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PARSE_URL¶

Returns a JSON object consisting of all the components (fragment, host, path, port, query, scheme) in a valid input URL/URI.

Syntax¶

PARSE_URL(<string>, [<permissive>])
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Arguments¶

Required:

string

String to parse.

Optional:

permissive

Flag that determines how parse errors are handled:

  • If set to 0, parse errors cause the function to fail.

  • If set to 1, parse errors result in an object with the error field set to the respective error message (and no other fields set).

Default value is 0.

Returns¶

The data type of the returned value is OBJECT. The object contains JSON.

Examples¶

Parse a simple URL:

SELECT PARSE_URL('https://www.snowflake.com/');
+-----------------------------------------+
| PARSE_URL('HTTPS://WWW.SNOWFLAKE.COM/') |
|-----------------------------------------|
| {                                       |
|   "fragment": null,                     |
|   "host": "www.snowflake.com",          |
|   "parameters": null,                   |
|   "path": "",                           |
|   "port": null,                         |
|   "query": null,                        |
|   "scheme": "https"                     |
| }                                       |
+-----------------------------------------+
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Parse a URL that includes a path and a port number:

SELECT PARSE_URL('HTTP://USER:PASS@EXAMPLE.INT:4345/HELLO.PHP?USER=1');
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| PARSE_URL('HTTP://USER:PASS@EXAMPLE.INT:4345/HELLO.PHP?USER=1') |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| {                                                               |
|   "fragment": null,                                             |
|   "host": "USER:PASS@EXAMPLE.INT",                              |
|   "parameters": {                                               |
|     "USER": "1"                                                 |
|   },                                                            |
|   "path": "HELLO.PHP",                                          |
|   "port": "4345",                                               |
|   "query": "USER=1",                                            |
|   "scheme": "HTTP"                                              |
| }                                                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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Parse an email URL:

SELECT PARSE_URL('mailto:abc@xyz.com');
+---------------------------------+
| PARSE_URL('MAILTO:ABC@XYZ.COM') |
|---------------------------------|
| {                               |
|   "fragment": null,             |
|   "host": null,                 |
|   "parameters": null,           |
|   "path": "abc@xyz.com",        |
|   "port": null,                 |
|   "query": null,                |
|   "scheme": "mailto"            |
| }                               |
+---------------------------------+
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Parse an invalid URL that is missing the scheme. Set permissive parameter set to 0 to indicate that the function should fail if the input is invalid:

SELECT PARSE_URL('example.int/hello.php?user=12#nofragment', 0);
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100139 (22000): Error parsing URL: scheme not specified
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Parse an invalid URL, with the permissive parameter set to 1 to indicate that the function should return an object that contains the error message in JSON format:

SELECT PARSE_URL('example.int/hello.php?user=12#nofragment', 1);
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| PARSE_URL('EXAMPLE.INT/HELLO.PHP?USER=12#NOFRAGMENT', 1) |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
| {                                                        |
|   "error": "scheme not specified"                        |
| }                                                        |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
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