SurfSense/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/shared/media/sanitize-href.ts

export function sanitizeHref(href?: string): string | undefined {
	if (!href) return undefined;
	const candidate = href.trim();
	if (!candidate) return undefined;

	if (
		candidate.startsWith("/") ||
		candidate.startsWith("./") ||
		candidate.startsWith("../") ||
		candidate.startsWith("?") ||
		candidate.startsWith("#")
	) {
		if (candidate.startsWith("//")) return undefined;
		// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noControlCharactersInRegex: intentionally matching control characters
		if (/[\u0000-\u001F\u007F]/.test(candidate)) return undefined;
		return candidate;
	}

	try {
		const url = new URL(candidate);
		if (url.protocol === "http:" || url.protocol === "https:") {
			return url.toString();
		}
	} catch {
		return undefined;
	}
	return undefined;
}