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diff --git a/library/http/http.tcl b/library/http/http.tcl
index b5ce82b..2653c3e 100644
--- a/library/http/http.tcl
+++ b/library/http/http.tcl
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ proc http::geturl {url args} {
# Note that the RE actually combines the user and password parts, as
# recommended in RFC 3986. Indeed, that RFC states that putting passwords
# in URLs is a Really Bad Idea, something with which I would agree utterly.
- # Also note that we do not currently support IPv6 addresses.
#
# From a validation perspective, we need to ensure that the parts of the
# URL that are going to the server are correctly encoded. This is only
@@ -434,7 +433,10 @@ proc http::geturl {url args} {
[^@/\#?]+ # <userinfo part of authority>
) @
)?
- ( [^/:\#?]+ ) # <host part of authority>
+ ( # <host part of authority>
+ [^/:\#?]+ | # host name or IPv4 address
+ \[ [^/\#?]+ \] # IPv6 address in square brackets
+ )
(?: : (\d+) )? # <port part of authority>
)?
( / [^\#]*)? # <path> (including query)
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ proc http::geturl {url args} {
return -code error "Unsupported URL: $url"
}
# Phase two: validate
+ set host [string trim $host {[]}]; # strip square brackets from IPv6 address
if {$host eq ""} {
# Caller has to provide a host name; we do not have a "default host"
# that would enable us to handle relative URLs.