From fb46377e2cb0449c3ab04281f287b5d8b023c045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Carlton <sam@sam.lc>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 23:31:55 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add check-types helper

---
 helpers/check-types.js | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 helpers/check-types.js

diff --git a/helpers/check-types.js b/helpers/check-types.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65c2ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/check-types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Universal Imports Only
+
+export function isString( maybeString ) {
+    return (typeof maybeString === 'string' || maybeString instanceof String)
+}
+
+export function isValidHttpUrl( string ) {
+    if ( !isString( string ) ) return false
+
+    let url
+
+    try {
+        url = new URL(string)
+    } catch (_) {
+        return false
+    }
+
+    return url.protocol === "http:" || url.protocol === "https:"
+}