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I have an input string that contains a partial URL such as "wikipedia.org" and I want to get the full URL "https://www.wikipedia.org/" using Node or JavaScript. Is there a standard way to do this?

The problem is not knowing if the URL is HTTP or https and I would rather not make two API calls to test each case.

Hasan Aga
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    You can probably just use HTTP as most websites will redirect the HTTP to HTTPS – CootMoon Feb 05 '23 at 18:45
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    There is no standard way to do this. If you just type `wikipedia.org` into the browser, it will make a guess as to whether to use http or https and try that. The guess may or may not be influenced by what's in your history. I think it will generally try `http` first and like has already been said, most sites will then redirect to https. – jfriend00 Feb 05 '23 at 18:57
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    Converting `wikipedia.org` to `www.wikipedia.org` is usually handled by wikipedia as a redirect. Deciding whether to use `http:` or `https:` is decided by the browser, usually based on prior knowledge (it remembers that you've visited the site before) or defaults (used to be `http`, but these days is usually `https`). Note that these are all for user convenience and aren't required or spelled out by any spec. – Ouroborus Feb 05 '23 at 19:04

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That problem can be solved by calling a specific API that provides SSL Verify checks.

As an example you can use rapidapi.

const axios = require("axios");

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://ssl-certificate-checker.p.rapidapi.com/ssl-certificate',
  headers: {
    'content-type': 'application/json',
    'X-RapidAPI-Key': '9a02e1bd8emsh83423276ecdc759p153572jsn874d28bed296',
    'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'ssl-certificate-checker.p.rapidapi.com'
  },
  data: '{"port":"443","url":"wikipedia.org"}'
};

axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
}).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
});

For details you can check the site of the API.

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Willim Jacob
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  • @HasanAga Note that that end-point is limited to 10 requests/day with a pay option for more than that. The API key should be your rapidapi API key. – Ouroborus Feb 05 '23 at 19:14
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