urlmatch 1.0.1
Python library for matching URLs.

urlmatch - fnmatch for the web
==============================

Use ``urlmatch`` to verify that URLs conform to certain patterns. The
library and match patterns are based heavily on the `Google Chrome
Extension match
patterns <http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/match_patterns>`__.

Usage
-----

.. code:: python

    from urlmatch import urlmatch

    match_pattern = 'http://*.example.com/*'

    urlmatch(match_pattern, 'http://subdomain.example.com/') # True
    urlmatch(match_pattern, 'http://sub.subdomain.example.com/') # True

    urlmatch(match_pattern, 'https://example.com/') # False
    urlmatch(match_pattern, 'http://bad.com/') # False

Options
-------

There are a few options that affect how the match patterns work.

-  ``path_required`` (default is True) - a ``bool`` which dictates
   whether the match pattern must have path
-  ``fuzzy_scheme`` (default is False) - a ``bool`` which dictates
   whether the scheme should be matched "fuzzily." if this is true, then
   any valid scheme (``*``, ``http``, ``https``) will match both
   ``http`` and ``https``
-  ``http_auth_allowed`` (default is True) - ``bool`` which dictates
   whether URLs with HTTP Authentication in the URL should be allowed or
   not

Match pattern syntax
--------------------

The basic match pattern syntax is simple:

::

    <url-pattern> := <scheme>://<host><path>
    <scheme> := '*' | 'http' | 'https'
    <host> := '*' | '*.' <any char except '/' and '*'>+
    <path> := '/' <any chars>

Examples
~~~~~~~~

-  ``http://*/*`` - matches any URL that uses the http scheme
-  ``https://*/*`` - matches any URL that uses the https scheme
-  ``http://*/test*`` - matches any URL that uses the http scheme and
   has a path that starts with ``test``
-  ``*://test.com/*`` - matches any url with the domain ``test.com``
-  ``http://*.test.com`` - matches ``test.com`` and any subdomain of
   ``test.com``
-  ``http://test.com/foo/bar.html`` - matches the exact URL

Bugs
----

If you find an issue, let me know in the issues section!

Contributing
------------

From the `Rubinius <http://rubini.us/>`__ contribution page:

    Writing code and participating should be fun, not an exercise in
    perseverance. Stringent commit polices, for whatever their other
    qualities may bring, also mean longer turnaround times.

Submit a patch and once it's accepted, you'll get commit access to the
repository. Feel free to fork the repository and send a pull request,
once it's merged in you'll get added. If not, feel free to bug
`jessepollak <http://github.com/jessepollak>`__ about it.

How To Contribute
-----------------

-  Clone: ``git@github.com:jessepollak/urlmatch.git``
-  Create a topic branch: ``git checkout -b awesome_feature``
-  Commit away (and add unit tests for any code your write).
-  Keep up to date: ``git fetch && git rebase origin/master``.
-  Run the tests: ``python setup.py test``

Once you're ready:

-  Fork the project on GitHub
-  Add your repository as a remote:
   ``git remote add your_remote your_repo``
-  Push up your branch: ``git push your_remote awesome_feature``
-  Create a Pull Request for the topic branch, asking for review.

Once it's accepted:

-  If you want access to the core repository feel free to ask! Then you
   can change origin to point to the Read+Write URL:

::

    git remote set-url origin git@github.com:jessepollak/urlmatch.git

Otherwise, you can continue to hack away in your own fork.