diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
index 1e417bab7..0120155bf 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import * as privateIpLib from 'private-ip'
 
 const isPrivateIP = privateIpLib.default
 
-export const validateUrl = (url: string) => {
+export const validateUrl = (url: string): URL => {
   const u = new URL(url)
   // Make sure the URL is http or https
   if (u.protocol !== 'http:' && u.protocol !== 'https:') {
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const validateUrl = (url: string) => {
   if (isPrivateIP(u.hostname)) {
     throw new Error('Invalid URL')
   }
+  return u
 }
 
 export const createPageSaveRequest = async (
@@ -46,26 +47,7 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async (
   articleSavingRequestId = uuidv4()
 ): Promise<ArticleSavingRequest> => {
   try {
-    const u = new URL(url)
-    // Make sure the URL is http or https
-    if (u.protocol !== 'http:' && u.protocol !== 'https:') {
-      throw new Error('Invalid URL')
-    }
-    // Make sure the domain is not localhost
-    if (u.hostname === 'localhost' || u.hostname === '0.0.0.0') {
-      throw new Error('Invalid URL')
-    }
-    // Make sure its not a private GCP domain
-    if (
-      u.hostname == 'metadata.google.internal' ||
-      /^169.254.*/.test(u.hostname)
-    ) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid URL')
-    }
-    // Make sure the domain is not a private IP
-    if (/^(10|172\.16|192\.168)\..*/.test(u.hostname)) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid URL')
-    }
+    validateUrl(url)
   } catch (error) {
     console.log('invalid url', url, error)
     return Promise.reject({