nice-is-url

var valid = isUrl(val, [options])

Checks if a string is a valid url

• val (string) - the string to check

• [options] (object) - defaults to {}

• options.requireProtocol {boolean} - set to true if you only want URLs with a protocol to be considered valid. Defaults to false

• returns (boolean) valid - true if val is a valid url, false otherwise

const isUrl = require('nice-is-url')
isUrl('http://localhost:3000') // true
isUrl('boom') // false