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Regex for Domain Name

Regex Pattern

^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$

Validates a domain name (no protocol)

Quick Answer

The regex pattern for domain name is `^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$`. Validates a domain name (no protocol). This works in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, and most regex engines that support PCRE syntax.

Test Examples

InputResult
example.com✓ Matches
subdomain.example.co.uk✓ Matches
my-site.io✓ Matches
http://example.com✗ No match
.example.com✗ No match
example✗ No match

Code Examples

javascript

const regex = /^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/;
const isValid = regex.test(value);

python

import re
pattern = r'^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$'
if re.match(pattern, value):
    print("valid")

ruby

pattern = /^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/
if value =~ pattern
  puts "valid"
end

php

if (preg_match('/^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/', $value)) {
    echo "valid";
}

java

String pattern = "^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$";
boolean isValid = value.matches(pattern);

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