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03.01.07
Spry - Checking For A Valid URL
 By
Raymond Camden
There has been a UDF released for a while now that would check to see if a URL is valid. Ben wrote urlExists over a year ago.
Along with isValid(), you can check both the form and existence of a URL.
For the heck of it - I thought I'd make a quick demo in Spry showing how you can do without refreshing the browser. First take a quick look at the online demo:
http://ray.camdenfamily.com/demos/spryurlcheck/
Don't hit submit on the button, just enter a URL and click off of it. Note that the you have to enter a valid URL before the server will check it. (So don't enter "toaster", enter "http://www.toaster.com".)
The code behind this is rather simple. First, look at the form field for URL:
I use an onBlur to call a JavaScript function. Also note the span next to the form field. validateURL is pretty simple:
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I grab the value of the URL and ensure it isn't blank. Next I use updateContent. This was added in the last Spry release. It is a simple way to load a new URL into a div or span. Here I'm simply pointing the span next to my form field to a server side file. The server side file is also rather simple. To cut down on the size I removed Ben's UDF:
The only thing that I don't like about this demo is the speed. Adobe made updateContent blocking, so you can't do anything while the page is loading. Of course, someone could easily add this to the Spry code.
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About
the Author:
Raymond Camden, ray@camdenfamily.com
http://ray.camdenfamily.com
Raymond Camden is Vice President of Technology for roundpeg, Inc. A long
time ColdFusion user, Raymond has worked on numerous ColdFusion books
and is the creator of many of the most popular ColdFusion community web
sites. He is an Adobe Community Expert, user group manager, and the
proud father of three little bundles of joy.
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