---
title: 'Do you know all the components of a URL?'
description: 'Learn about the different components that make up a URL.'
image: 'https://assets.bytebytego.com/diagrams/0116-structure-of-url.png'
createdAt: '2024-02-18'
draft: false
categories:
  - api-web-development
tags:
  - networking
  - web-development
---

![](https://assets.bytebytego.com/diagrams/0116-structure-of-url.png)

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a term familiar to most people, as it is used to locate resources on the internet. When you type a URL into a web browser's address bar, you are accessing a "resource", not just a webpage.

URLs comprise several components:

*   **The protocol or scheme**, such as http, https, and ftp.
*   **The domain name and port**, separated by a period (.)
*   **The path to the resource**, separated by a slash (/)
*   **The parameters**, which start with a question mark (?) and consist of key-value pairs, such as a=b&c=d.
*   **The fragment or anchor**, indicated by a pound sign (#), which is used to bookmark a specific section of the resource.