fix: add file handling to URL fields

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -176,3 +176,4 @@ Contributors (chronological)
 - Peter C `@somethingnew2-0 <https://github.com/somethingnew2-0>`_
 - Marcel Jackwerth `@mrcljx` <https://github.com/mrcljx>`_
 - Fares Abubaker `@Fares-Abubaker <https://github.com/Fares-Abubaker>`_
+- Nicolas Simonds `@0xDEC0DE <https://github.com/0xDEC0DE>`_

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Bug fixes:
 - Correctly handle multiple `@post_load <marshmallow.post_load>` methods where one method appends to
   the data and another passes ``pass_original=True`` (:issue:`1755`).
   Thanks :user:`ghostwheel42` for reporting.
+- ``URL`` fields now properly validate ``file`` paths (:issue:`2249`).
+  Thanks :user:`0xDEC0DE` for reporting and fixing.
 
 Documentation:
 
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@ Documentation:
 
 Deprecations:
 
-- The ``ordered`` `class Meta <marshmallow.Schema.Meta>` option is deprecated (:issue:`2146`, :pr:`2762`). 
-  Field order is already preserved by default. Set `marshmallow.Schema.dict_class` to `collections.OrderedDict` 
+- The ``ordered`` `class Meta <marshmallow.Schema.Meta>` option is deprecated (:issue:`2146`, :pr:`2762`).
+  Field order is already preserved by default. Set `marshmallow.Schema.dict_class` to `collections.OrderedDict`
   to maintain the previous behavior.
 
 3.25.1 (2025-01-11)

src/marshmallow/validate.py

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ def __call__(self, value: str) -> str:
             raise ValidationError(message)
 
         # Check first if the scheme is valid
+        scheme = None
         if "://" in value:
             scheme = value.split("://")[0].lower()
             if scheme not in self.schemes:
@@ -225,7 +226,14 @@ def __call__(self, value: str) -> str:
             relative=self.relative, absolute=self.absolute, require_tld=self.require_tld
         )
 
-        if not regex.search(value):
+        # Hostname is optional for file URLS. If absent it means `localhost`.
+        # Fill it in for the validation if needed
+        if scheme == "file" and value.startswith("file:///"):
+            matched = regex.search(value.replace("file:///", "file://localhost/", 1))
+        else:
+            matched = regex.search(value)
+
+        if not matched:
             raise ValidationError(message)
 
         return value

tests/test_validate.py

@@ -205,6 +205,40 @@ def test_url_custom_scheme():
     assert validator(url) == url
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "valid_url",
+    (
+        "file:///tmp/tmp1234",
+        "file://localhost/tmp/tmp1234",
+        "file:///C:/Users/test/file.txt",
+        "file://localhost/C:/Program%20Files/file.exe",
+        "file:///home/user/documents/test.pdf",
+        "file:///tmp/test%20file.txt",
+        "file:///",
+        "file://localhost/",
+    ),
+)
+def test_url_accepts_valid_file_urls(valid_url):
+    validator = validate.URL(schemes={"file"})
+    assert validator(valid_url) == valid_url
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "invalid_url",
+    (
+        "file://",
+        "file:/tmp/file.txt",
+        "file:tmp/file.txt",
+        "file://hostname/path",
+        "file:///tmp/test file.txt",
+    ),
+)
+def test_url_rejects_invalid_file_urls(invalid_url):
+    validator = validate.URL(schemes={"file"})
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Not a valid URL."):
+        assert validator(invalid_url)
+
+
 def test_url_relative_and_custom_schemes():
     validator = validate.URL(relative=True)
     # By default, ws not allowed