diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c68151f..0f1f775 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ set(dependencies
     esp_system
 #    esp_http_client
     esp_websocket_client
+    nghttp
     tcp_transport
 
     cpputils
diff --git a/src/espstrutils.cpp b/src/espstrutils.cpp
index a07e6ce..739805c 100644
--- a/src/espstrutils.cpp
+++ b/src/espstrutils.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 // esp-idf includes
 #include <esp_log.h>
+#include <http_parser.h>
 
 // 3rdparty lib includes
 #include <fmt/core.h>
@@ -57,4 +58,13 @@ void urldecode(char *dst, const char *src)
     *dst++ = '\0';
 }
 
+tl::expected<void, std::string> urlverify(std::string_view str)
+{
+    http_parser_url puri;
+    http_parser_url_init(&puri);
+    if (const auto result = http_parser_parse_url(str.data(), str.size(), 0, &puri); result != 0)
+        return tl::make_unexpected(fmt::format("http_parser_parse_url() failed parsing the url with {}", result));
+    return {};
+}
+
 } // namespace espcpputils
diff --git a/src/espstrutils.h b/src/espstrutils.h
index 8694162..be51a59 100644
--- a/src/espstrutils.h
+++ b/src/espstrutils.h
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@
 // esp-idf includes
 #include <esp_sntp.h>
 
+// 3rdparty lib includes
+#include <tl/expected.hpp>
+
 namespace espcpputils {
 
 std::string toString(sntp_sync_mode_t val);
 
 void urldecode(char *dst, const char *src);
 
+tl::expected<void, std::string> urlverify(std::string_view str);
+
 } // namespace espcpputils