Extract All urls from a string in python

Question

Given a string of text which could possibly contain multiple urls all starting with http://

for example:

someString = "Text amongst words and links http://www.text.com more text more text another http http://www.word.com"

How can I extract all the urls from a string like the one above?

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linuxfan · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-22 00:58:54Z

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This should work:

>>> for url in re.findall('(http://\S+)', someString): print url
... 
http://www.text.com
http://www.word.com

answered Sep 22, 2014 at 0:58

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cdvv7788 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-22 00:43:34Z

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You want regular expressions.

Shouldn't take you long from there

answered Sep 22, 2014 at 0:43

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