Does URL Port upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. URL Port runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: URL in, host and port out.

Should I use Host Port Split instead of URL Port?

Use URL Port when you need Extract host and port. Use Host Port Split when you need Split host:port; optional default port. They share a category (Network) but not the same job.

URL Port

Extract host and port.

Reads hostname and effective port from a URL. Unlike Host Port Split this accepts full URLs. Unlike Well-Known Port this extracts, not names. Bad URL fails.

What URL Port does

Reads hostname and effective port from a URL. Unlike Host Port Split this accepts full URLs. Unlike Well-Known Port this extracts, not names. Bad URL fails.

The interactive controls for URL Port load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /network/url-port is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for URL Port.

How to use URL Port

Keep this tab on URL Port (/network/url-port). Pasting into the wrong Network tool (for example Host Port Split) changes the job.
Paste or type the input URL Port expects. Path hint: network · url port. Extract host and port.
Apply the URL Port action only. URL Hostname is a different transform (Extract host and port.). Reads hostname and effective port from a URL. Unlike Host Port Split this accepts full URLs. Unlike Well-Known Port this extracts, not names. Bad URL fails.
Copy the output of URL Port if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: URL in, host and port out.
If the text job is actually Split host:port; optional default port., leave URL Port and open Host Port Split.

When not to use URL Port

Skip URL Port when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Host Port Split or URL Hostname — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Reads hostname and effective port from a URL. Unlike Host Port Split this accepts full URLs. Unlike Well-Known Port this extracts, not names. Bad URL fails.

Questions about URL Port

What does URL Port do that other Network pages on this site do not?: Reads hostname and effective port from a URL. Unlike Host Port Split this accepts full URLs. Unlike Well-Known Port this extracts, not names. Bad URL fails. Short version: Extract host and port.
Does URL Port upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. URL Port runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: URL in, host and port out.
Should I use Host Port Split instead of URL Port?: Use URL Port when you need Extract host and port. Use Host Port Split when you need Split host:port; optional default port. They share a category (Network) but not the same job.
What are the limits of URL Port?: URL in, host and port out. Also: Reads hostname and effective port from a URL. Unlike Host Port Split this accepts full URLs. Unlike Well-Known Port this extracts, not names. Bad URL fails.