diff --git a/include/ada/parser.h b/include/ada/parser.h
index c539867e3..5bb148c89 100644
--- a/include/ada/parser.h
+++ b/include/ada/parser.h
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 #ifndef ADA_PARSER_H
 #define ADA_PARSER_H
 
-#include "ada/state.h"
-#include "ada/encoding_type.h"
-#include "ada/expected.h"
-
 #include <optional>
 #include <string_view>
 
+#include "ada/encoding_type.h"
+#include "ada/expected.h"
+#include "ada/state.h"
+
 /**
  * @private
  */
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ struct url;
  * @brief Includes the definitions for supported parsers
  */
 namespace ada::parser {
-
 /**
  * Parses a url. The parameter user_input is the input to be parsed:
  * it should be a valid UTF-8 string. The parameter base_url is an optional
@@ -41,6 +40,14 @@ extern template url_aggregator parse_url<url_aggregator>(
 extern template url parse_url<url>(std::string_view user_input,
                                    const url* base_url);
 
+template <typename result_type = ada::url_aggregator, bool store_values = true>
+result_type parse_url_impl(std::string_view user_input,
+                           const result_type* base_url = nullptr);
+
+extern template url_aggregator parse_url_impl<url_aggregator>(
+    std::string_view user_input, const url_aggregator* base_url);
+extern template url parse_url_impl<url>(std::string_view user_input,
+                                        const url* base_url);
 }  // namespace ada::parser
 
 #endif  // ADA_PARSER_H
diff --git a/include/ada/url.h b/include/ada/url.h
index c30fca242..1418d9bb7 100644
--- a/include/ada/url.h
+++ b/include/ada/url.h
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 #ifndef ADA_URL_H
 #define ADA_URL_H
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <charconv>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
 #include "ada/checkers.h"
 #include "ada/common_defs.h"
 #include "ada/log.h"
@@ -14,13 +21,6 @@
 #include "ada/url_base.h"
 #include "ada/url_components.h"
 
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <charconv>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <optional>
-#include <string>
-#include <string_view>
-
 namespace ada {
 
 /**
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ struct url : url_base {
   friend void ada::helpers::strip_trailing_spaces_from_opaque_path<ada::url>(
       ada::url &url) noexcept;
 
+  friend ada::url ada::parser::parse_url_impl<ada::url, true>(std::string_view,
+                                                              const ada::url *);
+  friend ada::url_aggregator ada::parser::parse_url_impl<
+      ada::url_aggregator, true>(std::string_view, const ada::url_aggregator *);
+
   inline void update_unencoded_base_hash(std::string_view input);
   inline void update_base_hostname(std::string_view input);
   inline void update_base_search(std::string_view input);
diff --git a/include/ada/url_aggregator.h b/include/ada/url_aggregator.h
index 2c269a3c3..b24c2db75 100644
--- a/include/ada/url_aggregator.h
+++ b/include/ada/url_aggregator.h
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 #ifndef ADA_URL_AGGREGATOR_H
 #define ADA_URL_AGGREGATOR_H
 
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
 #include "ada/common_defs.h"
 #include "ada/url_base.h"
 #include "ada/url_components.h"
 
-#include <string>
-#include <string_view>
-
 namespace ada {
 
 /**
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ struct url_aggregator : url_base {
       std::string_view, const ada::url_aggregator *);
   friend void ada::helpers::strip_trailing_spaces_from_opaque_path<
       ada::url_aggregator>(ada::url_aggregator &url) noexcept;
+  friend ada::url_aggregator ada::parser::parse_url_impl<
+      ada::url_aggregator, true>(std::string_view, const ada::url_aggregator *);
+  friend ada::url_aggregator
+  ada::parser::parse_url_impl<ada::url_aggregator, false>(
+      std::string_view, const ada::url_aggregator *);
 
   std::string buffer{};
   url_components components{};
diff --git a/src/checkers.cpp b/src/checkers.cpp
index 01176e9fe..46d43f618 100644
--- a/src/checkers.cpp
+++ b/src/checkers.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "ada/checkers.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 
 namespace ada::checkers {
diff --git a/src/implementation.cpp b/src/implementation.cpp
index e5ad039cd..fef682e51 100644
--- a/src/implementation.cpp
+++ b/src/implementation.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ namespace ada {
 template <class result_type>
 ada_warn_unused tl::expected<result_type, ada::errors> parse(
     std::string_view input, const result_type* base_url) {
-  result_type u = ada::parser::parse_url<result_type>(input, base_url);
+  result_type u =
+      ada::parser::parse_url_impl<result_type, true>(input, base_url);
   if (!u.is_valid) {
     return tl::unexpected(errors::generic_error);
   }
@@ -47,16 +48,22 @@ std::string href_from_file(std::string_view input) {
 }
 
