Validation for URL/Domain using Regex? (Rails)

Question

I am trying to create a validation that checks to make sure a domain/url is valid for example \"test.com\"

def valid_domain_name?
  domain_name = domain.spli         


        

Answer 1

I took what you had and modified it so that I could make the http:// or https:// optional:

/^((http|https):\/\/)?[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?$/ix