Regex if you want to ensure URL starts with HTTP/HTTPS:
https?://(www.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_+.~#?&//=]*)
If you do not require HTTP protocol:
[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_+.~#?&//=]*)
To try this out see http://regexr.com?37i6s, or for a version which is less restrictive http://regexr.com/3e6m0.
Example JavaScript implementation:
var expression = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_+.~#?&//=]*)?/gi;
var regex = new RegExp(expression);
var t = ‘www.google.com’;
if (t.match(regex)) {
alert(“Successful match”);
} else {
alert(“No match”);
}
(https?://(?:www.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9].[^s]{2,}|www.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9].[^s]{2,}|https?://(?:www.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+.[^s]{2,}|www.[a-zA-Z0-9]+.[^s]{2,})
Will match the following cases
http://www.foufos.gr
https://www.foufos.gr
http://foufos.gr
http://www.foufos.gr/kino
http://werer.gr
www.foufos.gr
www.mp3.com
www.t.co
http://t.co
http://www.t.co
https://www.t.co
www.aa.com
http://aa.com
http://www.aa.com
https://www.aa.com
Will NOT match the following
www.foufos
www.foufos-.gr
www.-foufos.gr
foufos.gr
http://www.foufos
http://foufos
www.mp3#.com
var expression = /(https?://(?:www.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9].[^s]{2,}|www.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9].[^s]{2,}|https?://(?:www.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+.[^s]{2,}|www.[a-zA-Z0-9]+.[^s]{2,})/gi;
var regex = new RegExp(expression);
var check = [
‘http://www.foufos.gr’,
‘https://www.foufos.gr’,
‘http://foufos.gr’,
‘http://www.foufos.gr/kino’,
‘http://werer.gr’,
‘www.foufos.gr’,
‘www.mp3.com’,
‘www.t.co’,
‘http://t.co’,
‘http://www.t.co’,
‘https://www.t.co’,
‘www.aa.com’,
‘http://aa.com’,
‘http://www.aa.com’,
‘https://www.aa.com’,
‘www.foufos’,
‘www.foufos-.gr’,
‘www.-foufos.gr’,
‘foufos.gr’,
‘http://www.foufos’,
‘http://foufos’,
‘www.mp3#.com’
];
check.forEach(function(entry) {
if (entry.match(regex)) {
$(“#output”).append( “
” );
} else {
$(“#output”).append( “
” );
}
});
Check it in rubular – NEW version
Check it in rubular – old version