gruber · November 15, 2024 16:37 · skyzyx · Oct 21, 2024
diff --git a/Liberal Regex Pattern for Web URLs b/Liberal Regex Pattern for Web URLs
 The regex patterns in this gist are intended only to match web URLs -- http,
 https, and naked domains like "example.com". For a pattern that attempts to
 match all URLs, regardless of protocol, see: https://gist.github.com/gruber/249502


 # Single-line version:

 (?i)\b((?:https?:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.](?:com|net|org|edu|gov|mil|aero|asia|biz|cat|coop|info|int|jobs|mobi|museum|name|post|pro|tel|travel|xxx|ac|ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au|aw|ax|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|dd|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|Ja|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|ss|st|su|sv|sx|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)/)(?:[^\s()<>{}\[\]]+|\([^\s()]*?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]*?\)|\([^\s]+?\))+(?:\([^\s()]*?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]*?\)|\([^\s]+?\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’])|(?:(?<!@)[a-z0-9]+(?:[.\-][a-z0-9]+)*[.](?:com|net|org|edu|gov|mil|aero|asia|biz|cat|coop|info|int|jobs|mobi|museum|name|post|pro|tel|travel|xxx|ac|ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au|aw|ax|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|dd|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|Ja|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|ss|st|su|sv|sx|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)\b/?(?!@)))


 # Commented multi-line version:

 (?xi)
 \b
 (							# Capture 1: entire matched URL
  (?:
    https?:				# URL protocol and colon
    (?:
      /{1,3}						# 1-3 slashes
      |								#   or
      [a-z0-9%]						# Single letter or digit or '%'
      								# (Trying not to match e.g. "URI::Escape")
    )
    |							#   or
    							# looks like domain name followed by a slash:
    [a-z0-9.\-]+[.]
    (?:com|net|org|edu|gov|mil|aero|asia|biz|cat|coop|info|int|jobs|mobi|museum|name|post|pro|tel|travel|xxx|ac|ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au|aw|ax|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|dd|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj| Ja|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|ss|st|su|sv|sx|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)
    /
  )
  (?:							# One or more:
    [^\s()<>{}\[\]]+						# Run of non-space, non-()<>{}[]
    |								#   or
    \([^\s()]*?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]*?\)  # balanced parens, one level deep: (…(…)…)
    |
    \([^\s]+?\)							# balanced parens, non-recursive: (…)
  )+
  (?:							# End with:
    \([^\s()]*?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]*?\)  # balanced parens, one level deep: (…(…)…)
    |
    \([^\s]+?\)							# balanced parens, non-recursive: (…)
    |									#   or
    [^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]		# not a space or one of these punct chars
  )
  |					# OR, the following to match naked domains:
  (?:
  	(?<!@)			# not preceded by a @, avoid matching foo@_gmail.com_
    [a-z0-9]+
    (?:[.\-][a-z0-9]+)*
    [.]
    (?:com|net|org|edu|gov|mil|aero|asia|biz|cat|coop|info|int|jobs|mobi|museum|name|post|pro|tel|travel|xxx|ac|ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au|aw|ax|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|dd|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj| Ja|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|ss|st|su|sv|sx|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)
    \b
    /?
    (?!@)			# not succeeded by a @, avoid matching "foo.na" in "[email protected]"
  )
 )
	The regex patterns in this gist are intended only to match web URLs -- http,
	https, and naked domains like "example.com". For a pattern that attempts to
	match all URLs, regardless of protocol, see: https://gist.github.com/gruber/249502


