(https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,})
Will match the following cases
http://www.foufos.gr
https://www.foufos.gr
http://foufos.gr
http://www.foufos.gr/kino
http://werer.gr
www.foufos.gr
www.mp3.com
www.t.co
http://t.co
http://www.t.co
https://www.t.co
www.aa.com
http://aa.com
http://www.aa.com
https://www.aa.com
Will NOT match the following
www.foufos
www.foufos-.gr
www.-foufos.gr
foufos.gr
http://www.foufos
http://foufos
www.mp3#.com
var expression = /(https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,})/gi;
var regex = new RegExp(expression);
var check = [
'http://www.foufos.gr',
'https://www.foufos.gr',
'http://foufos.gr',
'http://www.foufos.gr/kino',
'http://werer.gr',
'www.foufos.gr',
'www.mp3.com',
'www.t.co',
'http://t.co',
'http://www.t.co',
'https://www.t.co',
'www.aa.com',
'http://aa.com',
'http://www.aa.com',
'https://www.aa.com',
'www.foufos',
'www.foufos-.gr',
'www.-foufos.gr',
'foufos.gr',
'http://www.foufos',
'http://foufos',
'www.mp3#.com'
];
check.forEach(function(entry) {
if (entry.match(regex)) {
$("#output").append( "Success: " + entry + "
" );
} else {
$("#output").append( "Fail: " + entry + "
" );
}
});
Check it in rubular - NEW version
Check it in rubular - old version