diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c004aa..b2d46ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ set(ADC_NETWORK_HEADERS
     net/adc_netmsg.h
     # net/adc_netmessage.h
     net/adc_netproto.h
-    net/adc_netservice.h
+    net/adc_netservice.h    
+    net/adc_url.h
 )
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
diff --git a/net/adc_url.h b/net/adc_url.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd1083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/adc_url.h
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+#include "../common/adc_traits.h"
+
+namespace adc
+{
+
+
+/*
+ *  Very simple URL parser and holder class
+ *
+ *  URL:  proto_mark://host_name:port_num/path
+ */
+
+class AdcURL
+{
+protected:
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoHostDelim = "://";
+    static constexpr std::string_view hostPortDelim = ":";
+    static constexpr std::string_view portPathDelim = "/";
+
+public:
+    enum proto_id_t { PROTO_ID_LOCAL, PROTO_ID_TCP, PROTO_ID_TLS, PROTO_ID_UDP, PROTO_ID_WS, PROTO_ID_WSS };
+
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkLocal{"local"};  // UNIX domain
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkTCP{"tcp"};      // TCP
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkTLS{"tls"};      // TLS
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkUDP{"udp"};      // UDP
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkWS{"ws"};        // Websocket
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkWSS{"wss"};      // Secure Websocket
+
+    static constexpr std::array validProtoMarks = {protoMarkLocal, protoMarkTCP, protoMarkTLS,
+                                                   protoMarkUDP,   protoMarkWS,  protoMarkWSS};
+
+    /*  Constructors and destructor  */
+
+    AdcURL() = default;
+
+    // full-feature constructor
+    template <traits::adc_input_char_range HT, traits::adc_input_char_range PTT>
+    AdcURL(proto_id_t proto_id, HT&& host, int port, PTT&& path) : AdcURL()
+    {
+        setURL(proto_id, std::forward<HT>(host), port, std::forward<PTT>(path));
+    }
+
+
+    bool valid() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid;
+    }
+
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R url() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        if (_protoID == PROTO_ID_LOCAL) {  // only proto mark, host and its delimiter
+            std::ranges::copy(_urlView | std::views::take(3) | std::views::join, std::back_inserter(r));
+        } else {
+            std::ranges::copy(_urlView | std::views::join, std::back_inserter(r));
+        }
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    std::string url() const
+    {
+        //
+        return url<std::string>();
+    }
+
+
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R proto() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return R();
+        }
+
+        const auto& proto = validProtoMarks[_protoID];
+        return R{proto.begin(), proto.end()};
+    }
+
+
+    std::string_view proto() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return std::string_view();
+        }
+
+        return validProtoMarks[_protoID];
+    }
+
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R host() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        std::ranges::copy(_host, std::back_inserter(r));
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R hostView() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return R();
+        }
+
+        return R{_host.begin(), _host.end()};
+    }
+
+    std::string host() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _host;
+    }
+
+    std::string_view hostView() const
+    {
+        //
+        return std::string_view{_host.begin(), _host.end()};
+    }
+
+
+    int port() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid ? _port : -1;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R path() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        std::ranges::copy(_path, std::back_inserter(r));
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R pathView() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return R();
+        }
+
+        return R{_path.begin(), _path.end()};
+    }
+
+    std::string path() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid ? _path : "";
+    }
+
+    std::string_view pathView() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid ? std::string_view{_path.begin(), _path.end()} : std::string_view();
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_input_char_range HT, traits::adc_input_char_range PTT>
+    bool setURL(proto_id_t proto_id, HT&& host, int port, PTT&& path)
+    {
+        if (!std::distance(host.begin(), host.end())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        switch (proto_id) {
+            case PROTO_ID_LOCAL:
+                // ignore path (always "") and port (just skip)
+                _port = -1;
+                _path.clear();
+
+                break;
+            case PROTO_ID_TCP:
+            case PROTO_ID_TLS:
+            case PROTO_ID_UDP:
+            case PROTO_ID_WS:
+            case PROTO_ID_WSS:
+                if (port <= 0) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                _port = port;
+
+                _path.clear();
+                std::ranges::copy(std::forward<PTT>(path), std::back_inserter(_path));
+
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+
+        _isValid = true;
+
+        _protoID = proto_id;
+
+        _host.clear();
+        std::ranges::copy(std::forward<PTT>(host), std::back_inserter(_host));
+
+        updateURLView();
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_input_char_range R>
+    bool setURL(R&& r)
+    {
+        auto found = std::ranges::search(std::forward<R>(r), protoHostDelim);
+
+        if (found.empty()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+protected:
+    bool _isValid{false};
+    proto_id_t _protoID;
+    std::string _host, _path, _portStr;
+    int _port;
+
+    std::array<std::string_view, 7> _urlView{protoMarkLocal, protoHostDelim, "localhost", hostPortDelim,
+                                             "7777",         portPathDelim,  ""};
+
+    void updateURLView()
+    {
+        _urlView[0] = validProtoMarks[_protoID];
+        _urlView[2] = _host.c_str();
+        _portStr = std::to_string(_port);
+        _urlView[4] = _port == -1 ? "" : _portStr.c_str();
+        _urlView[6] = _path.c_str();
+    }
+};
+
+}  // namespace adc