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Text input with URL validation. Sets the `url` validation error key if the content is not a valid URL.

Note: `input[url]` uses a regex to validate urls that is derived from the regex used in Chromium. If you need stricter validation, you can use `ng-pattern` or modify the built-in validators (see the Forms guide)

## Directive Info

- This directive executes at priority level 0.

## Usage

    <input type="url"
           ng-model=""
           [name=""]
           [required=""]
           [ng-required=""]
           [ng-minlength=""]
           [ng-maxlength=""]
           [pattern=""]
           [ng-pattern=""]
           [ng-change=""]>

### Arguments

Param | Type | Details
--- | --- | ---
ngModel | string | Assignable angular expression to data-bind to.
name (optional) | string | Property name of the form under which the control is published.
required (optional) | string | Sets `required` validation error key if the value is not entered.
ngRequired (optional) | string | Adds `required` attribute and `required` validation constraint to the element when the ngRequired expression evaluates to true. Use `ngRequired` instead of `required` when you want to data-bind to the `required` attribute.
ngMinlength (optional) | number | Sets `minlength` validation error key if the value is shorter than minlength.
ngMaxlength (optional) | number | Sets `maxlength` validation error key if the value is longer than maxlength. Setting the attribute to a negative or non-numeric value, allows view values of any length.
pattern (optional) | string | Similar to `ngPattern` except that the attribute value is the actual string that contains the regular expression body that will be converted to a regular expression as in the ngPattern directive.

ngPattern
(optional)

string

Sets `pattern` validation error key if the ngModel value does not match a RegExp found by evaluating the Angular expression given in the attribute value. If the expression evaluates to a RegExp object then this is used directly. If the expression is a string then it will be converted to a RegExp after wrapping it in `^` and `$` characters. For instance, `"abc"` will be converted to `new RegExp('^abc$')`.

ngChange (optional) | string | Angular expression to be executed when input changes due to user interaction with the input element.

## Example

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    <script>
      angular.module('urlExample', [])
        .controller('ExampleController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
          $scope.text = 'http://google.com';
        }]);
    </script>
    <form name="myForm" ng-controller="ExampleController">
      URL: <input type="url" name="input" ng-model="text" required>
      <span class="error" ng-show="myForm.input.$error.required">
        Required!</span>
      <span class="error" ng-show="myForm.input.$error.url">
        Not valid url!</span>
      <tt>text = {{text}}</tt><br/>
      <tt>myForm.input.$valid = {{myForm.input.$valid}}</tt><br/>
      <tt>myForm.input.$error = {{myForm.input.$error}}</tt><br/>
      <tt>myForm.$valid = {{myForm.$valid}}</tt><br/>
      <tt>myForm.$error.required = {{!!myForm.$error.required}}</tt><br/>
      <tt>myForm.$error.url = {{!!myForm.$error.url}}</tt><br/>
     </form>

    var text = element(by.binding('text'));
    var valid = element(by.binding('myForm.input.$valid'));
    var input = element(by.model('text'));

    it('should initialize to model', function() {
      expect(text.getText()).toContain('http://google.com');
      expect(valid.getText()).toContain('true');
    });

    it('should be invalid if empty', function() {
      input.clear();
      input.sendKeys('');

      expect(text.getText()).toEqual('text =');
      expect(valid.getText()).toContain('false');
    });

    it('should be invalid if not url', function() {
      input.clear();
      input.sendKeys('box');

      expect(valid.getText()).toContain('false');
    });