url validator javascript
function validURL(str) {
var pattern = new RegExp('^(https?:\/\/)?'+ // protocol
'((([a-z\d]([a-z\d-]*[a-z\d])*)\.)+[a-z]{2,}|'+ // domain name
'((\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}))'+ // OR ip (v4) address
'(\:\d+)?(\/[-a-z\d%_.~+]*)*'+ // port and path
'(\?[;&a-z\d%_.~+=-]*)?'+ // query string
'(\#[-a-z\d_]*)?$','i'); // fragment locator
return !!pattern.test(str);
}