function validateUrl(value) { var urlPattern = new RegExp( "^(https?:\\/\\/)?" + // validate protocol "((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|" + // validate domain name "((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))" + // validate OR ip (v4) address "(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*" + // validate port and path "(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?" + // validate query string "(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$", "i" ); return !!urlPattern.test(value); } module.exports = { validateUrl };