URL validation for a request form

Anna L · ‎06-18-2016

Hi,

I have a client requirement to have a request form field "URL". Basically, asking users to enter a URL of the site they manage. Requirement is to validate the URL if it is valid. How would I do that considering I have validation criteria?

Manik · ‎06-18-2016

Hi Ronald,

You can use a regex to validate url.

var url = g_form.getValue('url_field');

var re = /^(http[s]?:\/\/){0,1}(www\.){0,1}[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,5}[\.]{0,1}/; if (!re.test(url)) { alert("invalid url"); return false; }

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Steven Young · ‎06-18-2016

What was your initial thought on validation?

Like is it a live website?

or is it on a list, that you have valid URL's stored in a table?

Anna L · ‎06-18-2016

general validation like to avoid user entering "mysite" instead of proper terminology as "www.mysite.com". To your second question, there is no list of valid urls anywhere.

Steven Young · ‎06-18-2016

not the best idea, but a very simple idea would be and indexOf("www.") > -1

that will ensure that it at least has a www. in it.

BenPhillipsSNC · ‎03-24-2017

Many URL's don't have www, especially internal sites.