Extraction36 chars · /g
Regex to Extract Markdown Links
This pattern helps pull markdown links into audits, migrations, and content QA workflows.
The expression
/\[([^\]]+)\]\((https?:\/\/[^\s)]+)\)/gHow to read it
\s matches any whitespace, including tabs and newlines.
A negated class [^ … ] matches anything except the listed characters.
g — global — keep going after the first match instead of stopping
Find matches in your own text
no inputTry:
This expression is unanchored, so it finds every occurrence anywhere in the text. Highlighted runs are what a replace call would rewrite.
Examples, checked in your browser
4/4 verified[Tinapps](https://tinapps.com)
Matches.
Read [docs](https://example.com/docs)
Matches.
Just plain text
No match — this is the kind of input the pattern rejects.
[broken](notaurl)
No match — this is the kind of input the pattern rejects.
Use it in code
3 languagesJavaScript
const regex = /\[([^\]]+)\]\((https?:\/\/[^\s)]+)\)/g;
regex.test(input);Python
import re
pattern = re.compile(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\((https?:\/\/[^\s)]+)\)")
bool(pattern.search(input))Go
re := regexp.MustCompile("\\[([^\\]]+)\\]\\((https?:\\/\\/[^\\s)]+)\\)")
matched := re.MatchString(input)Other extraction patterns
4GroupExtraction
Flags/g
Examples4
SafetyOK