# URI String Parsing >![](../../public_sys-resources/icon-note.gif) **NOTE:** >The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 8. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version. ## Modules to Import ``` import uri from '@ohos.uri' ``` ## Required Permissions None ## URI ### Attributes

Name	Type	Readable	Writable	Description
scheme	string	Yes	No	Protocol in the URI.
userInfo	string	Yes	No	User information in the URI.
host	string	Yes	No	Host name (without the port number) in the URI.
port	string	Yes	No	Port number in the URI.
path	string	Yes	No	Path in the URI.
query	string	Yes	No	Query part in the URI.
fragment	string	Yes	No	Fragment part in the URI.
authority	string	Yes	No	Authority part in the URI.
ssp	string	Yes	No	Scheme-specific part in the URI.

### constructor constructor\(uri: string\) A constructor used to create a URI instance. - Parameters

Name	Type	Readable	Writable	Description
url	string	Yes	Yes	Input parameter object.

- Example ``` var mm = 'http://username:password@host:8080/directory/file?foo=1&bar=2#fragment'; new uri.URI(mm); // Output 'http://username:password@host:8080/directory/file?foo=1&bar=2#fragment'; ``` ``` new uri.URI('http://username:password@host:8080'); // Output 'http://username:password@host:8080'; ``` ### toString toString\(\): string Obtains the query string applicable to this URL. - Return values

Type	Description
string	Website address in a serialized string.

- Example ``` const url = new uri.URL('http://username:password@host:8080/directory/file?query=pppppp#qwer=da'); url.toString() ``` ### equals equals\(other: URI\): boolean Checks whether this URI is the same as another URI object. - Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
other	URI	Yes	URI object to compare.

- Return values

Type	Description
boolean	Returns true if the two URIs are the same; returns false otherwise.

- Example ``` const uriInstance = new uri.URI('http://username:password@host:8080/directory/file?query=pppppp#qwer=da'); const uriInstance1 = new uri.URI('http://username:password@host:8080/directory/file?query=pppppp#qwer=da#fragment'); uriInstance.equals(uriInstance1); ``` ### checkIsAbsolute checkIsAbsolute\(\): boolean Checks whether this URI is an absolute URI \(whether the scheme component is defined\). - Return values

Type	Description
boolean	Returns true if the URI is an absolute URI; returns false otherwise.

- Example ``` const uriInstance = new uri.URI('http://username:password@www.qwer.com:8080?query=pppppp'); uriInstance.checkIsAbsolute(); ``` ### normalize normalize\(\): URI Normalizes the path of this URI. - Return values

Type	Description
URI	URI with the normalized path.

- Example ``` const uriInstance = new uri.URI('http://username:password@www.qwer.com:8080/path/path1/../path2/./path3?query=pppppp'); let uriInstance1 = uriInstance.normalize(); uriInstance1.path; ```