Validating url with jQuery without the validate-plugin?

Question

I need to validate a url in variable with jQuery, but can\'t use validate-plugin. Is there a simple way to do this?

Answer 1

var url = $('input.surl').val();
var url_validate = /(ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/;
if(!url_validate.test(url)){
   alert('error');
}
else{
   alert('success');
}