import restrs = ['http://www.mymovies.com/','http://www.mymovies.com','https://www.mymovies.com/','https://www.mymovies.com']r = re.compile(r'https?://([^/]*)/?')for s in strs: m = r.search('http://www.mymovies.com') if m: print(m.group(1))