List of URI schemes

This article lists common URI schemes. A Uniform Resource Identifier helps identify a source without ambiguity. Many URI schemes are registered with the IANA; however, there exist many unofficial URI schemes as well. Mobile deep links are one example of a class of unofficial URI schemes that allow for linking directly to a specific location in a mobile app.

Official IANA-registered schemes

URI schemes registered with the IANA, both provisional and fully approved, are listed in its registry for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Schemes. These include well known ones like:

• file - File URI scheme
• ftp – File Transfer Protocol
• http – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• https – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
• mailto – mailto for email addresses
• tel – for telephone numbers
• imap – Internet Message Access Protocol
• irc – Internet Relay Chat
• nntp – Network News Transfer Protocol

as well as many lesser known schemes like:

• acap – Application Configuration Access Protocol
• icap – Internet Content Adaptation Protocol
• mtqp – Message Tracking Query Protocol (RFC3887)
• wss – Encrypted WebSocket connections

Unofficial but common URI schemes

Scheme	Purpose	Defined by	General format	Notes
admin	URL scheme in the GNOME desktop environment to access file(s) with administrative permissions with GUI applications in a safer way, instead of sudo, gksu & gksudo, which may be considered insecure	GNOME Virtual file system	admin:/⟨path⟩/⟨to⟩/⟨file⟩ example: gedit admin:/etc/default/grub	See more information on: [1]
app	URL scheme can be used by packaged applications to obtain resources that are inside a container	Google	app://⟨application⟩/⟨path⟩ example: app://com.foo.bar/index.html	See more information on: [2] [3]
freeplane	Open a Freemind/Freeplane .mm file in the locally installed Freeplane application and optionally highlight a node in the opened mindmap.	Freeplane v1.3 and above	freeplane:/%20⟨path to file⟩#ID_⟨node number⟩ freeplane:/%20⟨path to file⟩#:⟨path⟩/⟨in⟩/⟨map⟩/⟨to⟩/⟨node⟩
geo	Open a geographic location in a two or three-dimensional coordinate reference system on your preferred maps application.	Internet Engineering Task Force's RFC 5870 (published 8 June 2010)	geo:25.245470718844146,51.45400942457904	See more information on: Geo URI scheme. Alternatively, maps: may be implemented in some clients.
javascript	Execute JavaScript code.	IETF Draft	javascript:⟨javascript to execute⟩
jdbc	Connect a database with Java Database Connectivity technology.	Database vendor dependent	jdbc:somejdbcvendor:other_data... jdbc:oracle:oci:@host:port(sid or [/service])?params... jdbc:sqlserver://serverName\instanceName:portNumber;params... jdbc:mysql://host:port/database?params...	Requires a vendor provided connector (jar archive) to be included in the client library.
msteams	Used by Microsoft to launch the Microsoft Teams desktop client	Microsoft	msteams:/l/...	[1][2]
ms-access ms-excel ms-infopath ms-powerpoint ms-project ms-publisher ms-spd ms-visio ms-word	Used by Microsoft to launch Microsoft Office applications	Microsoft	⟨scheme-name⟩:⟨command-name⟩|⟨command-argument-descriptor⟩|⟨command-argument⟩ example: ms-excel:ofv|u|<https://contoso/Q4/budget.xls>
odbc	Open Database Connectivity	IETF Draft
psns	Used by PlayStation consoles to open the PS Store application, also used by Media Go	Sony (not public)	psns://browse?product=⟨ContentID⟩If entered without parameters, like psns:// it opens the PS Store or Media Go app main page.
rdar	URL scheme used by Apple's internal issue-tracking system	Apple (not public)	rdar://⟨issue number⟩ example: rdar://10198949	Allows employees to link to internally-tracked issues from anywhere. Example of a private scheme which has leaked in to the public space and is widely seen on the internet, but can only be resolved by Apple employees.
s3	Used to interact programmatically with Amazon S3 bucket	aws-cli documentation	aws s3 sync /tmp/foo/ s3://bucket/ --recursive \ --exclude "*" --include "*.jpg" --include "*.txt"
shortcuts	A scheme used by Apple to execute a Shortcut from apps that support links	Apple	shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add20%to20%Notes&input=clipboard	See more information at [4]
slack	Used by Slack to launch the Slack client	Slack API reference	slack://open?team={TEAM_ID}
stratum	Connectivity URI for the Stratum protocol, used for proof-of-work coordination in pooled cryptocurrency mining	Stratum Protocol Draft	stratum+tcp://server:port, stratum+udp://server:port	This protocol has completely superseded the now-obsolete Getwork protocol,^[citation needed] and was created primarily to reduce network overhead as mining pool sizes inevitably scale upwards.[3]
trueconf	Used by TrueConf Server to interact with client applications	TrueConf official website	trueconf:[target][@server]&[param_1]=[value_1]&[...]&[param_n]=[value_n]	See more information at [5]
viber	Open the locally installed Viber application to link to a view or perform an action, such as share an URL to a contact.	Viber API Documentation - Deep Links Viber API Documentation - Viber Share Button	viber://pa?chatURI=⟨URI⟩ viber://pa/info?uri=⟨URI⟩ viber://forward?text=<ShareDescription>
web+...	Effectively namespaces web-based protocols from other, potentially less web-secure, protocols	This convention is defined within the HTML Living Standard specification	web+⟨string of some lower-case alphabetic characters⟩:	This convention is not associated with the registration of any new scheme but is currently a requirement as well as convention for non-whitelisted web-based protocols.
zoommtg zoomus	Used by Zoom conferencing software to launch the Zoom client	Zoom developer community	zoommtg://zoom.us/join?confno=⟨confno⟩...	See more information at Zoom developer community

Registering Schemes

A procedural guideline like RFC 2717 BCP 35 is provided for new URL Scheme Names registration. From time to time, some guidelines may be updated. The scheme registry maintains the mapping between scheme names and their specifications.

References

1. "Create deep links - Teams". learn.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06.
2. "Build apps for Teams meeting stage - Teams". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
3. Stratum mining protocol, ..the official documentation of lightweight bitcoin mining protocol.

External links

• Official IANA Registry of URI Schemes
• More information, including many more schemes
• RFC Editor information on URI Generic Syntax