URI schemes
The scheme of a URI is the first part of the URI, before the :
character. It indicates which protocol the browser must use to fetch the resource. The scheme may affect how the rest of the URI is structured and interpreted.
Syntax
url
protocol:
- protocol
-
A sequence of characters that identifies the protocol to use. It should consist of only alphanumeric characters and the
+
,-
, and.
characters. Common schemes are:blob
-
Binary Large Object; a pointer to a large in-memory object
data
-
Data directly embedded in the URL
file
-
Host-specific file names
ftp
- File Transfer Protocol
http
/https
javascript
-
URL-embedded JavaScript code
mailto
-
Electronic mail address
resource
Non-standard-
Firefox and Firefox browser extensions to load resources internally
ssh
-
Secure shell
tel
-
telephone
urn
-
Uniform Resource Names
view-source
-
Source code of the resource
ws
/wss
Specifications
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