Validating URLs in Python

Question

I\'ve been trying to figure out what the best way to validate a URL is (specifically in Python) but haven\'t really been able to find an answer. It seems like there isn\'t o

Answer 1

I would use the validators package. Here is the link to the documentation and installation instructions.

It is just as simple as

import validators
url = 'YOUR URL'
validators.url(url)

It will return true if it is, and false if not.