Custom Field of type URL not accepting Regex Validation #4423

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opened 2025-12-29 18:35:51 +01:00 by adam · 0 comments
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Originally created by @PieterL75 on GitHub (Dec 31, 2020).

Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub.

Environment

  • Python version: Python 3.7.3
  • NetBox version: v2.10.2

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create custom field
  2. set type to 'URL'
  3. set name
  4. set objects to 'dcim -> device'
  5. add 'Validation regex' (I used ^https://./device=./$ )

Expected Behavior

regex is accepted

Observed Behavior

Error is shown : "Regular expression validation is supported only for text and URL fields"

Originally created by @PieterL75 on GitHub (Dec 31, 2020). Originally assigned to: @jeremystretch on GitHub. <!-- NOTE: IF YOUR ISSUE DOES NOT FOLLOW THIS TEMPLATE, IT WILL BE CLOSED. This form is only for reporting reproducible bugs. If you need assistance with NetBox installation, or if you have a general question, please start a discussion instead: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/discussions Please describe the environment in which you are running NetBox. Be sure that you are running an unmodified instance of the latest stable release before submitting a bug report, and that any plugins have been disabled. --> ### Environment * Python version: Python 3.7.3 * NetBox version: v2.10.2 <!-- Describe in detail the exact steps that someone else can take to reproduce this bug using the current stable release of NetBox. Begin with the creation of any necessary database objects and call out every operation being performed explicitly. If reporting a bug in the REST API, be sure to reconstruct the raw HTTP request(s) being made: Don't rely on a client library such as pynetbox. --> ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create custom field 2. set type to 'URL' 3. set name 4. set objects to 'dcim -> device' 3. add 'Validation regex' (I used ^https\:\/\/.*\/device=.*\/$ ) <!-- What did you expect to happen? --> ### Expected Behavior regex is accepted <!-- What happened instead? --> ### Observed Behavior Error is shown : "Regular expression validation is supported only for text and URL fields"
adam added the type: bugstatus: accepted labels 2025-12-29 18:35:51 +01:00
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 18:35:52 +01:00
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Reference: starred/netbox#4423