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Pattern library/HTML a[href] extractor regex

HTML a[href] extractor regex

A classic crawler helper. Prefer a real HTML parser for messy DOM; use regex for quick list-page link grabs.

Expression

/(?<=href\s*=\s*['"])[^'"]+/gi

How to read it

  • (?<=href\s*=\s*['"])After href= and opening quote (lookbehind)
  • [^'"]+Full match is the URL value

Sample test

2 match(es)
<a href="https://example.com/a">A</a>
<a href='/rel'>B</a>
<span>href=notquoted</span>
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Starter prompt: extract href from HTML a tags, single or double quotes