Native Function: Is Web URL
Hi,
I am using the above function and the result for checking this site "www.californianotary.academy" comes back as bad, even though it can be accessed in a browser. Does that function expect something like ".com" rather than ".academy"?
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Is Web URL format is a regex-based function, and you can view and edit the regex used by clicking the crossed-arrows icon on the function:
What this shows is that the default function uses the regex:
^http[s]?://[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(/\S*)*$is a great tool for explaining this regex (make sure to select the "Java 8" flavor):
The regex looks like it might be unsuitable for a couple of reasons:
- Expects leading "http://" or "https://" at the start of the string
- TLDs (the last part of the URL) are expected to be 2-3 characters, but this hasn't been the case for a while and there are now many longer TLDs -
I would suggest modifying the regex here or creating a separate function that does what you need.
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Thanks Henry, we will see if the Function can be improved for more modern URLs
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thanks for that feedback!
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Would be good if it could plug into some DNS service to see the validity of the website, not just the syntax - similar to how the email checker can work.
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You could probably do this with a custom step to call each site, maybe with a HEAD request to see if it is available:
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