Refine URL regex for improved clarity and flexibility in validation

Author: Odzen

frontend/src/utils/misc.js

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ export const validateEmail = (email) => {
   return re.test(String(email).toLowerCase());
 };
 
-// More flexible URL regex that accepts:
+// Simple and flexible URL regex that accepts:
 // - URLs with or without protocol (http/https)
 // - URLs starting with www.
-// - Domain names without protocol or www (e.g., example.com)
-// - LinkedIn URLs with special characters
+// - Simple domain names like example.com
+// - LinkedIn URLs and other social media profiles
 export const urlRegex =
-  /^(?:(?:(?:https?|ftp):)?\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!(?:10|127)(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!(?:169\.254|192\.168)(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\u00a1-\uffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,})))(?::\d{2,5})?(?:[/?#]\S*)?$/i;
+  /^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)+([/?#][^\s]*)?$/i;
 
 export const validateUrl = (value) => {
   return urlRegex.test(value);