Method _validate_url

src/specify_cli/workflows/catalog.py:951–963

(url: str)

        from specify_cli.authentication.http import open_url as _open_url

        def _validate_url(url: str) -> None:
            parsed = urlparse(url)
            is_localhost = parsed.hostname in ("localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1")
            if parsed.scheme != "https" and not (
                parsed.scheme == "http" and is_localhost
            ):
                raise StepCatalogError(
                    f"Refusing to fetch catalog from non-HTTPS URL: {url}"
                )
            if not parsed.hostname:
                raise StepCatalogError(
                    f"Refusing to fetch catalog from URL with no hostname: {url}"
                )

        _validate_url(entry.url)