URL Validator & Parser
Verify if a URL is syntactically valid, parse its protocol, hostname, path, and inspect query parameters.
Validation
What is a Valid URL?
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that provides a means of locating a resource by describing its primary access mechanism (e.g. its network location).
A standard absolute URL follows the specification defined in RFC 3986:
scheme:[//[user:password@]host[:port]][/path][?query][#fragment]
What does this tool do?
Pasting a URL into this validator runs a comprehensive series of checks and formats the details for easier debugging:
- Structural Verification: Evaluates compliance with browser URL standards.
- Protocol Analysis: Identifies the scheme (HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, mailto, file, etc.).
- Component Breakdown: Extracts username/password, hostname, port number, path, query string, and hash fragment.
- Query Parameter Inspector: Decodes and displays query parameters (e.g., UTM tracking codes, API parameters) in an interactive key-value table.
- Security Warnings: Flags suspicious features such as credentials in the URL (which are deprecated and insecure) or overly long query strings.