I’m trying to validate URL’s in JavaScript and according to MDN JavaScript’s URL API is compatible with Chromium browsers and Firefox. However the behaviour varies between the two browsers. Specifically it seems like Chromium browsers are far more lenient and automatically apply encoding and Firefox doesn’t.
I’ve tried encoding the URL myself first before validating with encodeURI('https://abc.co m'), but Firefox also doesn’t accept https://abc.c%20m as a valid URL, so I’m stumped as to how I can have a good way to support both browsers without having to resort to regex.
Any ideas for a consistent approach with cross browser support are very welcome. Thanks!
