Extract url from string using javascript regex

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I have a string like "test http://www.bing.com test". I want to extract just the url ("http://www.bing.com") from this string. How do I go about doing it? How would the regex look like?

And you really couldn't find a regex with a search for "regex match url" or something similar ? — adeneo, Sep 02 '14 at 19:30

Federico Piazza · Answer 1 · 2014-09-02T19:50:35.340

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You can use this regex:

((?:https?://)?www\.\S+)

Working demo

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edited Sep 02 '14 at 19:50

answered Sep 02 '14 at 19:37

Federico Piazza

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Thanks @Fede, i actually need a regex which would match without http as well. like just www.bing.com – AnoojNair Sep 02 '14 at 19:47
@AnoojNair Ok, you can use this one instead. I've updated the answer with it: http://regex101.com/r/uI3qL5/2 – Federico Piazza Sep 02 '14 at 19:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '14 at 19:39

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There is a nice URl parsing plug-in for jQuery you can use that will clean up the source text a bit before doing it's job.

https://github.com/websanova/js-url

answered Sep 02 '14 at 19:39

Lucky Edward

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