Uniform Resource Locator

X-Ray: URL

Anatomy of a web address

https://blog.example.com/resources/article?id=10#comments

A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the unique address of a resource on the internet. It guides the browser to locate and display specific information.

Protocol

Transmission rules. HTTPS is secure.

https://, http://

Subdomain

Organizes content sections.

www, blog, api

Domain

Unique site identifier.

example, google, bing

TLD

Type or country indicator.

.com, .org, .us

Path

Resource location on server.

/resources/article

Query

Parameters to filter results.

?id=10&lang=en

Fragment

Page section. Not sent to server.

#comments

URLs guide browsers to exact resources via structured addresses.

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