List of url-links with \href

Question

When trying to create a list of weblinks using

\documentclass{report} 
\usepackage{hyperref} 

\begin{document}  

\begin{itemize}
\item \href{www.washingtonpost.com}
\item \href{www.newyorktimes.com}
\item \href{www.lemonde.fr}
\item \href{www.guardian.co.uk}
\item \href{www.spiegel.de}
\item \href{www.bbc.co.uk/news}
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

I run into an error stating \pdfendlink cannot be used in vertical mode. What is a better approach to achieve this, or how can I modify mine?

Answer 1

\href takes two arguments, \href[options]{URL}{text} where the first is a full URL and the second the link text, and formats the text as normal text (see http://www.tug.org/applications/hyperref/manual.html#x1-130004 for details). So you can fix your problem by adding a full URL in the first argument and adding a second argument, i.e. \href{http://www.washingtonpost.com}{www.washingtonpost.com}.

But the easiest way to fix it may be to replace \href with \url which formats the URL in typewriter font (I've added the protocol for completeness):

\documentclass{report} 
\usepackage{hyperref} 

\begin{document}  

\begin{itemize}
\item \url{http://www.washingtonpost.com}
\item \url{http://www.newyorktimes.com}
\item \url{http://www.lemonde.fr}
\item \url{http://www.guardian.co.uk}
\item \url{http://www.spiegel.de}
\item \url{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news}
\end{itemize}

\end{document}