URL parser

Paste an absolute URL and read the scheme, the host, the path, the query, and the hash.

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What is this tool?

A URL names a resource. The WHATWG URL Standard splits an absolute URL into a scheme, an authority, a path, a query, and a fragment. The query is a list of name and value pairs.

This page uses the URL parser built into the browser. It shows each part and each query parameter. Percent-encoding is decoded in the parameter values, which is what the URL Standard specifies for searchParams.

Typical use cases

Checking which host a long link actually uses.
Reading a query string one parameter at a time.
Seeing the port, the user info, or the fragment that a redirect kept.

How to use it

Paste an absolute URL, including the scheme.
Read the parts. An empty part is shown as a dash.
Copy a part or a parameter value. The share link stores the URL text.

The URL stays in your browser. The tool does not upload it or open it. The site keeps your theme, favorites and cookie choice on this device, and it may load a visit counter or ads if you accept them.

Before / after examples

Host, path, query, and hash

Before

https://example.com/a?x=1#top

After

hostname example.com
pathname /a
search ?x=1
hash #top

A repeated parameter

Before

https://example.com/?tag=a&tag=b

After

tag = a
tag = b

Common mistakes

A missing scheme

Invalid

example.com/path

Valid

https://example.com/path

A space in the input is not a valid URL. Encode it as %20 first, or use the URL Encode page.

A URL can carry a username and a password before the host. This page shows them. Do not leave a real password in a link you share.

Good to know

An Internationalized domain name is shown as Unicode when the browser can display it, and the href keeps the ASCII form. The parser is the platform URL implementation, not a private copy of the standard.

The share link stores the URL text. The parts are computed again. Anyone who has the link can read that URL, including a query that holds a token.

Did you know?

The WHATWG URL Standard is the definition browsers implement. It replaced the older RFC 3986 parsing rules for web APIs. new URL throws a TypeError when the input is not an absolute URL.

example.com is reserved for examples by RFC 2606, published in February 1999. The address is not a host you control.

Frequently asked questions

Does the URL leave my browser?: The tool does not upload or fetch the URL. The site keeps your theme, favorites and cookie choice on this device, and it may load a visit counter or ads if you accept them. A share link puts the URL in the URL fragment: that fragment is not sent with the HTTP request, but anyone who has the link can read it.
Why is a relative path rejected?: A relative reference needs a base URL. This page has no base, so /path and example.com are rejected. Add a scheme.
Does a plus in the query become a space?: The URL Standard does not treat + as a space. application/x-www-form-urlencoded does. searchParams keeps the plus, and decodes %20 as a space.