From bf431dcf449bf42eee28b2ebd8106f95145bcbcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alicia Sykes <alicia@omg.lol>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 18:59:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Protocol no longer required when searching

---
 src/client/utils/address-type-checker.ts    |  9 +++++++
 src/client/views/Home.tsx                   | 17 +++++--------
 src/client/views/Results.tsx                |  9 +++++--
 src/components/homepage/AnimatedInput.astro | 13 +++++++++-
 src/components/homepage/HeroForm.astro      | 28 +++------------------
 src/pages/check/[...target].astro           | 17 +++++++------
 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/utils/address-type-checker.ts b/src/client/utils/address-type-checker.ts
index 9856014..94be8b7 100644
--- a/src/client/utils/address-type-checker.ts
+++ b/src/client/utils/address-type-checker.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,12 @@ export const determineAddressType = (address: string | undefined): AddressType =
   if (isUrl(address)) return 'url';
   return 'err';
 };
+
+// Strip protocol and path/query/hash so the route param stays a bare host
+export const normalizeAddress = (input: string | undefined): string => {
+  if (!input) return '';
+  let s = input.trim().replace(/^https?:\/\//i, '');
+  const stop = s.search(/[/?#]/);
+  if (stop !== -1) s = s.slice(0, stop);
+  return s;
+};
diff --git a/src/client/views/Home.tsx b/src/client/views/Home.tsx
index 7ac2de6..37c295b 100644
--- a/src/client/views/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/Home.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import FancyBackground from 'client/components/misc/FancyBackground';
 
 import docs from 'client/utils/docs';
 import colors from 'client/styles/colors';
-import { determineAddressType } from 'client/utils/address-type-checker';
+import { determineAddressType, normalizeAddress } from 'client/utils/address-type-checker';
 
 const HomeContainer = styled.section`
   display: flex;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const SiteFeaturesWrapper = styled(StyledCard)`
 `;
 
 const Home = (): JSX.Element => {
-  const defaultPlaceholder = 'e.g. https://duck.com/';
+  const defaultPlaceholder = 'e.g. duck.com';
   const [userInput, setUserInput] = useState('');
   const [errorMsg, setErrMsg] = useState('');
   const [placeholder] = useState(defaultPlaceholder);
@@ -149,18 +149,17 @@ const Home = (): JSX.Element => {
 
   const location = useLocation();
 
-  /* Redirect strait to results, if somehow we land on /check?url=[] */
   useEffect(() => {
     const query = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
     const urlFromQuery = query.get('url');
     if (urlFromQuery) {
-      navigate(`/check/${encodeURIComponent(urlFromQuery)}`, { replace: true });
+      const target = normalizeAddress(urlFromQuery);
+      if (target) navigate(`/check/${target}`, { replace: true });
     }
   }, [navigate, location.search]);
 
-  /* Check is valid address, either show err or redirect to results page */
   const submit = () => {
-    let address = userInput.endsWith('/') ? userInput.slice(0, -1) : userInput;
+    const address = normalizeAddress(userInput);
     const addressType = determineAddressType(address);
 
     if (addressType === 'empt') {
@@ -168,12 +167,8 @@ const Home = (): JSX.Element => {
     } else if (addressType === 'err') {
       setErrMsg('Must be a valid URL, IPv4 or IPv6 Address');
     } else {
-      // if the addressType is 'url' and address doesn't start with 'http://' or 'https://', prepend 'https://'
-      if (addressType === 'url' && !/^https?:\/\//i.test(address)) {
-        address = 'https://' + address;
-      }
       const resultRouteParams: NavigateOptions = { state: { address, addressType } };
-      navigate(`/check/${encodeURIComponent(address)}`, resultRouteParams);
+      navigate(`/check/${address}`, resultRouteParams);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/Results.tsx b/src/client/views/Results.tsx
index e971028..03c857c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/Results.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/Results.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const ResultsContent = styled.section`
 
 const makeSiteName = (address: string): string => {
   try {
-    return new URL(address).hostname.replace('www.', '');
+    const withScheme = /^https?:\/\//i.test(address) ? address : `https://${address}`;
+    return new URL(withScheme).hostname.replace(/^www\./, '');
   } catch {
     return address;
   }
@@ -175,7 +176,11 @@ const Results = (props: { address?: string }): JSX.Element => {
         {address && (
           <Heading color={colors.textColor} size="medium">
             {addressType === 'url' && (
-              <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href={address}>
+              <a
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noreferrer"
+                href={/^https?:\/\//i.test(address) ? address : `https://${address}`}
+              >
                 <img width="32px" alt="" src={`https://icon.horse/icon/${makeSiteName(address)}`} />
               </a>
             )}
diff --git a/src/components/homepage/AnimatedInput.astro b/src/components/homepage/AnimatedInput.astro
index 2f3c528..5a65bd5 100644
--- a/src/components/homepage/AnimatedInput.astro
+++ b/src/components/homepage/AnimatedInput.astro
@@ -11,7 +11,18 @@ const placeholders = [
 ---
 
