You should be able to weed stuff out pretty quickly by: 1) Use +URLWithString: to see if the string can be interpreted as a URL 2) Construct a request with the URL and see what +[NSURLConnection canHandleRequest:] has to say 3) Try to load the URL
On 25 Nov 2009, at 17:28, lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote: > On Nov 25, 2009 11:05am, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > >> On Nov 25, 2009, at 8:59 AM, lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> > Thanks for the reply. I'm looking through the Cocoa API now. I think I >> > might be able to use NSNetService's -resolveWithTimeout along with NSURL's >> > -scheme to validate a string. Seems like more work than should be >> > necessary, but oh well. > > > >> Wait, what? That NSNetService method is for getting the IP address of a >> Bonjour service. That doesn't sound like what you're doing. It has nothing >> to do with validating the syntax of a URL. > > > >> Maybe you could describe what it is that you're trying to do with these URLs? > > > >> —Jens > > I was just looking through the API to see what methods might help me with > this and NSNetService looked like it might work, until I read the class > description. What I'm doing exactly, is downloading batches of web pages via > http. I don't want to make the attempt if the url is not valid. > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/cocoadev%40mikeabdullah.net > > This email sent to cocoa...@mikeabdullah.net _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
