diff --git a/src/http/config.h b/src/http/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ea64bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#define Server "UNIX"
+#define HTTP_ROOT "/var/www"
+#define SERVER_ADDRESS "www.example.com"
diff --git a/src/http/url.c b/src/http/url.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb141c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/url.c
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include "url.h"
+
+/* safely frees URL struct */
+struct Url *
+free_url(struct Url *url){
+	free(url->s);
+	free(url->ssp);
+	free(url);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* turns scheme specific part of URL from string into SSP struct */
+/* returns NULL on allocation error or scheme syntax error */
+struct CommonInternetScheme *
+disassemble_commoninternetscheme(char *ssp){
+	int i;
+	char *p;
+	struct CommonInternetScheme *retval;
+
+	if( /* embarrassingly long if statement */
+			(retval
+				= (struct CommonInternetScheme *)
+				malloc(sizeof(struct CommonInternetScheme))
+			) == NULL
+	)
+		return NULL;
+
+	parsed = 0;
+
+	/* the scheme-specific data starts with a double slash to indicate that
+	 * it complies with the common Internet scheme syntax (RFC 1738 3.1) */
+	if(ssp[0] != '/' || ssp[1] != '/')
+		return NULL;
+	ssp += 2;
+
+	/* probe to determine what areas of the SSP are filled */
+	p = ssp;
+	
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/* turns URL string into URL struct */
+struct Url *
+disassemble_url(char *url){
+	char *p;
+	struct Url *retval;
+	size_t s_s;
+	size_t ssp_s;
+	size_t *s;
+
+	if((retval = (struct Url *)malloc(sizeof(struct Url))) == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	s_s = 0;
+	ssp_s = 0;
+
+	/* get the lengths of the scheme and scheme specific part, excluding
+	 * the nul byte */
+	p = url;
+	s = &s_s;
+	while(*p != '\0'){
+		/* standard; scheme names can't contain colons so the first
+		 * colon must delimit the scheme from the scheme specific part
+		 * (RFC 1738 2.1) */
+		if(s == &s_s && *p == ':'){
+			s = &ssp_s;
+			++p;
+		}
+		++*p;
+	}
+
+	/* malloc the lengths, including the nul byte */
+	if((retval->s = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * (s_s + 1))) == NULL)
+		goto free_retval;
+	if((retval->ssp = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * (ssp_s + 1))) == NULL)
+		goto free_s;
+
+	/* copy over the scheme and scheme specific part strings */
+	p = retval->s;
+	while(*url != ':')
+		*(p++) = *(url++);
+	*p = '\0';
+	p = retval->ssp;
+	while(*url != '\0')
+		*(p++) = *(url++);
+	*p = '\0';
+
+	return retval;
+
+free_s:
+	free(retval->s);
+free_retval:
+	free(retval);
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/src/http/url.h b/src/http/url.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a82d81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/url.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* #include <stdlib.h> /* free(3), malloc(3), NULL */
+
+/* RFC 1738 3.1 */
+struct CommonInternetScheme{
+	char *user;
+	char *password;
+	char *host; /* FQDN, IPv4, or IPv6 address */
+	char *port; /* Can have default; must be supplied in decimal. */
+	char *url_path;
+};
+
+/* standard; RFC 1738 */
+struct Url{
+	char *s; /* scheme */
+	/* char * or some sort of struct SchemeSpecificPart * */
+	void *ssp; /* scheme-specific-part */
+};
+
+struct Url *disassemble_url(char *url);
+struct Url *free_url(struct Url *url);