From: Sean Spade <skspade@pm.me>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 03:28:56 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: chore: ensures validURL function does not throw exception
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chore: ensures validURL function does not throw exception
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diff --git a/src/shared/utils.ts b/src/shared/utils.ts
index df7673a..c9d3e91 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,12 @@ export function isVideo(url: string) {
 }
 
 export function validURL(str: string) {
-  return !!new URL(str);
+  try {
+    new URL(str);
+    return true;
+  } catch (_) {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 export function validInstanceTLD(str: string) {