Method validateLink

markdown_it/main.py:323–331

Validate if the URL link is allowed in output. This validator can prohibit more than really needed to prevent XSS. It's a tradeoff to keep code simple and to be secure by default. Note: the url should be normalized at this point, and existing entities decoded.

(self, url: str)

    # link methods

    def validateLink(self, url: str) -> bool:
        """Validate if the URL link is allowed in output.

        This validator can prohibit more than really needed to prevent XSS.
        It's a tradeoff to keep code simple and to be secure by default.

        Note: the url should be normalized at this point, and existing entities decoded.
        """
        return normalize_url.validateLink(url)

    def normalizeLink(self, url: str) -> str:
        """Normalize destination URLs in links