	# Single-line version:

	(?i)\b((?:https?:(?:/{1,3}\|[a-z0-9%])\|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.](?:com\|net\|org\|edu\|gov\|mil\|aero\|asia\|biz\|cat\|coop\|info\|int\|jobs\|mobi\|museum\|name\|post\|pro\|tel\|travel\|xxx\|ac\|ad\|ae\|af\|ag\|ai\|al\|am\|an\|ao\|aq\|ar\|as\|at\|au\|aw\|ax\|az\|ba\|bb\|bd\|be\|bf\|bg\|bh\|bi\|bj\|bm\|bn\|bo\|br\|bs\|bt\|bv\|bw\|by\|bz\|ca\|cc\|cd\|cf\|cg\|ch\|ci\|ck\|cl\|cm\|cn\|co\|cr\|cs\|cu\|cv\|cx\|cy\|cz\|dd\|de\|dj\|dk\|dm\|do\|dz\|ec\|ee\|eg\|eh\|er\|es\|et\|eu\|fi\|fj\|fk\|fm\|fo\|fr\|ga\|gb\|gd\|ge\|gf\|gg\|gh\|gi\|gl\|gm\|gn\|gp\|gq\|gr\|gs\|gt\|gu\|gw\|gy\|hk\|hm\|hn\|hr\|ht\|hu\|id\|ie\|il\|im\|in\|io\|iq\|ir\|is\|it\|je\|jm\|jo\|jp\|ke\|kg\|kh\|ki\|km\|kn\|kp\|kr\|kw\|ky\|kz\|la\|lb\|lc\|li\|lk\|lr\|ls\|lt\|lu\|lv\|ly\|ma\|mc\|md\|me\|mg\|mh\|mk\|ml\|mm\|mn\|mo\|mp\|mq\|mr\|ms\|mt\|mu\|mv\|mw\|mx\|my\|mz\|na\|nc\|ne\|nf\|ng\|ni\|nl\|no\|np\|nr\|nu\|nz\|om\|pa\|pe\|pf\|pg\|ph\|pk\|pl\|pm\|pn\|pr\|ps\|pt\|pw\|py\|qa\|re\|ro\|rs\|ru\|rw\|sa\|sb\|sc\|sd\|se\|sg\|sh\|si\|sj\|Ja\|sk\|sl\|sm\|sn\|so\|sr\|ss\|st\|su\|sv\|sx\|sy\|sz\|tc\|td\|tf\|tg\|th\|tj\|tk\|tl\|tm\|tn\|to\|tp\|tr\|tt\|tv\|tw\|tz\|ua\|ug\|uk\|us\|uy\|uz\|va\|vc\|ve\|vg\|vi\|vn\|vu\|wf\|ws\|ye\|yt\|yu\|za\|zm\|zw)/)(?:[^\s()<>{}\[\]]+\|\([^\s()]?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]?\)\|\([^\s]+?\))+(?:\([^\s()]?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]?\)\|\([^\s]+?\)\|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’])\|(?:(?<!@)[a-z0-9]+(?:[.\-][a-z0-9]+)*[.](?:com\|net\|org\|edu\|gov\|mil\|aero\|asia\|biz\|cat\|coop\|info\|int\|jobs\|mobi\|museum\|name\|post\|pro\|tel\|travel\|xxx\|ac\|ad\|ae\|af\|ag\|ai\|al\|am\|an\|ao\|aq\|ar\|as\|at\|au\|aw\|ax\|az\|ba\|bb\|bd\|be\|bf\|bg\|bh\|bi\|bj\|bm\|bn\|bo\|br\|bs\|bt\|bv\|bw\|by\|bz\|ca\|cc\|cd\|cf\|cg\|ch\|ci\|ck\|cl\|cm\|cn\|co\|cr\|cs\|cu\|cv\|cx\|cy\|cz\|dd\|de\|dj\|dk\|dm\|do\|dz\|ec\|ee\|eg\|eh\|er\|es\|et\|eu\|fi\|fj\|fk\|fm\|fo\|fr\|ga\|gb\|gd\|ge\|gf\|gg\|gh\|gi\|gl\|gm\|gn\|gp\|gq\|gr\|gs\|gt\|gu\|gw\|gy\|hk\|hm\|hn\|hr\|ht\|hu\|id\|ie\|il\|im\|in\|io\|iq\|ir\|is\|it\|je\|jm\|jo\|jp\|ke\|kg\|kh\|ki\|km\|kn\|kp\|kr\|kw\|ky\|kz\|la\|lb\|lc\|li\|lk\|lr\|ls\|lt\|lu\|lv\|ly\|ma\|mc\|md\|me\|mg\|mh\|mk\|ml\|mm\|mn\|mo\|mp\|mq\|mr\|ms\|mt\|mu\|mv\|mw\|mx\|my\|mz\|na\|nc\|ne\|nf\|ng\|ni\|nl\|no\|np\|nr\|nu\|nz\|om\|pa\|pe\|pf\|pg\|ph\|pk\|pl\|pm\|pn\|pr\|ps\|pt\|pw\|py\|qa\|re\|ro\|rs\|ru\|rw\|sa\|sb\|sc\|sd\|se\|sg\|sh\|si\|sj\|Ja\|sk\|sl\|sm\|sn\|so\|sr\|ss\|st\|su\|sv\|sx\|sy\|sz\|tc\|td\|tf\|tg\|th\|tj\|tk\|tl\|tm\|tn\|to\|tp\|tr\|tt\|tv\|tw\|tz\|ua\|ug\|uk\|us\|uy\|uz\|va\|vc\|ve\|vg\|vi\|vn\|vu\|wf\|ws\|ye\|yt\|yu\|za\|zm\|zw)\b/?(?!@)))


