I don’t think it is a valid url according to the rfc https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2
An http scheme url requires the //, see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-3.2.2 > On Feb 20, 2025, at 11:18 PM, 'Dan Kortschak' via golang-nuts > <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2025-02-20 at 20:05 +0800, Lin Lin wrote: >> Hi, gophers >> >> I ran into a URL parsing issue and am a little confused about the >> url.Parse behavior.The doc says: >> >> // Parse parses a raw url into a [URL] structure. >> // >> // The url may be relative (a path, without a host) or absolute >> // (starting with a scheme). Trying to parse a hostname and path >> // without a scheme is invalid but may not necessarily return an >> // error, due to parsing ambiguities. >> >> I.E. url.Parse can return a nil in some situations even with a >> malformed target. The following code confirms that. >> >> package main >> >> import "net/url" >> import "fmt" >> >> func main() { >> u := "http:/127.0.0.1/index.html" // a wrong format >> URL, lacking of a / >> obj, err := url.Parse(u) >> >> fmt.Printf("obj: %#v, error: %v", obj, err) >> } >> >> I think that's a little conflict with Go's convention. If the error >> is nil, one can be sure any returned Object is good. In this case, >> how can the caller trust the result? Or we can improve the doc to >> explain a bit more. I believe most Go developers will not notice that >> pitfall before one step into it. In my experience, I ran into that by >> calling http.NewRequest with a bad URL, the url.Parse is hidden >> inside, which is even less likely to be noticed. >> >> I've seen issues below, they were closed. >> >> https://github.com/golang/go/issues/35245 >> https://github.com/golang/go/issues/54689 >> >> Maybe we can improve that. >> >> Thanks for your time, best regards. >> Lin Lin > > As others have noted, the URL there is valid. If it's not valid for > your use, you can perform additional validation like so > https://go.dev/play/p/v3Wjq6jzuYK > > Dan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/e1f5dffff9984992799b4e01345d1f89d6783ff2.camel%40kortschak.io. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/66D70075-ACF8-47D6-9427-73779886E8CB%40ix.netcom.com.