Added url parser to support wider range of addresses

client/src/utility/urlParser.ts

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+export const urlParser = (url: string): string[] => {
+  let parsedUrl: string;
+  let displayUrl: string;
+
+  if (/https?:\/\//.test(url)) {
+    // Url starts with http[s]:// -> leave it as it is
+    parsedUrl = url;
+  } else {
+    // No protocol -> apply http:// prefix
+    parsedUrl = `http://${url}`;
+  }
+
+  // Create simplified url to display as text
+  displayUrl = url
+    .replace(/https?:\/\//, '')
+    .replace('www.', '')
+    .replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+  return [displayUrl, parsedUrl]
+}