	# Commented multi-line version:

	(?xi)
	\b
	( # Capture 1: entire matched URL
	(?:
	https?: # URL protocol and colon
	(?:
	/{1,3} # 1-3 slashes
	\| # or
	[a-z0-9%] # Single letter or digit or '%'
	# (Trying not to match e.g. "URI::Escape")
	)
	\| # or
	# looks like domain name followed by a slash:
	[a-z0-9.\-]+[.]
	(?:com\|net\|org\|edu\|gov\|mil\|aero\|asia\|biz\|cat\|coop\|info\|int\|jobs\|mobi\|museum\|name\|post\|pro\|tel\|travel\|xxx\|ac\|ad\|ae\|af\|ag\|ai\|al\|am\|an\|ao\|aq\|ar\|as\|at\|au\|aw\|ax\|az\|ba\|bb\|bd\|be\|bf\|bg\|bh\|bi\|bj\|bm\|bn\|bo\|br\|bs\|bt\|bv\|bw\|by\|bz\|ca\|cc\|cd\|cf\|cg\|ch\|ci\|ck\|cl\|cm\|cn\|co\|cr\|cs\|cu\|cv\|cx\|cy\|cz\|dd\|de\|dj\|dk\|dm\|do\|dz\|ec\|ee\|eg\|eh\|er\|es\|et\|eu\|fi\|fj\|fk\|fm\|fo\|fr\|ga\|gb\|gd\|ge\|gf\|gg\|gh\|gi\|gl\|gm\|gn\|gp\|gq\|gr\|gs\|gt\|gu\|gw\|gy\|hk\|hm\|hn\|hr\|ht\|hu\|id\|ie\|il\|im\|in\|io\|iq\|ir\|is\|it\|je\|jm\|jo\|jp\|ke\|kg\|kh\|ki\|km\|kn\|kp\|kr\|kw\|ky\|kz\|la\|lb\|lc\|li\|lk\|lr\|ls\|lt\|lu\|lv\|ly\|ma\|mc\|md\|me\|mg\|mh\|mk\|ml\|mm\|mn\|mo\|mp\|mq\|mr\|ms\|mt\|mu\|mv\|mw\|mx\|my\|mz\|na\|nc\|ne\|nf\|ng\|ni\|nl\|no\|np\|nr\|nu\|nz\|om\|pa\|pe\|pf\|pg\|ph\|pk\|pl\|pm\|pn\|pr\|ps\|pt\|pw\|py\|qa\|re\|ro\|rs\|ru\|rw\|sa\|sb\|sc\|sd\|se\|sg\|sh\|si\|sj\| Ja\|sk\|sl\|sm\|sn\|so\|sr\|ss\|st\|su\|sv\|sx\|sy\|sz\|tc\|td\|tf\|tg\|th\|tj\|tk\|tl\|tm\|tn\|to\|tp\|tr\|tt\|tv\|tw\|tz\|ua\|ug\|uk\|us\|uy\|uz\|va\|vc\|ve\|vg\|vi\|vn\|vu\|wf\|ws\|ye\|yt\|yu\|za\|zm\|zw)
	/
	)
	(?: # One or more:
	[^\s()<>{}\[\]]+ # Run of non-space, non-()<>{}[]
	\| # or
	\([^\s()]?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]?\) # balanced parens, one level deep: (…(…)…)
	\|
	\([^\s]+?\) # balanced parens, non-recursive: (…)
