How do you extract a url from a string using python?

Question

For example:

string = \"This is a link http://www.google.com\"

How could I extract \'http://www.google.com\' ?

(Each link will be

Answer 1

There is another way how to extract URLs from text easily. You can use urlextract to do it for you, just install it via pip:

pip install urlextract

and then you can use it like this:

from urlextract import URLExtract

extractor = URLExtract()
urls = extractor.find_urls("Let's have URL stackoverflow.com as an example.")
print(urls) # prints: ['stackoverflow.com']

You can find more info on my github page: https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract

NOTE: It downloads a list of TLDs from iana.org to keep you up to date. But if the program does not have internet access then it's not for you.