having one solution for different components of app

web/helpers/urlHelper.ts

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+export default function isValidHttpUrl(potentialUrl: string) {
+  let url;
+
+  try {
+    url = new URL(potentialUrl);
+  } catch (_) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return url.protocol === "http:" || url.protocol === "https:";
+}