Template:URL
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This template can be used to create a formatted external link. It formats the appearance of displayed URLs, while making them machine-readable as part of emitted microformat meta-data, inside templates such as infoboxes.
If you wish to display text instead of the URL (e.g. "website" instead of example
For web-based references, please see Wikipedia:Citation templates.
Usage
edit{{URL|example.com}}- The first parameter is parsed to see if it takes the form of a complete URL. If it doesn't start with a URI scheme (such as "http:", "https:", or "ftp:"), an "http://" prefix will be prepended to the specified generated target URL of the link.
- Parameter 2 (
{{URL|url name|optional display text}}) is deprecated. See note above for more information and alternative templates.
URL with = character requires numbered parameters
editIf the URL contains an equals sign, as is common in a query string, the parameter |1= must be used for the URL ({{URL|1=example.com}}). This applies when the value of the URL is unknown, for example when this template is used in another template specifying the effective URL as a variable value. The deprecated second parameter for the displayed text, if present in legacy uses, must also be explicitly numbered if the first parameter is explicitly numbered ({{URL|1=url name|2=optional display text}}); otherwise it will override the value of the first parameter.
| Code | Result |
|---|---|
{{ URL | 1=https://example.com/?id=42 }}
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example |
{{ URL | 1=https://example.com/?id=42 | 2=Title }}
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Title |
Examples
editThe template displays an instructional message if there is no input:
{{URL| }}→{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}
The template wraps the output in <span>...</span> (see § Microformat) and adds <wbr/> before displayed periods:
{{URL | www.example.com }}→ www.example .com <span class="url">[http://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>
The use of http://, https://, a protocol-relative URL, or a different protocol is preserved in the URL but is not shown in the link text:
{{URL | http://www.example.com }}→ www.example .com <span class="url">[http://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | https://www.example.com }}→ www.example .com <span class="url">[https://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | //www.example.com }}→ www.example .com <span class="url">[//www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | ftp://www.example.com }}→ www.example .com <span class="url">[ftp://www.example.com www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | ftp://ftp.example.com }}→ ftp.example .com <span class="url">[ftp://ftp.example.com ftp<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | irc://irc.example.com/channel }}→ irc.example .com /channel <span class="url">[irc://irc.example.com/channel irc<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/channel]</span>
If the path is only a slash (/) it is not displayed in the link text:
{{URL | http://example.com/ }}→ example.com <span class="url">[http://example.com/ example<wbr/>.com]</span>
The template also adds <wbr/> before any displayed slashes (/) in the path:
{{URL | example.com/path }}→ example.com /path <span class="url">[http://example.com/path example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path]</span>
{{URL | https://example.com/path }}→ example.com /path <span class="url">[https://example.com/path example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path]</span>
{{URL | www.example.com/path/ }}→ www.example .com /path / <span class="url">[http://www.example.com/path/ www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path<wbr/>/]</span>
{{URL | https://www.example.com/path/ }}→ www.example .com /path / <span class="url">[https://www.example.com/path/ www<wbr/>.example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path<wbr/>/]</span>
Upper case in the domain name is preserved in the URL, but not in the link text (upper case in the path is not changed):
{{URL | EXAMPLE.com }}→ example.com <span class="url">[http://EXAMPLE.com example<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | ExampleExample.com }}→ exampleexample.com <span class="url">[http://ExampleExample.com exampleexample<wbr/>.com]</span>
{{URL | ExampleExample.com/PathPath }}→ exampleexample.com /PathPath <span class="url">[http://ExampleExample.com/PathPath exampleexample<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/PathPath]</span>
For a URL containing an equal sign (=), use |1=:
{{URL |1= example.com/path?page=42 }}→ example.com /path?page=42 <span class="url">[http://example.com/path?page=42 example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path?page=42]</span>
{{URL |1= https://example.com/path?page=42 }}→ example.com /path?page=42 <span class="url">[https://example.com/path?page=42 example<wbr/>.com<wbr/>/path?page=42]</span>
The template supports a optional second parameter which is used as the link text:
{{URL | www.example.com | example.com }}→ example.com<span class="url">[http://www.example.com example.com]</span>
{{URL | exampleexample.com | ExampleExample.com }}→ ExampleExample.com<span class="url">[http://exampleexample.com ExampleExample.com]</span>
{{URL |1= example.com/path?page=42 |2= example.com }}→ example.com<span class="url">[http://example.com/path?page=42 example.com]</span>
The URL may be obtained from Wikidata as shown in this example for Q23317, where the property official website (P856) contains https://www.audi.com:
{{URL | {{Wikidata|property|Q23317|P856}} }}→ www.audi .com <span class="url">[https://www.audi.com www<wbr/>.audi<wbr/>.com]</span>
Microformat
editThe template wraps the displayed URL with a class="url" so that it is included in any parent microformat which takes a URL parameter - see our microformats project.
TemplateData
editTemplateData for URL
A template to display and format a URL, inside other tempates
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URL | 1 | The URL to be linked | String | required |
| Display text | 2 | The text to be displayed instead of the URL. Deprecated | String | deprecated |
See also
edit{{URL2}}{{Official URL}}{{Official website}}{{Plain link}}{{Wbr}}