Internet

#url

#internet

#link

#http

Updated: Aug 16, 2026

URL (HTTP/HTTPS)

Validates HTTP and HTTPS URLs including subdomains, paths, query strings, and anchors.

✓ Link validation✓ CMS content sanitization✓ API endpoint validation

Safe

Test String

3 matches

https://example.com
http://sub.domain.co/path?q=1#anchor
https://regex.to

hh— 'h' — literal character

tt— 't' — literal character

pp— 'p' — literal character

s?s— 's' — literal character — repeated zero or one time (optional) · ? — zero or one time (optional)

::— ':' — literal character

\/\/— \/ — escaped character '/'

(…)?Group #1— Capturing group — captures matched text for reuse or extraction — repeated zero or one time (optional) · ? — zero or one time (optional)

ww— 'w' — literal character

\.\.— \. — escaped character '.'

[…]{1,256}Character class […]— Matches any single character listed in this set — repeated between 1 and 256 times · {1,256} — between 1 and 256 times

--— '-' — literal character

a-za-z— a-z — range from 'a' to 'z'

A-ZA-Z— A-Z — range from 'A' to 'Z'

0-90-9— 0-9 — range from '0' to '9'

@@— '@' — literal character

::— ':' — literal character

%%— '%' — literal character

..— '.' — literal character

__— '_' — literal character

++— '+' — literal character

~~— '~' — literal character

##— '#' — literal character

==— '=' — literal character

\.\.— \. — escaped character '.'

[…]{1,6}Character class […]— Matches any single character listed in this set — repeated between 1 and 6 times · {1,6} — between 1 and 6 times

a-za-z— a-z — range from 'a' to 'z'

A-ZA-Z— A-Z — range from 'A' to 'Z'

0-90-9— 0-9 — range from '0' to '9'

((— '(' — literal character

))— ')' — literal character

\bboundary— \b — word boundary (zero-width)

(…)Group #2— Capturing group — captures matched text for reuse or extraction

[…]*Character class […]— Matches any single character listed in this set — repeated zero or more times (greedy) · * — zero or more times (greedy)

Pattern: 99 charsInput: 73 chars

100% client-side · private

✓ Valid Examples

https://example.com
http://sub.domain.co/path?q=1#anchor
https://regex.to

✗ Invalid Examples

ftp://example.com
not-a-url
//missing-protocol.com

Usage & Integration

Validate URL (HTTP/HTTPS) natively in your backend or frontend without copying regex strings.

Node / Edge

import { validate } from '@regexto/validators';

validate('url', '...');

Python

from regexto_validators import validate

validate("url", "...")

Go

import "github.com/regex-to/validators-go"

valid, err := validators.Validate("url", "...")

PHP

use RegexTo\Validators\Validator;

Validator::validate('url', '...');

Rust

use regexto_validators::validate;

let is_valid = validate("url", "...").unwrap();