Is there a function for validating a web URL?

Hi, I run a makewebrequest with a URL that the user has configured through a setting. Before I make the web request I'd like to parse the URL to make sure its valid. I was wondering if someone has done a function for that already so that I don't have to do all the messy string operations myself. :-) thanks-

0 Travis.ConnectIQ over 5 years ago

I've not seen anything to do this from within ConnectIQ. Even on platforms with regex support this isn't a trivial problem.

It might be simplest to just make the request and check the error code you get to guess that the URL is valid or not.

0 Fsallstrom over 5 years ago in reply to Travis.ConnectIQ

yep, I've made a simple URL checker. Its not pretty and very basic but better than nothing. Thanks.

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to Fsallstrom

I agree with Travis that the simplest thing is just use it in a request and check the error code.

If you do your own check, you might want to include HTTPS vs HTTP for CIQ, but then still handle the error code case.