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wisc
wisc

Reputation: 21

What is the syntax of a URL

Can someone explain the syntax of a web addresses URL in layman's terms.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2769

Answers (3)

Abuh
Abuh

Reputation: 461

protocol://subdomain.domain.topLevelDomain:port/path/path.extension?query&morequery=value#fragment for the web mostly.

Or check out Simple.wikipedia article for a nice layman explanation.

Upvotes: 2

dogbane
dogbane

Reputation: 274522

Take a look at RFC 1738 - Uniform Resource Locators (URL) which describes:

a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the syntax and semantics of formalized information for location and access of resources via the Internet.

Here is an extract of the BNF-like description of a http URL:

url            = httpurl | ftpurl | newsurl |
                 nntpurl | telneturl | gopherurl |
                 waisurl | mailtourl | fileurl |
                 prosperourl | otherurl

httpurl        = "http://" hostport [ "/" hpath [ "?" search ]]
hpath          = hsegment *[ "/" hsegment ]
hsegment       = *[ uchar | ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" ]
search         = *[ uchar | ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" ]

Upvotes: 1

adarshr
adarshr

Reputation: 62573

[protocol]://[host/domain name][:port]/[path to resource]

protocol - http, https, ftp, etc
host/domain name - www.example.com, localhost, 192.34.12.1, etc
port - 80 by default for http, can be something else too
path to resource - /images/test.gif, /index.php

Upvotes: 0

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