtocol) || nonLocalhostDomainRE.test(everythingAfterProtocol)) { return true; } return false; }