MKlegoman357: reformatted

2015-08-01T20:38:35Z

reformatted

SquidDev: Add http.checkURL page

2015-08-01T19:59:39Z

Add http.checkURL page

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{{lowercase}}
{{Function
|name=http.checkURL
|args={{type|string}} url
|returns={{type|boolean}} success, {{type|string}} message
|api=HTTP
|addon=ComputerCraft
|desc=Validates a URL, checking it is in the correct format and it the website is on the whitelist. If the URL is not valid then the second return value will be an appropriate error message.
|examples=
{{Example
|desc=Validates a URL and errors if it is invalid.
|code=local success, message = '''http.checkURL("http://example.com")'''
if not success then
error("Invalid URL: " .. message)
end
}}
{{Example
|desc=Various outputs of http.checkURL.
|code=http.checkURL("http://example.com") -- true
http.checkURL("example.com") -- false, URL malformed
http.checkURL("ftp://example.com") -- false, URL not http
}}
}}

[[Category:Lua_Core_Functions]]

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 |name=http.checkURL
 |args={{type|string}} url
-|returns={{type|boolean}} success, {{type|string}} message
+|returns={{type|boolean}} success [, {{type|string}} message]
 |api=HTTP
 |addon=ComputerCraft
-|desc=Validates a URL, checking it is in the correct format and it the website is on the whitelist. If the URL is not valid then the second return value will be an appropriate error message.
+|desc=Validates a URL, checking it is in the correct format and the website is on the HTTP whitelist. If the URL is not valid then the second return value will be an appropriate error message.
 |examples=
 {{Example
 |desc=Validates a URL and errors if it is invalid.
-|code=local success, message = '''http.checkURL("http://example.com")'''
+|code=local success, message = '''http.checkURL( "http://example.com" )'''
   if not success then
-    error("Invalid URL: " .. message)
+    [[error]]( "Invalid URL: " .. message )
   end
 }}
 {{Example
 |desc=Various outputs of http.checkURL.
-|code=http.checkURL("http://example.com") -- true
+|code='''http.checkURL( "http://example.com" )''' ''-- true''
-  http.checkURL("example.com") -- false, URL malformed
+  '''http.checkURL( "example.com" )''' ''-- false, URL malformed''
-  http.checkURL("ftp://example.com") -- false, URL not http
+  '''http.checkURL( "ftp://example.com" )''' ''-- false, URL not http''
 }}
 }}
 [[Category:Lua_Core_Functions]]

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