 <div class="input-container">
-  <input required id="url-input" type="url" name="url" placeholder="E.g. duck.com" />
+  <input
+    required
+    id="url-input"
+    type="text"
+    name="url"
+    inputmode="url"
+    autocapitalize="off"
+    autocomplete="off"
+    autocorrect="off"
+    spellcheck="false"
+    placeholder="E.g. duck.com"
+  />
   <div class="placeholder-container">
     <span class="starter" aria-hidden="true">E.g.</span>
     {
diff --git a/src/components/homepage/HeroForm.astro b/src/components/homepage/HeroForm.astro
index 7010651..08e24f5 100644
--- a/src/components/homepage/HeroForm.astro
+++ b/src/components/homepage/HeroForm.astro
@@ -28,37 +28,15 @@ import Screenshots from './Screenshots.astro';
 </div>
 
 <script>
-  /**
-   * Form management actions (validation, submission, etc.)
-   * We just use normal, old school JavaScript for this
-   */
+  import { normalizeAddress } from '../../client/utils/address-type-checker';
 
-  // Select the form and input elements from the DOM
   const form = document.getElementById('live-start');
   const urlInput = document.getElementById('url-input') as HTMLInputElement;
 
-  // Submit Event - called when user submits form with a valid URL
-  // Gets and checks the URL, then redirects user to /check/:url
   form?.addEventListener('submit', (event) => {
     event.preventDefault();
-    const url = urlInput.value.trim();
-    if (url) {
-      const encodedUrl = encodeURIComponent(url);
-      window.location.href = `/check/${encodedUrl}`;
-    }
-  });
-
-  // User presses enter, forgets to add protocol
-  // Will add https:// to the URL, and retry form submit
-  urlInput?.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
-      const url = urlInput.value.trim();
-      const urlWithoutProtocolRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-zA-Z0-9.-]*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$/;
-      if (url && !/^https?:\/\//i.test(url) && urlWithoutProtocolRegex.test(url)) {
-        urlInput.value = 'https://' + url;
-        form?.dispatchEvent(new Event('submit'));
-      }
-    }
+    const target = normalizeAddress(urlInput.value);
+    if (target) window.location.href = `/check/${target}`;
   });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/pages/check/[...target].astro b/src/pages/check/[...target].astro
index 1747203..b4767fb 100644
--- a/src/pages/check/[...target].astro
+++ b/src/pages/check/[...target].astro
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import BaseLayout from '@layouts/Base.astro';
 import Main from '../../client/main.tsx';
 import '../../client/styles/index.css';
+import { normalizeAddress } from '../../client/utils/address-type-checker';
 
 export const prerender = false;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ const { search } = new URL(Astro.request.url);
 const searchUrl = new URLSearchParams(search).get('url');
 
 if (searchUrl) {
-  Astro.redirect(`/check/${encodeURIComponent(searchUrl)}`);
+  const target = normalizeAddress(searchUrl);
+  if (target) Astro.redirect(`/check/${target}`);
 }
 ---
 
@@ -27,22 +29,21 @@ if (searchUrl) {
 </BaseLayout>
 
 <script>
-  // Fallback, if Astro hasn't initialized the RC comp yet, then check the url
-  // And if form has been submitted with ?url=, redirect to the results page
+  import { normalizeAddress } from '../../client/utils/address-type-checker';
+
   const searchParams = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams;
   if (searchParams.has('url')) {
-    window.location.href = `/check/${encodeURIComponent(searchParams.get('url') || '')}`;
+    const target = normalizeAddress(searchParams.get('url') || '');
+    if (target) window.location.href = `/check/${target}`;
   }
 
-  // And add a manual no-react form submit handler
   const form = document.querySelector<HTMLFormElement>('form');
   if (form) {
     form.addEventListener('submit', function (event: Event) {
       event.preventDefault();
       const input = (this as HTMLFormElement).querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('input[name="url"]');
-      if (input && input.value) {
-        window.location.href = `/check/${encodeURIComponent(input.value)}`;
-      }
+      const target = normalizeAddress(input?.value);
+      if (target) window.location.href = `/check/${target}`;
     });
   }
 </script>