Validate api url before using

Author: alanhamlett

src/options.ts

@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ export class Options {
       return '';
     }
 
+    // people often accidentally enter their API Key into the API Url settings input
+    if (!Utils.validateApiUrl(apiUrl)) apiUrl = '';
+
     if (!apiUrl) {
       try {
         apiUrl = await this.getSettingAsync<string>('settings', 'api_url');

src/utils.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ export class Utils {
     return '';
   }
 
+  public static validateApiUrl(url: string): string {
+    if (!url) return '';
+    if (url.startsWith('http://') || url.startsWith('https://')) return url.trim();
+    return '';
+  }
+
   public static validateProxy(proxy: string): string {
     if (!proxy) return '';
     let re;

src/wakatime.ts

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ export class WakaTime {
       placeHolder: 'https://api.wakatime.com/api/v1',
       value: apiUrl,
       ignoreFocusOut: true,
+      validateInput: Utils.validateApiUrl.bind(this),
     };
     vscode.window.showInputBox(promptOptions).then((val) => {
       if (val) {