Well, with URI.parse, you can send in a ftp uri, or just "something.com" (which is parsed as just a path). So not really what I need from URL validation. If the

Well, with URI.parse, you can send in a ftp uri, or just "something.com" (which is parsed as just a path). So not really what I need from URL validation. If there's something else I'm missing, I'm happy to know. Edit: And btw, for an industrial-strength Ruby URI library (to replace the standard library), check out Addressable: http://addressable.rubyforge.org/ http://addressable.rubyforge.org/