1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb b/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
index 7d02fe3c971..86ed18fb50d 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@ module Gitlab
       content.gsub(regexp) { |url| new(url).masked_url }
     end
 
+    def self.valid?(url)
+      Addressable::URI.parse(url.strip)
+
+      true
+    rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError
+      false
+    end
+
     def initialize(url, credentials: nil)
-      @url = Addressable::URI.parse(url)
+      @url = Addressable::URI.parse(url.strip)
       @credentials = credentials
     end