is_url

pyhelpers.ops.is_url(url, partially=False)

Check whether url is a valid URL.

See also [OPS-IU-1]

Parameters

url (str) – a string-type variable
partially (bool) – whether to consider the input as partially valid, defaults to False

Returns

whether url is a valid URL

Return type

bool

Examples:

>>> from pyhelpers.ops import is_url

>>> is_url(url='https://github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers')
True

>>> is_url(url='github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers')
False

>>> is_url(url='github.com/mikeqfu/pyhelpers', partially=True)
True

>>> is_url(url='github.com')
False

>>> is_url(url='github.com', partially=True)
True

>>> is_url(url='github', partially=True)
False