[FIXED] Extract username from url with regex

Issue

I am extracting usernames from urls using ^(?:https?://)?(?:www.)?(?:website.com)?/?([^/\s]+). This method will return "username?lang=en". How can i remove the "?lang=en" from the end ?

Solution

You can use

^(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?(?:website\.com)?/?([^/\s?#]+)

See the regex demo. Details:

• ^ - start of string
• (?:https?://)? - an optional occurrence of http:// or https://
• (?:www\.)? - an optional occurrence of www. (note that the literal dot must be escaped)
• (?:website\.com)? - an optional occurrence of website.com
• /? - an optional / char
• ([^/\s?#]+) - Group 1: one or more chars other than /, whitespace, ? and # chars.

Answered By - Wiktor Stribiżew
Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (JavaFixing Volunteer)