	)+
	(?: # End with:
	\([^\s()]?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]?\) # balanced parens, one level deep: (…(…)…)
	\|
	\([^\s]+?\) # balanced parens, non-recursive: (…)
	\| # or
	[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’] # not a space or one of these punct chars
	)
	\| # OR, the following to match naked domains:
	(?:
	(?<!@) # not preceded by a @, avoid matching foo@_gmail.com_
	[a-z0-9]+
	(?:[.\-][a-z0-9]+)*
	[.]
	(?:com\|net\|org\|edu\|gov\|mil\|aero\|asia\|biz\|cat\|coop\|info\|int\|jobs\|mobi\|museum\|name\|post\|pro\|tel\|travel\|xxx\|ac\|ad\|ae\|af\|ag\|ai\|al\|am\|an\|ao\|aq\|ar\|as\|at\|au\|aw\|ax\|az\|ba\|bb\|bd\|be\|bf\|bg\|bh\|bi\|bj\|bm\|bn\|bo\|br\|bs\|bt\|bv\|bw\|by\|bz\|ca\|cc\|cd\|cf\|cg\|ch\|ci\|ck\|cl\|cm\|cn\|co\|cr\|cs\|cu\|cv\|cx\|cy\|cz\|dd\|de\|dj\|dk\|dm\|do\|dz\|ec\|ee\|eg\|eh\|er\|es\|et\|eu\|fi\|fj\|fk\|fm\|fo\|fr\|ga\|gb\|gd\|ge\|gf\|gg\|gh\|gi\|gl\|gm\|gn\|gp\|gq\|gr\|gs\|gt\|gu\|gw\|gy\|hk\|hm\|hn\|hr\|ht\|hu\|id\|ie\|il\|im\|in\|io\|iq\|ir\|is\|it\|je\|jm\|jo\|jp\|ke\|kg\|kh\|ki\|km\|kn\|kp\|kr\|kw\|ky\|kz\|la\|lb\|lc\|li\|lk\|lr\|ls\|lt\|lu\|lv\|ly\|ma\|mc\|md\|me\|mg\|mh\|mk\|ml\|mm\|mn\|mo\|mp\|mq\|mr\|ms\|mt\|mu\|mv\|mw\|mx\|my\|mz\|na\|nc\|ne\|nf\|ng\|ni\|nl\|no\|np\|nr\|nu\|nz\|om\|pa\|pe\|pf\|pg\|ph\|pk\|pl\|pm\|pn\|pr\|ps\|pt\|pw\|py\|qa\|re\|ro\|rs\|ru\|rw\|sa\|sb\|sc\|sd\|se\|sg\|sh\|si\|sj\| Ja\|sk\|sl\|sm\|sn\|so\|sr\|ss\|st\|su\|sv\|sx\|sy\|sz\|tc\|td\|tf\|tg\|th\|tj\|tk\|tl\|tm\|tn\|to\|tp\|tr\|tt\|tv\|tw\|tz\|ua\|ug\|uk\|us\|uy\|uz\|va\|vc\|ve\|vg\|vi\|vn\|vu\|wf\|ws\|ye\|yt\|yu\|za\|zm\|zw)
	\b
	/?
	(?!@) # not succeeded by a @, avoid matching "foo.na" in "[email protected]"
	)
	)