[CC][JS]URL Grep at the end of story

[chrlsdrwn12]

Hi guys,

I have a working grep for finding url in an InDesign document and I'd say it finds everything:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*(\\s))";

the only problem is can't find the ones at the end of the story.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

-CharlesD

[tpk1982]

I hope you are using app.changeGrep();   to change.. if not use this to change for entire document

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi,

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var Stories = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().getElements()

for(i=0; i<Stories.length; i++)

{  

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences=null;  

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat= ""; // find code

app.findGrepPreferences.changeTo= "";  // change code

app.changeGrep();

}

Thanks,

Prabu

[Vamitul]

stab in the dark, as i can't test:

(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*(\\s|\\Z))

[chrlsdrwn12]

@Vamitul

that's exactly how I tried it but '\\z' is a bit of a mystery. Any other options?

[Vamitul]

It should be capital - Z (not z)

[chrlsdrwn12]

I tried both, no luck

[Loic.Aigon]

(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www)://([\w_-]+(?:(?:\.[\w_-]+)+))([\w.,@?^=%&:/#-]*[\w@?^=%&/#-])?

[Vamitul · Accepted solution]

(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*($|\\s)) seems to work.

[chrlsdrwn12]

Perfect! I've seen a lot of grep combinations from this forum even from 5 years ago and i always check for new ideas but this one is by far the most reliable. please try it out and let me know its faults so we can improve it for everyone's benefit.

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi,

Have you just tried it in a para with 2 www.….com?

(^/)

[Vamitul]

Actually, I think the absolute best one I've found for urls is: Daring Fireball: An Improved Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs

(short version:

(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))

)

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

I've just copied/pasted it: It doesn't work! 

(^/)

[chrlsdrwn12]

Vamitul​, the one you posted from Daring Fireball failed on this url:

http://uli​.org/wp-content/uploads/ULIDocuments/Norfolk_PanelReport_Fweb.pdf

It only gets up to this:

http://uli​.org/wp-content/uploads/

If you guys have other patterns that you think is perfect please post it here.

It's time to establish the most reliable pattern once and for all. Should we create a new discussion?

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi,

Please try this:

(https?://?|www?)[-./\~\w&]+

Thanks,

Prabu G

[chrlsdrwn12]

Thanks for the quick replies. I don't actually use changeGrep because I don't change anything I just have to find those urls and make them as live links. Here are some parts of my code:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*(\\s))";
    if (myDoc.findGrep().length > 0){
        URLlinker(myDoc.findGrep());
    }
function URLlinker(){
  ... do something with with the found urls
}

It finds all the urls except the end of the stories.

I also tried using \\s|\\z but it doesn't find anything. So I had to duplicate the function and just replace '\\s' with '\\z' but it gives me some odd results.

[hasvi]

Hi,

I tried these both code but not working, can anyone help to find the problem?

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="(https?://?|www?)[-./\~\w&]+"; 

    if (myDoc.findGrep().length > 0){ 

        URLlinker(myDoc.findGrep()); 

    } 

function URLlinker(){ 

app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle="Hyperlink"

app.changeGrep();

}

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var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var Stories = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().getElements()

for(i=0; i<Stories.length; i++)

{ 

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences=null; 

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat= "(https?://?|www?)[-./~w&]+"; // find code

app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle="Hyperlink"

app.changeGrep();

}

Thanks in advance.

by

hasvi

[chrlsdrwn12]

Ok guys I started a new thread:

[CC][JS]Searching for the most reliable URL grep pattern

Please post there your ideas. Thanks!