isURI

Test if a value is a URI.

Usage

var isURI = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-uri' );

isURI( value )

Tests if a value is a URI.

var bool = isURI( 'https://google.com' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc1808.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( '' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( 'foo' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( null );
// returns false

bool = isURI( NaN );
// returns false

bool = isURI( true );
// returns false

Notes

For more information regarding the URI scheme, see RFC 3986 and Wikipedia.
On the distinction between URI, URL, and URN, see The Difference Between URLs and URIs.

Examples

var isURI = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-uri' );

/* Valid */

var bool = isURI( 'http://google.com' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://localhost/' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/path%20with%20spaces.html' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%20' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc1808.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ftp://ftp.is.co.za/../../../rfc/rfc1808.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ldap://[2001:db8::7]/c=GB?objectClass?one' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'mailto:John.Doe@example.com' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'tel:+1-816-555-1212' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'telnet://192.0.2.16:80/' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'urn:oasis:names:specification:docbook:dtd:xml:4.1.2' );
// returns true

/* Invalid */

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( '' );
// returns false

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( 'foo' );
// returns false

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( 'foo@bar' );
// returns false

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( '://foo/' );
// returns false

// Illegal characters:
bool = isURI( 'http://<foo>' );
// returns false

// Invalid path:
bool = isURI( 'http:////foo.html' );
// returns false

// Incomplete hex escapes...
bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%a' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%a/foo' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%at' );
// returns false

CLI

Usage

Usage: is-uri [options] [<uri>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.

Examples

$ is-uri http://google.com
true

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n 'http://google.com' | is-uri
true