Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your URI file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert URI to another file type
To convert URI lists to another format, you need ZINC Database Downloader or other Data software.
Convert a file to URI
To convert other file formats to the "URL List / Registration File" file type, you need software like ZINC Database Downloader or a similar tool.
About URI files
The .URI file extension serves multiple distinct functions depending on the software that created it. Most commonly, it is a plain text Chemical Data Download List used by the ZINC database downloader to batch-download chemical structures. In engineering environments, it acts as an XML-based DataPlugin registration file for National Instruments DIAdem, managing Universal Storage Interface (USI) configurations. Additionally, developers use it as a MongoDB connection URI export generated by Studio 3T. Users typically need to convert or extract data from .URI files because they lack access to the specific proprietary software required to process them. A ZINC download list is useless without a script to parse the URLs, and DIAdem DataPlugins require an expensive National Instruments license to utilize. Furthermore, relying on these files restricts data portability across different operating systems and web browsers. The best target formats for a .URI file depend on its internal structure. If it is a ZINC URL list or MongoDB connection string, converting it to TXT or CSV makes the text readable in any standard text editor. If it is a DIAdem DataPlugin, extracting the data to XML preserves the structured tags. However, converting these files means losing their automated execution properties - a generic text reader will not automatically download chemical files or install a plugin. Because .URI files are often strictly formatted for specialized scientific or database engines, they are notoriously difficult to process with standard online converters. They are closed, contextual formats. Just drag and drop your .URI file into convert.guru to identify the exact format variant, view its internal text or XML payload, and convert it when possible. Even if standard conversion fails, our analysis can often extract the raw text or underlying configuration strings.
Convert.Guru analyzes your URI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert URI file to URL, BITMAP, FILE, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP or JSPX, you can use ZINC Database Downloader or similar software from the "Chemical Data Download List" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to URI, try ZINC Database Downloader or another comparable tool in the "Chemical Data Download List" category.
The URI Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our URI converter.