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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
+
+"""Shared HTTP(S) URL validation for outbound client requests (e.g. LibreTranslate)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
+
+
+class UnsafeOutboundUrlError(ValueError):
+    """Raised when a URL is not permitted for server-side fetch."""
+
+
+def normalize_loopback_http_service_base(url: str) -> str:
+    """Return scheme://host:port with no path, query, or fragment.
+
+    Only ``http``/``https`` to loopback hosts (127.0.0.1, localhost, ::1) are allowed.
+    Userinfo (embedded credentials) is rejected.
+    """
+    if not url or not isinstance(url, str):
+        msg = "URL must be a non-empty string"
+        raise UnsafeOutboundUrlError(msg)
+
+    parsed = urlparse(url.strip())
+    if parsed.scheme not in ("http", "https"):
+        msg = "URL must use http or https"
+        raise UnsafeOutboundUrlError(msg)
+
+    netloc = parsed.netloc or ""
+    if "@" in netloc:
+        msg = "URL must not contain credentials"
+        raise UnsafeOutboundUrlError(msg)
+
+    host = parsed.hostname
+    if host is None:
+        msg = "URL must include a hostname"
+        raise UnsafeOutboundUrlError(msg)
+
+    host_norm = host.lower().strip("[]")
+    if host_norm not in ("127.0.0.1", "localhost", "::1"):
+        msg = "URL host must be 127.0.0.1, localhost, or ::1"
+        raise UnsafeOutboundUrlError(msg)
+
+    # Rebuild origin only (LibreTranslate mounts at /languages, /translate, etc.)
+    authority = netloc
+    origin = urlunparse((parsed.scheme, authority, "", "", "", ""))
+    return origin.rstrip("/")