Check if valid url so i can pass it to an NSURL?

Question

I want to check if an NSString is a valid URL so I can parse it to an NSURL variable... is there an easy way to do this? :)

CRASH For some reason the app crashes when checking.....

NSURL *shortURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:data];
if(shortURL == nil)
{
    NSLog(@"INVALID");
}
else {
    NSLog(@"COOOL");
}

The console gives me this error.....

* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '* -[NSURL initWithString:relativeToURL:]: nil string parameter' 2010-03-01 19:24:14.797 Snippety[8289:5e3b] Stack: ( 8307803, 2419510843, 8391739, 8391578, 2898550, 3152497, 12262, 12183, 27646, 2662269, 2661144, 2454790485, 2454790162 )

Answer 1

NSURL's URLWithString returns nil if the URL passed is not valid. So, you can just check the return value to determine if the URL is valid.