how to check if a string is a url code example
Example 1: Check if a JavaScript string is a URL
function isValidURL(string) {
var res = string.match(/(http(s)?:\/\/.)?(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{2,256}\.[a-z]{2,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/g);
return (res !== null)
};
var testCase1 = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_&_Gamble";
alert(isValidURL(testCase1));
Example 2: check if url contains string
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
if (window.location.href.indexOf("franky") > -1) {
alert("your url contains the name franky");
}
});
</script>