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Updated @gruber's regex with a modified version that looks for 2-13 letters rather than trying to look for specific TLDs. Given the recent addition of ~1400 gTLDs, it may be time to give up on that front.
# Single-line version:
(?i)\b((?:https?:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.](?:[a-z]{2,13})(?:[^\s()<>{}\[\]]+|\([^\s()]*?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]*?\)|\([^\s]+?\))+(?:\([^\s()]*?\([^\s()]+\)[^\s()]*?\)|\([^\s]+?\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’])|(?:(?<!@)[a-z0-9]+(?:[.\-][a-z0-9]+)*[.](?:[a-z]{2,13})\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.\-]+[.]
(?:[a-z]{2,13})
/
)
(?: # 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]+)*
[.]
(?:[a-z]{2,13})
\b
/?
(?!@) # not succeeded by a @, avoid matching "foo.na" in "[email protected]"
)
)
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