# Drop this into /spec/support/matchers
# Usage: result.should be_url
# Passes if result is a valid url, returns error "expected result to be url" if not.

# Matcher to see if a string is a URL or not.
RSpec::Matchers.define :be_url do |expected|
	# The match method, returns true if valie, false if not.
	match do |actual|
		# Use the URI library to parse the string, returning false if this fails.
		URI.parse(actual) rescue false
	end
end