# open non http/https url browser setting through katalon studio

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/open-non-http-https-url-browser-setting-through-katalon-studio/94408>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** selenium, chrome, browser\
**Created:** [August 31, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/open-non-http-https-url-browser-setting-through-katalon-studio/94408 "2023-08-31T08:36:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/open-non-http-https-url-browser-setting-through-katalon-studio/94408/5 "2023-08-31T13:03:17Z")

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@prateeks (@albert.vu)

That and other URIs like it are fossil bugs in Katalon.

@kazurayam Remember this?

> [@URLs supplied to Katalon APIs MUST support data URIs](http://forum.katalon.com/t/urls-supplied-to-katalon-apis-must-support-data-uris/12203):
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> Example: the following should work: WebUI.navigateToUrl('data:text/html;charset=utf-8,\<div\>Katalon\</div\>') But KS (java.nio) issues the following error: Unable to navigate to ‘data:text/html;charset=utf-8, Katalon’ (Root cause: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char \<:\> at index 4: data:text/html;charset=utf-8,Katalon) which is silly – a colon is certainly NOT an illegal character when part of a Scheme, otherwise http:, https: etc should fail also… goodbye the interwebz. [https:…](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics%5C_of%5C_HTTP/Data%5C_URIs#Browser%5C_compatibility)

That was _FIVE YEARS AGO_.

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