How to check validity of URL in Swift?

Question

Trying to make an app launch the default browser to a URL, but only if the URL entered is valid, otherwise it displays a message saying the URL is invalid.

How would

Answer 1

Helium having to deal with various schemes:

struct UrlHelpers {
    // Prepends `http://` if scheme isn't `https?://` unless "file://"
    static func ensureScheme(_ urlString: String) -> String {
        if !(urlString.lowercased().hasPrefix("http://") || urlString.lowercased().hasPrefix("https://")) {
            return urlString.hasPrefix("file://") ? urlString : "http://" + urlString
        } else {
            return urlString
        }
    }

    // https://mathiasbynens.be/demo/url-regex
    static func isValid(urlString: String) -> Bool {
        // swiftlint:disable:next force_try
        if urlString.lowercased().hasPrefix("file:"), let url = URL.init(string: urlString) {
            return FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath:url.path)
        }

        let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^(https?://)[^\\s/$.?#].[^\\s]*$")
        return (regex.firstMatch(in: urlString, range: urlString.nsrange) != nil)
    }
}