import reu = "http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+"def match_by_re(str): pattern = re.compile(u, re.S) res = pattern.findall(string=str) if res: return res[0]