Data URI Inspector

The Data URI Inspector breaks a data URI into its parts — scheme, MIME type, charset, encoding, and payload — with details about each. It is for developers debugging or learning how data URIs are structured.

A malformed data URI is hard to diagnose as one long string. Inspecting its parts locally pinpoints the issue without uploading the data.

1. Paste a data URI.
2. The inspector separates the scheme, MIME, charset, encoding, and payload.
3. Review the details of each component.
4. Use the breakdown to confirm or fix the URI.

• Component-by-component breakdown
• MIME, charset, and encoding details
• Payload inspection
• Runs locally — Data URI Inspector

• Debugging a data URI that will not render
• Confirming the MIME type and encoding of a URI
• Learning how data URIs are structured
• Checking whether a URI is Base64 or percent-encoded

• Check the MIME type first when a data URI fails to render.
• Confirm whether the payload is Base64 or percent-encoded before decoding.
• Note the charset for text payloads so they are read correctly.

• Overlooking a missing or wrong MIME type, a common reason a URI fails.
• Confusing Base64 and percent-encoded payloads, which the inspector distinguishes.
• Ignoring a charset that affects how text payloads are interpreted.