TCP/UDP Port Number in PY
Match port numbers (1–65535) following a colon, as you'd find in host:port strings.
Try it in the PY tester →Pattern
regexPY
:(6553[0-5]|655[0-2]\d|65[0-4]\d{2}|6[0-4]\d{3}|[1-5]?\d{1,4})\b (flags: g)Python (re) code
pyPython
import re
pattern = re.compile(r":(6553[0-5]|655[0-2]\d|65[0-4]\d{2}|6[0-4]\d{3}|[1-5]?\d{1,4})\b")
input_text = "http://localhost:8080"
for m in pattern.finditer(input_text):
print(m.group(0))Stdlib `re` module — no third-party dependency. Works on Python 3.6+.
How the pattern works
The alternation enforces the 0–65535 range. Requires a leading colon for context, followed by a word boundary.
Examples
Input
http://localhost:8080Matches
:8080
Input
db.example.com:5432Matches
:5432
Input
api:65535Matches
:65535