add function +func IsValidURL(url string) bool {

util.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
 	"github.com/hako/durafmt"
 )
 
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ func TimeDiffHuman(first time.Time, second time.Time) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func IsValidURL(url string) bool {
+	return govalidator.IsURL(url) && (govalidator.IsRequestURL(url) || govalidator.IsRequestURI(url))
+}
+
 // Does anyone else use uints for things that are always >=0 like counts and
 func TimeDiffAbsSeconds(first time.Time, second time.Time) uint {
 	return uint(math.Abs(first.Sub(second).Truncate(time.Second).Seconds()))