Javascript regex to find a base URL

Question

I'm going mad with this regex in JS:

var patt1=/^http(s)?:\/\/[a-z0-9-]+(.[a-z0-9-]+)*?(:[0-9]+)?(\/)?$/i;

If I give an input string like "http://www.eitb.com/servicios/concursos/516522/" this regex it's supossed to return NULL, because there are a "folder" after base URL. It works in PHP, but not in Javascript, like in this script:

<script type="text/javascript">
var str="http://www.eitb.com/servicios/concursos/516522/"; 
var patt1=/^http(s)?:\/\/[a-z0-9-]+(.[a-z0-9-]+)*?(:[0-9]+)?(\/)?$/i;
document.write(str.match(patt1));
</script>

It returns

http://www.eitb.com/servicios/concursos/516522/,,/516522,,/

The question is: why it is not working? How to make it work?

The idea is to implement this regex in another function to get NULL when the URL passed is not in the correct format:

http://www.eitb.com/ -> Correct http://www.eitb.com/something -> Incorrect

Thanks

Andy E · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-15 12:50:31Z

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I'm no javascript pro, but accustomed to perl regexp, so I'll give it a try; the . in the middle of the regexp might need to be escaped, as it can map a / and jinx the whole regexp.

Try this way:

var patt1=/^http(s)?:\/\/[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*?(:[0-9]+)?(\/)?$/i;

edited Nov 15, 2010 at 12:50

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answered Nov 15, 2010 at 12:47

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2 Comments

Ivan Over a year ago

Perfect. I didn't aware this dot.

wtorsi Over a year ago

cyrillic symbols now also can be used in URLs

JxAxMxIxN · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-26 00:50:53Z

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Considering you have a properly formatted URL this simple RegExp should do the trick every time.

var patt1=/^https?:\/\/[^\/]+/i;

Here's the breakdown...

Starting with the first position (denoted by ^)

Look for http

http can be followed by s (denoted by the ? which means 0 or 1 of the character or set before it)

Then look for :// after the http or https (denoted by :\/\/)

Next match any number of characters except for / (denoted by [^\/]+ - the + means 1 or more)

Case insensitive (denoted by i)

NOTE: this will also pick up ports http://example.com:80 - to get rid of the :80 (or a colon followed by any port number) simply add a : to the negated character class [^\/:] for example.

answered Oct 26, 2013 at 0:50

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