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urlextract

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Collects and extracts URLs from given text.

Last release 2 days ago
02 Oct 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 months to 2.6 years
Some releases are documented
notes for 9 of 33 stable releases
1 version withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
10 years old
34 releases · first in 2016

Release timeline

34 releases since 2016

2016201820202022

Releases

1.10.02 Oct 2026
Treat | as a stop character on the right side of URL by @rishisy in #171
What's Changed

Treat | as a stop character on the right side of URL by @rishisy in #171

New Contributors

@rishisy made their first contribution in #171

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.10.0
Open source →
1.9.029 Feb 2024
Update shield images by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/150
What's Changed

Update shield images by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/150

Fixing filter of mixed case hostnames by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/158

Accepting only ASCII characters left from TLD. by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/159

Adding support for Python 3.12 by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/160

Fixing parsing of Markdown links by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/161

Full Changelog: https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/compare/v1.8.0...v1.9.0

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Additional notes

What's Changed

Update shield images by @lipoja in #150
Fixing filter of mixed case hostnames by @lipoja in #158
Accepting only ASCII characters left from TLD. by @lipoja in #159
Adding support for Python 3.12 by @lipoja in #160
Fixing parsing of Markdown links by @lipoja in #161

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.9.0

Open source →

1.8.019 Dec 2022

Fix index issue with uppercase characters in domain names by @iwangpeng in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/140

What's Changed

Fix index issue with uppercase characters in domain names by @iwangpeng in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/140
Add Python 3.11 by @elliotwutingfeng in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/141
Update github action triggers for tox test by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/145
Adding the ability to set stop characters inside of a scheme by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/146
Fixing typos in strings by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/147
Adding ability to filter out mixed case host-names by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/148

New Contributors

@iwangpeng made their first contribution in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/140
@elliotwutingfeng made their first contribution in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/141

Full Changelog: https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0

Open source →

Additional notes

What's Changed

Fix index issue with uppercase characters in domain names by @iwangpeng in #140
Add Python 3.11 by @elliotwutingfeng in #141
Update github action triggers for tox test by @lipoja in #145
Adding the ability to set stop characters inside of a scheme by @lipoja in #146
Fixing typos in strings by @lipoja in #147
Adding ability to filter out mixed case host-names by @lipoja in #148

New Contributors

@iwangpeng made their first contribution in #140
@elliotwutingfeng made their first contribution in #141

Full Changelog: v1.7.1...v1.8.0

Open source →

1.7.125 Oct 2022

Check if url_parts.authority is not NoneType by @lipoja in #138

What's Changed

Check if url_parts.authority is not NoneType by @lipoja in #138

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1

Open source →

1.7.022 Oct 2022withdrawn: urlextract without authority causes AttributeError

Add type hints by @mimi89999 in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/132

What's Changed

Add type hints by @mimi89999 in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/132
Fixing mypy checks by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/133
Remove unreserved characters from the beginning of found URL by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/134
Correct handling when authority starts with @ symbol by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/135

New Contributors

@mimi89999 made their first contribution in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/132

Full Changelog: https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0

Open source →

Additional notes

What's Changed

Add type hints by @mimi89999 in #132
Fixing mypy checks by @lipoja in #133
Remove unreserved characters from the beginning of found URL by @lipoja in #134
Correct handling when authority starts with @ symbol by @lipoja in #135

New Contributors

@mimi89999 made their first contribution in #132

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0

Open source →

1.6.017 May 2022

Add a list of URLs allowed to extract by @khoben in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/125

What's Changed

Add a list of URLs allowed to extract by @khoben in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/125
Updating tests with correct order of actual == expected by @lipoja in https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/pull/126
Update list of TLDs

Full Changelog: https://github.com/lipoja/URLExtract/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0

Open source →

Additional notes

What's Changed

Add a list of URLs allowed to extract by @khoben in #125
Updating tests with correct order of actual == expected by @lipoja in #126
Update list of TLDs

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0

Open source →

1.5.022 Dec 2021

Fix incorrect indices when TLD is found twice (issue #109)

What's Changed

Fix incorrect indices when TLD is found twice (issue #109)
Replace unmaintained appdirs with maintained platformdirs - by Hugo van Kemenade (issue #106)
update README, code style and code formatting using black - by za
updated list of TLDs

Open source →

1.4.06 Oct 2021

urlextract detects URLs which start with double slash '//' (issue #94)

urlextract detects URLs which start with double slash '//' (issue #94)
adding ability to return only URLs with schema (issue #96)

Open source →

1.3.012 Jun 2021

fixing None of the cache directory is writable (issue #61)

fixing None of the cache directory is writable (issue #61)
fixes RE for IPv4 addresses - by kak-bo-che (issue #86)
updated list of TLDs
urlextract cli is telling people to report errors on GitHub

Open source →

1.2.08 Dec 2020

Bump version: 1.1.0 → 1.2.0

Open source →

1.1.01 Oct 2020