is-github-url

Check if a passed string is a valid GitHub URL

Unlike is-git-url, is-github-url is a domain-specific validator. It returns true if passed URL is a part of github.com domain only.

Installation

$ npm install is-github-url --save

Usage

var isGithubUrl = require('is-github-url');

// Valid examples
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook');
 // => true
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook/react');
 // => true
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook/react/releases/tag/v0.14.0');
// => true
isGithubUrl('[email protected]:facebook/react.git');
// => true
isGithubUrl('git://github.com/facebook/react.git#gh-pages');
// => true

// Invalid examples
isGithubUrl('https://google.com');
 // => false
isGithubUrl('unknown://github.com');
// => false
isGithubUrl('http://facebook.github.io/');
// => false

// Repository mode can be used to check whether a passed URL
// is a valid repository URL
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook/react', { repository: true });
// => true
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook', { repository: true });
// => false
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook/react/releases/tag/v0.14.0', {
  repository: true
});
// => false

// Strict mode is used to validate URLs before cloning
// Strict mode turns on automatically if URL contains git protocol
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook/react.git', { strict: true });
// => true
isGithubUrl('https://github.com/facebook/react', { strict: true });
// => false

API

isGithubUrl(url, [options])

Check if a passed string is a valid GitHub URL

Params

• String url: A string to be validated
• Object options: An object containing the following fields:
  • strict (Boolean): Match only URLs ending with .git
  • repository (Boolean): Match only valid GitHub repo URLs

License

MIT © Philipp Alferov