function isValidURL(str) {
var pattern = new RegExp('^((https?:)?\\/\\/)?'+ // protocol
'(?:\\S+(?::\\S*)?@)?' + // authentication
'((([a-z\\d]([a-z\\d-]*[a-z\\d])*)\\.)+[a-z]{2,}|'+ // domain name
'((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}))'+ // OR ip (v4) address
'(\\:\\d+)?(\\/[-a-z\\d%_.~+]*)*'+ // port and path
'(\\?[;&a-z\\d%_.~+=-]*)?'+ // query string
'(\\#[-a-z\\d_]*)?$','i'); // fragment locater
if (!pattern.test(str)) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}