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# isURI

> Test if a value is a [URI][uri].

<section class="usage">

## Usage

```javascript
var isURI = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-uri' );
```

#### isURI( value )

Tests if a `value` is a [URI][uri].

```javascript
var bool = isURI( 'https://google.com' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc1808.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( '' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( 'foo' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( null );
// returns false

bool = isURI( NaN );
// returns false

bool = isURI( true );
// returns false
```

</section>

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<section class="notes">

## Notes

-   For more information regarding the URI scheme, see [RFC 3986][rfc-3986] and [Wikipedia][uri].
-   On the distinction between URI, URL, and URN, see [The Difference Between URLs and URIs][difference-url-uri].

</section>

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<section class="examples">

## Examples

<!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->

```javascript
var isURI = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-uri' );

/* Valid */

var bool = isURI( 'http://google.com' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://localhost/' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/path%20with%20spaces.html' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%20' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc1808.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ftp://ftp.is.co.za/../../../rfc/rfc1808.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'ldap://[2001:db8::7]/c=GB?objectClass?one' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'mailto:John.Doe@example.com' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'tel:+1-816-555-1212' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'telnet://192.0.2.16:80/' );
// returns true

bool = isURI( 'urn:oasis:names:specification:docbook:dtd:xml:4.1.2' );
// returns true

/* Invalid */

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( '' );
// returns false

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( 'foo' );
// returns false

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( 'foo@bar' );
// returns false

// No scheme:
bool = isURI( '://foo/' );
// returns false

// Illegal characters:
bool = isURI( 'http://<foo>' );
// returns false

// Invalid path:
bool = isURI( 'http:////foo.html' );
// returns false

// Incomplete hex escapes...
bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%a' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%a/foo' );
// returns false

bool = isURI( 'http://example.w3.org/%at' );
// returns false
```

</section>

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* * *

<section class="cli">

## CLI

<section class="usage">

### Usage

```text
Usage: is-uri [options] [<uri>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
```

</section>

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<section class="examples">

### Examples

```bash
$ is-uri http://google.com
true
```

To use as a [standard stream][standard-streams],

```bash
$ echo -n 'http://google.com' | is-uri
true
```

</section>

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</section>

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<section class="links">

[uri]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme

[rfc-3986]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986

[difference-url-uri]: https://danielmiessler.com/study/url-uri/

[standard-streams]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams

</section>

<!-- /.links -->