validator IS_URL() throws error for google group URLs

[Gaurav Vichare]

I am using IS_URL() validator to validate URLs, but it doesn't accepts following url and similar google group urls

Example: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/url$20validation$20problem|sort:relevance/web2py/69KmsrYAF44/Sgk_hA_6TlcJ

Should I create custom URL validato with simple regular expression?

In [9]: from gluon.validators import IS_URL

In [10]: IS_URL()('https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/url$20validation$20problem|sort:relevance/web2py/69KmsrYAF44/Sgk_hA_6TlcJ')
Out[10]: ('https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/url$20validation$20problem|sort:relevance/web2py/69KmsrYAF44/Sgk_hA_6TlcJ',
 'Enter a valid URL')

Thank You

- Gaurav

[Leonel Câmara]

You should submit a patch to fix the IS_URL validator as this is actually a valid URL.

The problem seems to be the | character which is actually only valid in the fragment part of an URL.

If you do submit a patch make sure to also add this case as a test in test_validators.py

If you don't want to submit a patch at least create an issue in github so we can address it.