What Extract URLs helps you do

Collect unique http, https and www links from pasted content. It finds links embedded in text and removes duplicates, which is handy for reviewing a list of references or resources. The output is the link text only; the tool does not open or validate the destination.

URL extraction happens locally in your browser; no links are sent to Haivix.

How it works

These tools scan the pasted text in the browser with a pattern or parser and return the matches in first-seen order. Extraction is a candidate list, not a verification step: an email-shaped string may not be deliverable, a URL may not resolve, and a number may be part of a date or an identifier. Nothing is uploaded, and the source text is never changed. The result is a snapshot of the pasted text; editing the source afterwards does not update the list.

How to use Extract URLs

Paste the text that contains links.
Extract the unique URLs.
Check the edges of a few matches for punctuation.
Copy the list for review or further processing.

When to use it

Gather the links from a research dump or a set of notes.
Check which URLs appear in a copied page or email.
Build a deduplicated list of references.
Collect links from a support thread for follow-up.
Audit a document for links that should be footnotes.
Prepare a list before running a link checker.

When not to use it

Do not use it to check whether a link works; it does not make requests.
Do not expect it to find bare domain names without http or www.
Do not treat a match as safe; the destination could be malicious.

Example

A paragraph with two links and one repeated link returns the two distinct URLs once each. A link wrapped in angle brackets or quotes stops before the closing character. A bare example.com without http or www is not matched.

What you can do with Extract URLs

Find http, https and www links in text.
Return each link once, in first-seen order.
Ignore case when deduplicating.
Strip trailing punctuation from a link.
Copy the list for review or further processing.
Run the extraction locally with no upload.

Example: check the matches on a sample

Paste a short sample first and count the expected matches by eye. Compare that count with the result before running a large file, because a missing match is easier to spot in a small sample.

Read a few matches in context to catch false positives. A phone-like number inside an order ID, or a URL inside a code snippet, is common and should not be treated as a contact or a live link.

Copy the list and keep the original. If the extraction feeds a mail merge or a report, verify a sample of the destinations rather than assuming every match is valid.

If the result is empty, check the input format before assuming the tool is broken. A bare domain without http, an address split across a line, or JSON with a trailing comma are common reasons for no matches.

For a list that will be contacted or published, keep the source and the extracted list side by side. The source is the only way to resolve a questionable match or explain why one was missed.

What to know before you start

Trailing punctuation may attach to a URL in some cases, so review the edges of each result.
It does not follow redirects or check whether a link is reachable.
It only recognizes http, https and www forms.
It does not resolve relative links or decode encoded characters.

Common mistakes

Expecting bare domains to be found.
Assuming the links are reachable or safe.
Missing a URL that was split across a line break.
Treating a trailing parenthesis as part of the URL when it was punctuation.

Troubleshooting

If a link is missing, check whether it starts with http, https or www.

If punctuation is attached, inspect the edge; trailing punctuation is trimmed but an unbalanced bracket may remain.

If duplicates remain, the links differ by case or a fragment.

If the list is empty, the text may contain only bare domains or relative paths.

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