Check if a JavaScript string is a URL

Question

Is there a way in JavaScript to check if a string is a URL?

RegExes are excluded because the URL is most likely written like stackoverflow; that is to s

Answer 1

Here is yet another method.

var elm;
function isValidURL(u){
  if(!elm){
    elm = document.createElement('input');
    elm.setAttribute('type', 'url');
  }
  elm.value = u;
  return elm.validity.valid;
}

console.log(isValidURL('http://www.google.com/'));
console.log(isValidURL('//google.com'));
console.log(isValidURL('google.com'));
console.log(isValidURL('localhost:8000'));