Birdor Tools & Docs Update — URL Parser Release (2025-11-25)

A development update covering the release of the URL Parser & Query Editor tool, along with its full documentation page.

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This update introduces the full release of the URL Parser & Query Editor, one of Birdor’s essential web debugging tools.
The accompanying documentation provides a deep technical reference for URL parsing, normalization, and edge-case behavior.

URL Parser & Query Editor Released

Type: tool
Scope: url-parser
Importance: minor

Summary

Launched the complete URL Parser & Query Editor tool with full URL breakdown and live reconstruction preview.

Details

  • Added URL breakdown for protocol, hostname, path, query, hash.
  • Added UI to add / remove / edit query parameters.
  • Introduced normalized URL reconstruction with proper percent-encoding rules.

URL Parser Documentation Created

Type: docs
Scope: docs-url-parser
Importance: minor

Summary

Published the detailed documentation explaining parsing behavior, edge cases, and encoding rules.

Details

  • Added section on RFC 3986 compliance.
  • Included examples of malformed URLs and the tool’s recovery behavior.
  • Added a complete walkthrough of the query editing workflow.

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