diff --git a/include/fc/url.hpp b/include/fc/url.hpp
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+#pragma once
+#include <fc/string.hpp>
+#include <fc/optional.hpp>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+namespace fc {
+
+  typedef fc::optional<fc::string> ostring;
+  
+  struct url {
+    url(){}
+    url( const string& url );
+    /*
+    url( const url& u );
+
+    url( url&& u );
+    url& operator=(url&& c);
+    url& operator=(const url& c);
+    */
+
+    operator string()const { return to_string(); }
+    string to_string()const;
+    url&   from_string( const string& s );
+
+    bool operator==( const url& cmp )const;
+
+    string                    proto; // file, ssh, tcp, http, ssl, etc...
+    ostring                   host;
+    ostring                   user;
+    ostring                   pass;
+    ostring                   path;
+    ostring                   args;
+    fc::optional<uint16_t>    port;
+  };
+
+} // namespace fc
+
+#include <fc/reflect.hpp>
+FC_REFLECT( fc::url,  (proto)(host)(user)(pass)(path)(args)(port) )
+
diff --git a/src/url.cpp b/src/url.cpp
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+#include <fc/url.hpp>
+#include <fc/Value.hpp>
+#include <fc/error_report.hpp>
+#include <fc/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <fc/value_cast.hpp>
+#include <fc/sstream.hpp>
+
+namespace fc {
+
+//    url::url( const url& u );
+#if 0
+    url::url( url&& u )
+    :proto(fc::move(u.proto)), 
+     host(fc::move(u.host)), 
+     user(fc::move(u.user)), 
+     pass(fc::move(u.pass)), 
+     path(fc::move(u.path)), 
+     args(fc::move(u.args)), 
+     port(u.port){}
+
+    url& url::operator=(url&& c)
+    { 
+      fc::swap(*this,c);
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+   // url::url& operator=(const url& c) {
+   // }
+#endif
+    url::url( const string& s ) {
+        from_string(s);
+    }
+    string url::to_string()const {
+      fc::stringstream ss;
+      ss<<proto<<"://";
+      if( user ) {
+        ss << *user;
+        if( pass ) {
+          ss<<":"<<*pass;
+        }
+        ss<<"@";
+      }
+      ss<<*host;
+      if( port ) ss<<":"<<*port;
+      if( path ) ss<<"/"<<*path;
+      if( args ) ss<<"?"<<*args;
+      return ss.str();
+    }
+    /**
+     *  proto://user:pass@host:port/~/path?args
+     *  proto://user:pass@host:port/absolute?args
+     */
+    url&   url::from_string( const string& s ) {
+       fc::stringstream ss(s);
+       fc::string _proto,skip,_user,_pass,_host,_port,_path,_args;
+       fc::getline( ss, _proto, ':' );
+       fc::getline( ss, skip, '/' );
+       fc::getline( ss, skip, '/' );
+       if( s.find('@') != fc::string::npos ) {
+         fc::string user_pass;
+         fc::getline( ss, user_pass, '@' );
+         fc::stringstream upss(user_pass);
+         if( user_pass.find( ':' ) != fc::string::npos ) {
+            fc::getline( upss, _user, ':' );
+            fc::getline( upss, _pass, ':' );
+            user = fc::move(_user);
+            pass = fc::move(_pass);
+         } else {
+            user = fc::move(user_pass);
+         }
+       }
+       fc::string host_port;
+       fc::getline( ss, host_port, '/' );
+       auto pos = host_port.find( ':' );
+       if( pos != fc::string::npos ) {
+          try {
+          port = fc::lexical_cast<uint16_t>( host_port.substr( pos+1 ) );
+          } catch ( ... ) {
+            FC_THROW_REPORT( "Unable to parse port field in url", value().set( "url", s ) );
+          }
+          host = host_port.substr(0,pos);
+       } else {
+          host = fc::move(host_port);
+       }
+       fc::getline( ss, _path, '?' );
+       fc::getline( ss, _args );
+       path = fc::move(_path);
+       if( _args.size() ) args = fc::move(_args);
+
+       return *this;
+    }
+
+    bool url::operator==( const url& cmp )const {
+      return cmp.proto == proto &&
+             cmp.host  == host &&
+             cmp.user  == user &&
+             cmp.pass  == pass &&
+             cmp.path  == path &&
+             cmp.args  == args &&
+             cmp.port  == port;
+    }
+
+} // namespace fc