diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7db9c00..3a9be79 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module sneak.berlin/go/util
 
 go 1.14
 
-require github.com/hako/durafmt v0.0.0-20191009132224-3f39dc1ed9f4
+require (
+	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 // indirect
+	github.com/hako/durafmt v0.0.0-20191009132224-3f39dc1ed9f4
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 300d53f..267d253 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 h1:DklsrG3dyBCFEj5IhUbnKptjxatkF07cF2ak3yi77so=
+github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2/go.mod h1:WaHUgvxTVq04UNunO+XhnAqY/wQc+bxr74GqbsZ/Jqw=
 github.com/hako/durafmt v0.0.0-20191009132224-3f39dc1ed9f4 h1:60gBOooTSmNtrqNaRvrDbi8VAne0REaek2agjnITKSw=
 github.com/hako/durafmt v0.0.0-20191009132224-3f39dc1ed9f4/go.mod h1:5Scbynm8dF1XAPwIwkGPqzkM/shndPm79Jd1003hTjE=
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index cffbad4..535a00e 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/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()))