Regex Pattern to extract url links from two string

Question

I have two string in which I have to sorten urls. I want a regex pattern to extract them

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Febay.to%2F2EyH7Nq&h=ATNHM5kACc4rh_z68Ytw__cNCzJ63_iPezd_whc0PjcsN4qj1PfdJgFXyrOKM3-biqPm7eAXTOc5LD6r-7JXhRsqsqEHUs0jaJkjvm_QWf6sqbHQmS63q6P0_NcQoUa86Az5EttNT9xJb_evKBaiFxW7e7v2afJQn2zNxz5lQ8xgxhMcEFuJ3hUiSYUMEemKFB2LSIgAZFibRv4GeRrTk8hxFaArkBuAhQaXQFd4jX-aQuUYhjD0ErV5FY-D4gFMpb0lFCU7SyBlRpkUuOcHVjwjxN-_g6reMYwo8loAJnJD
/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FIW7ct&redir_token=PV5sR8F7GuXT9PgPO_nkBFLABQx8MTUxNjA3OTY5MEAxNTE1OTkzMjkw&v=7wmIyD1fM4M&event=video_description

Output will be from 1st and 2nd link:-

http%3A%2F%2Febay.to%2F2EyH7Nq
http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FIW7ct

Please help me out. I have already used:- (http|https).*?&

but its not working on first url.

possible dupe of stackoverflow.com/questions/33211233/…

Anand G
– Anand G

2018-01-15 06:14:52 +00:00
Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 6:14 — Anand G
– Anand G, Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 6:14

Mustofa Rizwan · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-15 06:17:16Z

2

You can try this:

=(https?[^&]*)

Demo

If lookbehind is possible in your flavour of regex then you may try this as well which will ensure to not capture the equal sign:

(?<=)(https?[^&]*)

Demo 2

edited Jan 15, 2018 at 6:17

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 6:12

Mustofa Rizwan

10.5k2 gold badges30 silver badges46 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

MatBailie Over a year ago

Might be worth adding a capture group to make it easy to ditch the =... Or look-behind ;)

Mustofa Rizwan Over a year ago

You are right MatBailie, in the mean time I was trying to just match the desired thing thus come the lookbehind regex. Btw added capture group to the first solution.

Usman · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-15 07:21:58Z

1

Try this regex !

I am also attach the output of the regex through regex101.

http%3A%2F%2F(.*)%2F(.*[^&])(?=&)

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 7:21

Usman

2,0292 gold badges18 silver badges30 bronze badges

Comments

user4020527 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-15 06:25:06Z

0

You can use this pattern to only capture goo.gl and ebay.to links:

(http%3A%2F%2F(ebay\.to|goo\.gl)%2F[^&]*)&

Demo

edited Jan 15, 2018 at 6:25

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 6:16

user4020527

7349 silver badges22 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Regex Pattern to extract url links from two string

3 Answers 3

2 Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

2 Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related