refactor: separate elements logic into a standalone package (#9285)

packages/common/src/url.ts

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+import { sanitizeUrl } from "@braintree/sanitize-url";
+
+import { escapeDoubleQuotes } from "./utils";
+
+export const normalizeLink = (link: string) => {
+  link = link.trim();
+  if (!link) {
+    return link;
+  }
+  return sanitizeUrl(escapeDoubleQuotes(link));
+};
+
+export const isLocalLink = (link: string | null) => {
+  return !!(link?.includes(location.origin) || link?.startsWith("/"));
+};
+
+/**
+ * Returns URL sanitized and safe for usage in places such as
+ * iframe's src attribute or <a> href attributes.
+ */
+export const toValidURL = (link: string) => {
+  link = normalizeLink(link);
+
+  // make relative links into fully-qualified urls
+  if (link.startsWith("/")) {
+    return `${location.origin}${link}`;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    new URL(link);
+  } catch {
+    // if link does not parse as URL, assume invalid and return blank page
+    return "about:blank";
+  }
+
+  return link;
+};