regex101: Python Match Workspace

Negative Lookbehind(?<!/)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\?url=)

\?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

url=the literal text url= (case sensitive)

httpthe literal text http (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

://the literal text ://

Non-Capturing Group(?:[\w-]+\.)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[\w-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

nytimesthe literal text nytimes (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

com/the literal text com/ (case sensitive)

Character Class[\w/.\-#?&=]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wa Unicode word character

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?<!/)(?<!\?url=)https?://(?:[\w-]+\.)*nytimes\.com/[\w/.\-#?&=]*

Test String
New

|url=https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/mona-lisas-identity-solved-for-good/?searchResultPosition=2&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=9DE4B32CC79812F2537467E9D52707E9&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL}}

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/09/opinion/l-couldn-t-mona-lisa-just-stay-a-mystery-361987.html |access-date=2022-07-10

[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/technology/musk-twitter-sale.html?searchResultPosition=19 Normal external link]

this one might be found http://someblog.nytimes.com/musk-twitter-sale#maybe?searchResultPosition=17 randomly in text

SHOULD NOT MATCH THESE, such as for archive URLs:
/https://someblog.nytimes.com/musk-twitter-sale#maybe?searchResultPosition=17
?url=https://someblog.nytimes.com/musk-twitter-sale#maybe?searchResultPosition=17

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
New