name : isAbsoluteURL.js 'use strict'; /** * Determines whether the specified URL is absolute * * @param {string} url The URL to test * @returns {boolean} True if the specified URL is absolute, otherwise false */ module.exports = function isAbsoluteURL(url) { // A URL is considered absolute if it begins with "<scheme>://" or "//" (protocol-relative URL). // RFC 3986 defines scheme name as a sequence of characters beginning with a letter and followed // by any combination of letters, digits, plus, period, or hyphen. return /^([a-z][a-z\d\+\-\.]*:)?\/\//i.test(url); };