is_url¶

pyhelpers.ops.is_url(url, partially=False)[source]¶

Check if url is a valid URL.

See also [OPS-IU-1].

Parameters:

url (str) – A string representing the URL to be checked.
partially (bool) – Whether to consider the input as partially valid; defaults to False.

Returns:

True if the given URL is a valid URL; False otherwise.

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