Check if a string starts with http using Javascript

Question

I\'ve been searching all over for an answer to this and all of the answers I\'ve found haven\'t been in JavaScript.

I need a way, in javascript, to check if a string sta

Answer 1

Non-Regex declarative way:

export const hasValidUrlProtocol = (url = '') => 
    Boolean(['http://', 'https://', 'ftp://'].some(protocol => url.startsWith(protocol)))