Validating URLs
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Created: 2026-09-30 00:00:27
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function isValidUrl(url) {
// This regex validates URLs starting with http://, https://, or www.
// It allows for domains, subdomains, paths, query parameters, and fragments.
const urlRegex = /^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&\/=]*)$/i;
return urlRegex.test(url);
}
// Example Usage:
// const url1 = "https://www.example.com/path/to?query=param#fragment";
// const url2 = "http://example.org";
// const url3 = "www.google.com";
// const url4 = "google.com";
// console.log(`'${url1}' is valid: ${isValidUrl(url1)}`);
// console.log(`'${url2}' is valid: ${isValidUrl(url2)}`);
// console.log(`'${url3}' is valid: ${isValidUrl(url3)}`);
// console.log(`'${url4}' is valid: ${isValidUrl(url4)}`); // false (as protocol/www is generally expected by this regex)