export const isUrl = (url: string): boolean => { const pattern = new RegExp( '^(http://|https://)[a-z0-9]+([-.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(/.*)?$', 'gi' ) if (pattern.test(url)) return true else throw new Error( `'${url}' is not a valid url. An example of a valid url is 'http://valid-url.com'.` ) }