Java: RegEx to check for http links in a String

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I need to check if there are any http link in a string, but I don't figure it out yet how to do this. I know I can check if a link is a valid http link with something like the following

boolean valid = myString.matches("^(https?)://[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|]");

I see it in this post here, it works if the string is just the link, without spaces and other words, but I want a regex to check for http links in a sentence, which could or not contains spaces and more words, I tried the next:

boolean valid = s.matches(".*\\s+^(https?)://[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|].*$")

But I don't get it, I don' really know much about regex, so I'd appreciate any help.

Thankz in advance.

possible duplicate of RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags — Tdorno
– Tdorno, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 3:09
No, not really, the regex is quite different, I don't want to extract any html tag links in source coder, rather http links in any sentence in plain text, quite diffetent. — J0t4
– J0t4, Commented Jan 18, 2014 at 3:23

Maria Ines Parnisari · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-18 03:01:56Z

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.*(https?)://[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|].*$

Translated: (Any characters) hyperlink (Any characters)

You can test it here with some strings of your own.

answered Jan 18, 2014 at 3:01

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