Validate url using NodeJS

For URL validations, you might not need a third party package always. You can use built-in URL package inside NodeJS or a URL constructor in the Browser. The following code works in a web browser.

To make the code work in NodeJS, you need to require the URL module in NodeJS.

const validateURL = url => {
  try {
    new URL(url);
    return true;
  } catch {
    return false;
  }
};

The following are some examples using above function.

validateURL('awsm');
// false
validateURL('awsm.page');
// false
validateURL('http:awsm.page');
// true
validateURL('https://awsm.page');
// true

Last Updated on Apr 23, 2020