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[CC][JS]URL Grep at the end of story

Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Hi guys,

I have a working grep for finding url in an InDesign document and I'd say it finds everything:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*(\\s))";

the only problem is can't find the ones at the end of the story.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

-CharlesD

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Advisor , Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*($|\\s)) seems to work.

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Guide ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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I hope you are using app.changeGrep();   to change.. if not use this to change for entire document

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Engaged ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Hi,

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var Stories = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().getElements()

for(i=0; i<Stories.length; i++)

{  

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences=null;  

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat= ""; // find code

app.findGrepPreferences.changeTo= "";  // change code

app.changeGrep();

}

Thanks,

Prabu

Thanks
AP

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Advisor ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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stab in the dark, as i can't test:

(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*(\\s|\\Z))

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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@Vamitul

that's exactly how I tried it but '\\z' is a bit of a mystery. Any other options?

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Advisor ,
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It should be capital - Z (not z)

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Community Beginner ,
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I tried both, no luck

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People's Champ ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www)://([\w_-]+(?:(?:\.[\w_-]+)+))([\w.,@?^=%&:/#-]*[\w@?^=%&/#-])?

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Advisor ,
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(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*($|\\s)) seems to work.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Perfect! I've seen a lot of grep combinations from this forum even from 5 years ago and i always check for new ideas but this one is by far the most reliable. please try it out and let me know its faults so we can improve it for everyone's benefit.

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LEGEND ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Hi,

Have you just tried it in a para with 2 www.….com?

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Advisor ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Actually, I think the absolute best one I've found for urls is: Daring Fireball: An Improved Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs

(short version:

(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))

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LEGEND ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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I've just copied/pasted it: It doesn't work! 

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Vamitul​, the one you posted from Daring Fireball failed on this url:

http://uli​.org/wp-content/uploads/ULIDocuments/Norfolk_PanelReport_Fweb.pdf

It only gets up to this:

http://uli​.org/wp-content/uploads/

If you guys have other patterns that you think is perfect please post it here.

It's time to establish the most reliable pattern once and for all. Should we create a new discussion?

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Engaged ,
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Hi,

Please try this:

(https?://?|www?)[-./\~\w&]+

Thanks,

Prabu G

Thanks
AP

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Thanks for the quick replies. I don't actually use changeGrep because I don't change anything I just have to find those urls and make them as live links. Here are some parts of my code:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="(http|https|Http|Https|rtsp|Rtsp|ftp|www).+?(?=(\\)|\\.|\\,|\\?|\\!|\"|'|;|\\r)*(\\s))";

    if (myDoc.findGrep().length > 0){

        URLlinker(myDoc.findGrep());

    }

function URLlinker(){

  ... do something with with the found urls

}

It finds all the urls except the end of the stories.

I also tried using \\s|\\z but it doesn't find anything. So I had to duplicate the function and just replace '\\s' with '\\z' but it gives me some odd results.

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Participant ,
Oct 25, 2018 Oct 25, 2018

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Hi,

I tried these both code but not working, can anyone help to find the problem?

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="(https?://?|www?)[-./\~\w&]+"; 

    if (myDoc.findGrep().length > 0){ 

        URLlinker(myDoc.findGrep()); 

    } 

function URLlinker(){ 

app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle="Hyperlink"

app.changeGrep();

}

****************************

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var Stories = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().getElements()

for(i=0; i<Stories.length; i++)

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences=null; 

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat= "(https?://?|www?)[-./~w&]+"; // find code

app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle="Hyperlink"

app.changeGrep();

}

Thanks in advance.

by

hasvi

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

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Ok guys I started a new thread:

[CC][JS]Searching for the most reliable URL grep pattern

Please post there your ideas. Thanks!

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