Function find_urls

pattern/web/__init__.py:596–612

Returns a list of URLs parsed from the string. Works on http://, https://, www. links or domain names ending in .com, .org, .net. Links can be preceded by leading punctuation (open parens) and followed by trailing punctuation (period, comma, close parens).

(string, unique=True)

    re.compile(RE_URL3, re.I))

def find_urls(string, unique=True):
    """ Returns a list of URLs parsed from the string.
        Works on http://, https://, www. links or domain names ending in .com, .org, .net.
        Links can be preceded by leading punctuation (open parens)
        and followed by trailing punctuation (period, comma, close parens).
    """
    string = u(string)
    string = string.replace(u"\u2024", ".")
    string = string.replace(" ", "  ")
    matches = []
    for p in (RE_URL1, RE_URL2, RE_URL3):
        for m in p.finditer(" %s " % string):
            s = m.group(1)
            s = s.split("\">")[0].split("'>")[0] # google.com">Google => google.com
            if not unique or s not in matches:
                matches.append(s)
    return matches

links = find_urls