Parse parses a URL into a table of its component parts.

A URL of the form scheme://user:password@host:port/urlpath?query#anchor will be split into the following components.

scheme: The specified protocol (i.e. http, ftp, etc.)

user The username, if specified

password The password, if specified

host The specified host (i.e. www.maplesoft.com)

port The port, if specified

urlpath The path on the host to access

query Query data, if specified

anchor An anchor, if specified

The Construct method performs the reverse operation, constructing a URL from given components.

$\mathrm{URL}:-\mathrm{Parse}\left(''scheme://user:password@host:port/urlpath?query\#anchor''\right)$

$table\left(\left[''user''=''user''\,''scheme''=''scheme''\,''port''=''port''\,''urlpath''=''/urlpath''\,''anchor''=''anchor''\,''host''=''host''\,''password''=''password''\,''query''=''?query''\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{URL}:-\mathrm{Parse}\left(''http://www.maplesoft.com/''\right)$

$table\left(\left[''scheme''=''http''\,''urlpath''=''/''\,''host''=''www.maplesoft.com''\right]\right)$

RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), W3C.

The URL[Parse] command was introduced in Maple 18.

For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.