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expression for pulling domains out of URLs

 


scrpnsanctuary
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Jun 8, 2009, 2:33 PM

Post #1 of 9 (3343 views)
expression for pulling domains out of URLs Can't Post
Hi there, I would like some help with this.

I have an expression that will grab the domain (xxx.com) out of a url (http://www.google.com/?query=blah).

Requirements:
1) Must be able to work if there is a port number in the URL (http://www.amazon.com:8010/somepage.html)
2) Needs to get the domain (something.com) part (preferably into 1 variable, but if it's in 2 I can join them)
3) Needs to work if the URL does not contain stuff between the domain and '://' (http://somesite.com/page.html)
4) Needs to work if the URL has a lot of subdomains (http://some.domain.some.other.domain.site.com/page.htm)

My current expression sometimes doesn't work, but I'm not sure if if is one of the above conditions or something else.


Here's what I'm using right now:
Code
if ($url =~ /^.*?\:\/\/(.*?\.)??([^\.]+?\.[^\.]+?)[\/\:].*/) 
{ 
	my ($pre_domain) = $1; 
	my ($domain) = $2; 
 
	### More stuff ### 
}


Thank you very much for your help.
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(This post was edited by scrpnsanctuary on Jun 9, 2009, 11:18 AM)


KevinR
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Jun 8, 2009, 2:55 PM

Post #2 of 9 (3333 views)
Re: [scrpnsanctuary] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
Maybe look at URI::Split and use it or just look in the source code to see how the module parses URIs.
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scrpnsanctuary
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Jun 8, 2009, 3:19 PM

Post #3 of 9 (3329 views)
Re: [KevinR] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
Ahh, thank you.

I guess I could use that module, but I kinda want to refine my expression just as a mental exercise. Smile
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KevinR
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Jun 9, 2009, 9:59 AM

Post #4 of 9 (3322 views)
Re: [scrpnsanctuary] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
If I get a chance later today I will take a closer look at your regexp and your requirements and see if I can make a recommendation.
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scrpnsanctuary
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Jun 9, 2009, 10:20 AM

Post #5 of 9 (3321 views)
Re: [KevinR] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
Oh cool, thank you very much.
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scrpnsanctuary
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Jun 9, 2009, 10:52 AM

Post #6 of 9 (3318 views)
Re: [KevinR] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
I looked up URI::Split and found how they do it:

Code
sub uri_split { 
     return $_[0] =~ m,(?:([^:/?#]+):)?(?://([^/?#]*))?([^?#]*)(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?,; 
} 
 
 
### Example: 
($scheme, $auth, $path, $query, $frag) = uri_split($uri)
It's a bit more than I need, but wow. I can dissect most of it but I need to look at it longer to understand it all.
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(This post was edited by scrpnsanctuary on Jun 9, 2009, 10:54 AM)


KevinR
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Jun 9, 2009, 11:07 AM

Post #7 of 9 (3314 views)
Re: [scrpnsanctuary] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
It is rather cryptic, even I have a hard time reading it although I understand all the code it uses. There is a neat module that explains what regular expressions mean:

http://search.cpan.org/~pinyan/YAPE-Regex-Explain-3.011/Explain.pm

See if you can get it installed and use it as needed.
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(This post was edited by KevinR on Jun 9, 2009, 11:07 AM)


scrpnsanctuary
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Jun 9, 2009, 11:19 AM

Post #8 of 9 (3311 views)
Re: [KevinR] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
Got it:

Code
The regular expression: 
 
(?-imsx:m,(?:([^:/?#]+):)?(?://([^/?#]*))?([^?#]*)(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?,) 
 
matches as follows: 
   
NODE                     EXPLANATION 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
(?-imsx:                 group, but do not capture (case-sensitive) 
                         (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not 
                         matching \n) (matching whitespace and # 
                         normally): 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  m,                       'm,' 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  (?:                      group, but do not capture (optional 
                           (matching the most amount possible)): 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    (                        group and capture to \1: 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      [^:/?#]+                 any character except: ':', '/', '?', 
                               '#' (1 or more times (matching the 
                               most amount possible)) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    )                        end of \1 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    :                        ':' 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  )?                       end of grouping 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  (?:                      group, but do not capture (optional 
                           (matching the most amount possible)): 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    //                       '//' 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    (                        group and capture to \2: 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      [^/?#]*                  any character except: '/', '?', '#' (0 
                               or more times (matching the most 
                               amount possible)) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    )                        end of \2 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  )?                       end of grouping 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  (                        group and capture to \3: 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    [^?#]*                   any character except: '?', '#' (0 or 
                             more times (matching the most amount 
                             possible)) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  )                        end of \3 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  (?:                      group, but do not capture (optional 
                           (matching the most amount possible)): 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    \?                       '?' 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    (                        group and capture to \4: 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      [^#]*                    any character except: '#' (0 or more 
                               times (matching the most amount 
                               possible)) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    )                        end of \4 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  )?                       end of grouping 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  (?:                      group, but do not capture (optional 
                           (matching the most amount possible)): 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    #                        '#' 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    (                        group and capture to \5: 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      .*                       any character except \n (0 or more 
                               times (matching the most amount 
                               possible)) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    )                        end of \5 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  )?                       end of grouping 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  ,                        ',' 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
)                        end of grouping 
----------------------------------------------------------------------

That actually makes sense to me after reading through it with a nice explanation, lol.
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KevinR
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Jun 9, 2009, 11:46 AM

Post #9 of 9 (3308 views)
Re: [scrpnsanctuary] expression for pulling domains out of URLs [In reply to] Can't Post
If you can understand that it means you are going insane Crazy

All really good programmers are insane, which explains why I am not too good. Unsure
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(This post was edited by KevinR on Jun 9, 2009, 11:46 AM)

 
 


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