From 64689dc0ec0bbe12e8fe740a3657d4dda8715627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alois Klink <alois@aloisklink.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:34:19 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix: replace `URL.canParse()`

[URL.canParse][1] was only pretty recently created, and is not
available in many environments.

We can instead wrap a `URL` creation in a `try..catch`, as listed in
MDN. Unfortunately, this is a bit slower, but at least it works almost
everywhere.

[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/canParse_static

Fixes: https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url/issues/78
---
 src/index.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 83faca9..0612916 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ function decodeHtmlCharacters(str: string) {
 }
 
 function isValidUrl(url: string): boolean {
-  return URL.canParse(url);
+  try {
+    // We can replace this with URL.canParse() once it's more widely available
+    new URL(url); // eslint-disable-line no-new -- We're only checking for exceptions
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 function decodeURI(uri: string): string {