Recognizing square brackets in hyperlinks (TextMate grammar)

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#1

I need to recognize URLs including also square brackets (as I have real URLs with square brackets), like:

http://ThisIsAnExample.com/query[conpub]showResults?code=343
(this is a made-up example, similar to a real one)

I tried multiple options, including the simple option of adding in the same way as () is added in the solution proposed at https://github.com/atom/language-hyperlink/pull/13/files (https://github.com/atom/language-hyperlink/pull/13):

    match: "(?x)\\b(https?|thunderlink|cbthunderlink|imap-message|mailbox-message|s?ftp|ftps|file|smb|afp|nfs|(?:x-)?man(?:-page)?|gopher|txmt|issue)://((?!(\\#[[:word:]]*\\#))(?:[-:@[:word:].~%$+_/?=&#;|!()[]]))+(?<![-.,?:#;])"
    name: "markup.underline.link.$1.hyperlink"

But there is no way to make it work. I tried many other options (including regular expressions with OR |, using escape characters, etc.). Should this work? Is it possible to define this?

I have also noticed a strange thing: even if I try the original expression in a regular expression tester like the one available at https://regex101.com/ I obtain errors (even though the original expression works in Atom).

Any idea would be welcome.

#2

Markdown format uses square brackets notation for hyperlinks.
Write file with .mdextension and preview in markdown-preview-enhanced.

Correction: On second read I see that you require to use square brackets inside a URL string. Can you use encoding?

A quick google search found one article.
%5B and %5D

#3

I’m not sure about how I can use the encoding suggested in my previous regular expression. I tried with no luck.

I’m also finding problems to recognize URLs with a star, like (made up URL, similar to a real existing one):

https://www.examplewebsite.com/1*sdfr.sdsf

#4

Any ideas about this problem? I’ve tried with many alternatives with no luck, but it seems the solution should be easy.

My current working pattern in hyperlink.cson is as follows:

match: "(?x)\\b((https?|thunderlink|cbthunderlink|imap-message|mailbox-message|s?ftp|ftps|file|smb|afp|nfs|(?:x-)?man(?:-page)?|gopher|txmt|issue)://| (www.))((?!(\\#[[:word:]]*\\#))(?:[-:@[:word:].~%$+_/?=&#;|!()]))+(?<![-.,?:#;])"
name: "markup.underline.link.$1.hyperlink"

It recognizes URLs such as http://www.example.com, www.example.com, etc., but not http://www.example.com/query[param]showResults?code=343 or http://www.example.com/1*sdref.dee. I tried modifying the regular expression to recognize […] and * as part of a URL, but with no luck.