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HTML

<div id="showParensLink"></div>
<div id="showNoParensLink"></div>
<div id="parensLinkRegex"><p>Parens Link Regex Result</p></div>
<div id="noParensLinkRegex"><p>No Parens Link Regex Result</p></div>

CSS

div{
    padding:10px;
    margin:10px 5px;
    color:#0000FF;
}
#showParensLink{
    color:#585858;
    border:1px solid #DF7401;
}
#showNoParensLink{
    color:#424242;
    border:1px solid #ff0000;
}
.result{
    color:#ff0000;
    font-weight:bold;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    
    var parensLink = "(https://qabuild.bountyjobs.com/posting/viewPhoneConferenceSchedule.do?dispatch=viewSchedule&scheduleId=79)";

    var noParensLink = "https://qabuild.bountyjobs.com/posting/viewPhoneConferenceSchedule.do?dispatch=viewSchedule&scheduleId=99";

    var parensPattern = /\b(http|https?):\/\/\b/;

    //regex: replace any parens with ""
    var result1 = parensPattern.test(parensLink);
    var result2 = parensPattern.test(noParensLink);
       
    $("#showParensLink").text(parensLink);
    $("#showNoParensLink").text(noParensLink);
    $("#parensLinkRegex").append('<span class="result">'+result1+'</span>');
    $("#noParensLinkRegex").append('<span class="result">'+result2+'</span>');
});




/*
\b
# Match the leading part (proto://hostname, or just hostname)
(
    # ftp://, http://, or https:// leading part
    (ftp|https?)://[-\w]+(\.\w[-\w]*)+
  |
    # or, try to find a hostname with our more specific sub-expression
    (?i: [a-z0-9] (?:[-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? \. )+ # sub domains
    # Now ending .com, etc. For these, require lowercase
    (?-i: com\b
        | edu\b
        | biz\b
        | gov\b
        | in(?:t|fo)\b # .int or .info
        | mil\b
        | net\b
        | org\b
        | name\b
        | coop\b
        | aero\b
        | museum\b
        | [a-z][a-z]\b # two-letter country codes
    )
)

# Allow an optional port number
( : \d+ )?

# The rest of the URL is optional, and begins with / . . . 
(
     /
     # The rest are heuristics for what seems to work well
     [^.!,?;"'<>()\[\]{}\s\x7F-\xFF]*
     (?:
        [.!,?]+  [^.!,?;"'<>()\[\]{}\s\x7F-\xFF]+
     )*
)?
   */