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Autolink Extension not detecting links that start with www #298
Description
autolink-java supports detecting WWW links, but the Autolink Extension for commonmark-java does not. This is easily fixed by removing this line so that the default detecting logic for autolink-java will be used. I am happy to submit a pr to do this, but wanted to first check if there is a historical reason for doing it this way since the more limited list seems to have been intentionally added in this change.
Fwiw, this is a blocker for me using the Autolink Extension in my project. If the more limited list of supported link types is intentional, it should be called out in the documentation.
Steps to reproduce the problem (provide example Markdown if applicable):
www.google.com
Expected behavior:
<a href="http://www.google.com" class="text-blue-600" target="_blank">www.google.com</a>
Actual behavior:
<p>www.google.com</p>
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[-]Autolink Extenstion not detecting links that start with `www`[/-][+]Autolink Extension not detecting links that start with `www`[/+]robinst commentedon Feb 9, 2024
In bff088e the WWW mode didn't exist yet, that was only added in November 2016: robinst/autolink-java#8 (comment).
So the reason is simply that it hasn't been added as an option to
AutolinkExtension. I'd be happy for it to be added, yeah. You can copy howStrikethroughExtensiondoes options (add a builder). And we would probably want our own enum instead of exporting autolink's.rdestefa commentedon Oct 4, 2025
I took a stab at a PR for this feature. Would be nice to support www links. #406
robinst commentedon Oct 12, 2025
Hi @rockycodes! Thanks to @rdestefa, this has been released in version 0.27.0: https://github.com/commonmark/commonmark-java/blob/commonmark-parent-0.27.0/CHANGELOG.md#0270---2025-10-12
You don't need to change anything, detection of www links is enabled by default.
rockycodes commentedon Oct 13, 2025
Wahoo! Thanks @rdestefa