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# Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects

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The source and target URLs of a URL redirect support different URL components.

The provided URL component examples in the reference table are based on the following URL:

```txt
https://user:password@www.example.com:443/search?q=term#results
```

| URL component                                 | Supported in source URL [1](#user-content-fn-1) | Supported in target URL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Scheme**For example:https                   | Yes, http or https only(optional)               | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **User information**For example:user:password | No                                              | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Host**For example:www.example.com           | Yes                                             | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Port**For example:443                       | No                                              | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Path**For example:/search                   | Yes                                             | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Query string**For example:q=term            | No                                              | Yes, if [**Preserve query string**](https://e8aee267.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/#preserve-query-string) is false (optional)You can only add a query string to the target URL if you do not keep the original query string (that is, if **Preserve query string** is false). If you set **Preserve query string** to true, the query string of the request will be passed along [when there is a match for the source URL](https://e8aee267.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/#matching-the-source-url-of-redirects). |
| **Fragment**For example:results               | No                                              | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

Bulk Redirects also support target URLs without an authority component [2](#user-content-fn-2), like the following URL:

```txt
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2bd9d334e8d1e5bd7768755173222db5c6dea13b&dn=archlinux-2021.07.01-x86_64.iso
```

## Footnotes

1. **Supported in source URL** \= **No** means that you cannot include the component in the source URL to match against the URL of incoming requests. [↩](#user-content-fnref-1)
2. The URL authority is the combination of user information, host, and port components. [↩](#user-content-fnref-2)

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