str.startswith allows you to supply a tuple of strings to test for:
if link.lower().startswith(("js", "catalog", "script", "katalog")):
From the docs:
str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]])Return
Trueif string starts with theprefix, otherwise returnFalse.prefixcan also be a tuple of prefixes to look for.
Below is a demonstration:
>>> "abcde".startswith(("xyz", "abc"))
True
>>> prefixes = ["xyz", "abc"]
>>> "abcde".startswith(tuple(prefixes)) # You must use a tuple though
True
>>>