Hello!
I have a msgTxt, that comes from a previous module, and I want to send this msgTxt to GPT assistant BUT i need to get rid of all the links in the message firs. I want to make it by replacing links with text “URL”
What I do, is I use “replace” function, and regular expression.
Here is what I got now:
{{replace(12.msgTxt; “(https?|ftp)://(?:(?:[\w-]+.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}|localhost|\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3})(?::\d+)?(?:/[^\s])?(?:?[^#\s])?(?:#[^\s]*)?”; “URL”)}}
I also tried to use simplier regular expression:
{{replace(12.msgTxt; “(https?|ftp):\/\/[^\s]+”; “URL”)}}
I tried without “” as well:
{{replace(12.msgTxt; (https?|ftp):\/\/[^\s]+; “URL”)}}
And no option works. I tried to validate regex with chat gpt, and it says it is correct. Maybe the problem is somewere beyond regex?
Here is screenshot of how I use “replace” function while requesting OpenAI module:
Welcome to the Make community!
To do this, you can use the built-in function replace —
{{ replace(text; search string; replacement string) }}
with this Pattern (regular expression):
/(?:(?:ht|f)tps?:)?\/\/[\S"]+?(?=[\\\s"])/g
e.g.: (paste this into the field)
{{replace(12.msgText; "/(?:(?:ht|f)tps?:)?\/\/[\S""]+?(?=[\\\s""])/g"; "URL")}}
Proof https://regex101.com/r/9RNZtd/1
For more information, the function’s documentation can be found in the Help Centre. You should also complete the tutorials in the Make Academy.
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.
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thanks for the suggestion @samliew 
I tweaked your regex a bit, because if a message consisted only with link it didn’t work, so I ended up with the following:
{{replace(12.msgTxt; “/(?:(?:ht|f)tps?:)?//\S+/”; “URL”)}}
and its work fine. Thanks!
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