What module for detecting URLs? [closed]

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Is there a Perl module that detects URLs?

For example, if I have a string 'xyz' it says that is not a URL, and if I have a string 'http://stackoverflow.com', it says that is a URL.

Answer 1

If all you want to do is detect if you've got a URI, you can use Data:Validate:URI. If you need to do parsing as well, you should use URI:URL.

Good luck.

Answer 2

For all your URL parsing and manipulation needs, you want URI::URL.