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What is a URL?
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. URL identifies a location on the internet. It is the web address pointing to a specific website, a web page, or a document on the internet. When the user enters a URL into a web browser’s address bar, the browser sends a request to the server where the web page or file is stored, and the server sends the page or file back to the browser, which then displays it to the user.
It is consists of four main parts – Protocol (such as “http” or “https”), Subdomain (such as www means World Wide Web), Domain Name (such as apitier.com), Path (which specifies the location of the resource within the domain).
Example
https://www.apitier.com/api/dashboard
What is URI?
URI stands for Uniform Resource Identifier. URI identifies a name, location, or resource on the Internet. URI is used for the names of all resources Connected to the World Wide Web. There are two types of URI – Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and Uniform Resource Name (URN). URI is basically used as an extensible way to identify internet resources. A URN is a type of URI that identifies a resource by name, rather than by location.
Example
urn:isbn:0-294-56559-3
Difference between URL & URI
| URL | URI |
| URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. | URI stands for Uniform Resource Identifier. |
| URL identifies a location on the internet. It is the web address pointing to a specific website, a web page, or a document on the internet. | URI identifies a name, location, or resource on the Internet. |
| URL is a type of URI. | URI is the superset of a URN and a URL. |
| URL has similar components to a URI, but its authority consists of a domain name and port. | URI contains components like a scheme, authority, path, and query. |
| URL is mainly used for searching web pages on the internet. | URI is usually used in XML, tag library files, and other files, etc. |
| URL scheme is a protocol, such as HTTP and HTTPS. | URI scheme can be a protocol, a specification, or a designation like HTTP, file, or data. |
| An example of a URL – https://www.apitier.com/api/dashboard | An example of a URI – ISBN 0-476-35557-4 |
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