I'm trying to parse a Url that is user submitted, so it could be `<http://example.com>` or `<http://...

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[Jon Bailey]

I'm trying to parse a Url that is user submitted, so it could be <http://example.com> or <http://example.com|example.com> , if I do Url("<http://example.com|example.com>") then it returns <http://localhost> which is quite confusing?

[Andrew O'Hara]

URLs are only valid with a protocol. You may want to use java.net.URI instead

[Jon Bailey]

fair enough 😊 I'm using this in a KMP project so can't do that, but I'll figure something out

[Jon Bailey]

seems weird to return <http://localhost> instead of throwing though

[Andrew O'Hara]

Ah. Not sure what would be a good fit in that case.

[Andrew O'Hara]

I do know that http4k's core module has a Uri class, but it may still be overkill.

[Andrew O'Hara]

I also don't know how compatible it would be with KMP 😅 . Hope you find something.

[Jon Bailey]

Thanks for the pointer! I'll take a look 😊

[Adam S]

if you’re looking for a KMP URI library I’ve had this one bookmarked for a while, but I’ve not used it yet https://github.com/eygraber/uri-kmp

[Jon Bailey]

Thanks! i'll look into that too

[rocketraman]

Here is another one. I've used this on a KMP project without issues: https://github.com/chRyNaN/uri.