The is-url npm package is a simple utility to check if a given string is a valid URL. It is lightweight and easy to use, making it a convenient choice for basic URL validation tasks.
Basic URL Validation
This feature allows you to check if a given string is a valid URL. The function returns true if the string is a valid URL and false otherwise.
const isUrl = require('is-url');
console.log(isUrl('https://www.example.com')); // true
console.log(isUrl('not a url')); // falseThe valid-url package provides similar functionality to is-url, allowing you to check if a string is a valid URL. It also offers additional methods for checking if a URL is a web URL or an HTTP(s) URL.
The validator package is a comprehensive library for string validation and sanitization. It includes a method for URL validation among many other validation functions, making it a more versatile but heavier option compared to is-url.
The url-regex package uses regular expressions to find and validate URLs within a string. It is useful for more complex scenarios where you need to extract URLs from text, but it may be overkill for simple validation tasks.
Check whether a string is a URL.
npm install is-url
isUrl(string)Returns a Boolean indicating whether string is a URL.
MIT
FAQs
Check whether a string is a URL.
The npm package is-url receives a total of 2,556,825 weekly downloads. As such, is-url popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-url demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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