Type URL
    scheme As String * 16
    username As String * 64
    host As String * 64
    port As Uinteger
    path As String * 128
    query As String * 128
    frag As String * 64
End Type

Function getDefaultPort(scheme As String) As Uinteger
    Select Case Lcase(scheme)
    Case "http" : Return 80
    Case "https": Return 443
    Case "ftp"  : Return 21
    Case "ssh"  : Return 22
    Case "ldap" : Return 389
    Case "news" : Return 119
    Case Else   : Return 0
    End Select
End Function

Function uri_unescape(s As String) As String
    Dim As String result = ""
    Dim hex_ As String * 2
    Dim As Integer val_, i = 1

    While i <= Len(s)
        If Mid(s, i, 1) = "%" And i + 2 <= Len(s) Then
            hex_ = Mid(s, i + 1, 2)
            val_ = Val("&h" + hex_)
            result &= Chr(val_)
            i += 3
        Else
            result &= Mid(s, i, 1)
            i += 1
        End If
    Wend
    Return result
End Function

Sub parse_uri(u As String, Byref uri As URL)
    Dim posic As Integer
    Dim hasIPv6 As Boolean = False

    ' Reset
    uri.scheme = "": uri.host = "": uri.port = 0
    uri.path = "": uri.query = "": uri.frag = ""

    ' Special case jdbc:mysql://
    If Instr(u, "jdbc:mysql://") = 1 Then
        uri.scheme = "jdbc"
        posic = Instr(u, "?")
        If posic > 0 Then
            uri.path = Mid(u, 13, posic - 13)
            uri.query = Mid(u, posic + 1)
        Else
            uri.path = Mid(u, 13)
        End If
        Return
    End If

    ' Scheme normal
    posic = Instr(u, "://")
    If posic > 0 Then
        uri.scheme = Left(u, posic - 1)
        u = Mid(u, posic + 3)

        ' Authority up to "/" or end
        posic = Instr(u, "/")
        Dim authority As String = ""
        If posic > 0 Then
            authority = Left(u, posic - 1)
            u = Mid(u, posic)
        Else
            authority = u
            u = ""
        End If

        ' Parse authority: [user:pass@]host[:port]
        If Len(authority) > 0 Then
            ' Remove user:pass@
            Dim atPos As Integer = Instrrev(authority, "@")
            If atPos > 0 Then
                Dim userpass As String = Left(authority, atPos - 1)
                authority = Mid(authority, atPos + 1)
                ' user:pass -> just username for simplicity
                posic = Instr(userpass, ":")
                If posic > 0 Then
                    uri.username = Left(userpass, posic - 1)
                Else
                    uri.username = userpass
                End If
            End If

            ' IPv6 [host]
            If Left(authority, 1) = "[" Then
                hasIPv6 = True
                posic = Instr(authority, "]")
                If posic > 0 Then
                    uri.host = Left(authority, posic)
                    Dim restPort As String = Mid(authority, posic + 1)
                    If Left(restPort, 1) = ":" Then uri.port = Val(Mid(restPort, 2))
                End If
            Else
                ' host:port normal
                posic = Instrrev(authority, ":")
                If posic > 0 And posic < Len(authority) Then
                    uri.host = Left(authority, posic - 1)
                    uri.port = Val(Mid(authority, posic + 1))
                Else
                    uri.host = authority
                End If
            End If
        End If
    Else
        ' WITHOUT "/" -> scheme:path
        posic = Instr(u, ":")
        If posic > 0 Then
            uri.scheme = Left(u, posic - 1)
            u = Mid(u, posic + 1)
        End If
    End If

    'ParsePath:
    If uri.port = 0 Then uri.port = getDefaultPort(uri.scheme)

    ' Path/query/frag
    posic = Instr(u, "?")
    If posic > 0 Then
        uri.path = Left(u, posic - 1)
        Dim qfrag As String = Mid(u, posic + 1)
        posic = Instr(qfrag, "#")
        If posic > 0 Then
            uri.query = Left(qfrag, posic - 1)
            uri.frag = Mid(qfrag, posic + 1)
        Else
            uri.query = qfrag
        End If
    Else
        posic = Instr(u, "#")
        If posic > 0 Then
            uri.path = Left(u, posic - 1)
            uri.frag = Mid(u, posic + 1)
        Else
            uri.path = u
        End If
    End If
End Sub

' Test data
Dim As String uris(13)
uris(0) = "foo://example.com:8042/over/there?name=ferret#nose"
uris(1) = "urn:example:animal:ferret:nose"
uris(2) = "jdbc:mysql://test_user:ouupppssss@localhost:3306/sakila?profileSQL=true"
uris(3) = "ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc1808.txt"
uris(4) = "http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt#header1"
uris(5) = "ldap://[2001:db8::7]/c=GB?objectClass?one"
uris(6) = "mailto:John.Doe@example.com"
uris(7) = "news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix"
uris(8) = "tel:+1-816-555-1212"
uris(9) = "telnet://192.0.2.16:80/"
uris(10) = "urn:oasis:names:specification:docbook:dtd:xml:4.1.2"
uris(11) = "ssh://alice@example.com"
uris(12) = "https://bob:pass@example.com/place"
uris(13) = "http://example.com/?a=1&b=2+2&c=3&c=4&d=%65%6e%63%6f%64%65%64"

Dim u As URL
For i As Integer = 0 To Ubound(uris)
    Print "URL:      " & uris(i)
    parse_uri(uris(i), u)
    Print "  scheme: " & Trim(u.scheme)
    If Trim(u.host) <> "" Then Print "    host: " & uri_unescape(Trim(u.host))
    If u.port > 0 Then Print "    port: " & u.port
    Print "    path: " & uri_unescape(Trim(u.path))
    If Trim(u.query) <> "" Then Print "   query: " & uri_unescape(Trim(u.query))
    If Trim(u.frag) <> "" Then Print "fragment: " & uri_unescape(Trim(u.frag))
    Print
Next

Sleep