from flask_wtf import FlaskForm from wtforms import StringField, SubmitField, ValidationError from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Length # Validates a URL def validate_URL(form, field): # Make sure the url is not too short or long if len(field.data) < 4 or len(field.data) > 2000: # Raise a ValidationError raise ValidationError() # If the url contains spaces or does not have any dots if field.data.count(" ") > 0 or field.data.count(".") == 0: # Raise a ValidationError raise ValidationError() # If the URL does not start with http:// and https:// if not(field.data.startswith("http://")) and not(field.data.startswith("https://")): # Add https:// to the beginning of the URL field.data = "https://" + field.data class URLForm(FlaskForm): url = StringField(validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=4, max=2000), validate_URL]) submit = SubmitField("Shorten URL")