 bool can_parse(std::string_view input, const std::string_view* base_input) {
-  ada::result<ada::url_aggregator> base;
+  ada::url_aggregator base_aggregator;
   ada::url_aggregator* base_pointer = nullptr;
+
   if (base_input != nullptr) {
-    base = ada::parse<url_aggregator>(*base_input);
-    if (!base) {
+    base_aggregator = ada::parser::parse_url_impl<ada::url_aggregator, false>(
+        *base_input, nullptr);
+    if (!base_aggregator.is_valid) {
       return false;
     }
-    base_pointer = &base.value();
+    base_pointer = &base_aggregator;
   }
-  return ada::parse<url_aggregator>(input, base_pointer).has_value();
+
+  ada::url_aggregator result =
+      ada::parser::parse_url_impl<ada::url_aggregator, false>(input,
+                                                              base_pointer);
+  return result.is_valid;
 }
 
 ada_warn_unused std::string to_string(ada::encoding_type type) {
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index a3a6b3586..15c5cd2b3 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
+#include "ada/parser.h"
+
+#include <limits>
+
 #include "ada.h"
-#include "ada/common_defs.h"
 #include "ada/character_sets-inl.h"
+#include "ada/common_defs.h"
+#include "ada/log.h"
 #include "ada/unicode.h"
 #include "ada/url-inl.h"
-#include "ada/log.h"
-#include "ada/parser.h"
-
-#include <limits>
 
 namespace ada::parser {
 
-template <class result_type>
-result_type parse_url(std::string_view user_input,
-                      const result_type* base_url) {
+template <class result_type, bool store_values>
+result_type parse_url_impl(std::string_view user_input,
+                           const result_type* base_url) {
   // We can specialize the implementation per type.
   // Important: result_type_is_ada_url is evaluated at *compile time*. This
   // means that doing if constexpr(result_type_is_ada_url) { something } else {
@@ -539,19 +540,22 @@ result_type parse_url(std::string_view user_input,
       }
       case ada::state::QUERY: {
         ada_log("QUERY ", helpers::substring(url_data, input_position));
-        // Let queryPercentEncodeSet be the special-query percent-encode set if
-        // url is special; otherwise the query percent-encode set.
-        const uint8_t* query_percent_encode_set =
-            url.is_special() ? ada::character_sets::SPECIAL_QUERY_PERCENT_ENCODE
-                             : ada::character_sets::QUERY_PERCENT_ENCODE;
-
-        // Percent-encode after encoding, with encoding, buffer, and
-        // queryPercentEncodeSet, and append the result to url's query.
-        url.update_base_search(helpers::substring(url_data, input_position),
-                               query_percent_encode_set);
-        ada_log("QUERY update_base_search completed ");
-        if (fragment.has_value()) {
-          url.update_unencoded_base_hash(*fragment);
+        if constexpr (store_values) {
+          // Let queryPercentEncodeSet be the special-query percent-encode set
+          // if url is special; otherwise the query percent-encode set.
+          const uint8_t* query_percent_encode_set =
+              url.is_special()
+                  ? ada::character_sets::SPECIAL_QUERY_PERCENT_ENCODE
+                  : ada::character_sets::QUERY_PERCENT_ENCODE;
+
+          // Percent-encode after encoding, with encoding, buffer, and
+          // queryPercentEncodeSet, and append the result to url's query.
+          url.update_base_search(helpers::substring(url_data, input_position),
+                                 query_percent_encode_set);
+          ada_log("QUERY update_base_search completed ");
+          if (fragment.has_value()) {
+            url.update_unencoded_base_hash(*fragment);
+          }
         }
         return url;
       }
@@ -702,11 +706,13 @@ result_type parse_url(std::string_view user_input,
         } else {
           input_position = input_size + 1;
         }
-        if constexpr (result_type_is_ada_url) {
-          helpers::parse_prepared_path(view, url.type, url.path);
-        } else {
-          url.consume_prepared_path(view);
-          ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(url.validate());
+        if constexpr (store_values) {
+          if constexpr (result_type_is_ada_url) {
+            helpers::parse_prepared_path(view, url.type, url.path);
+          } else {
+            url.consume_prepared_path(view);
+            ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(url.validate());
+          }
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -906,9 +912,19 @@ result_type parse_url(std::string_view user_input,
   return url;
 }
 
+template url parse_url_impl(std::string_view user_input,
+                            const url* base_url = nullptr);
+template url_aggregator parse_url_impl(
+    std::string_view user_input, const url_aggregator* base_url = nullptr);
+
+template <class result_type>
+result_type parse_url(std::string_view user_input,
+                      const result_type* base_url) {
+  return parse_url_impl<result_type, true>(user_input, base_url);
+}
+
 template url parse_url<url>(std::string_view user_input,
                             const url* base_url = nullptr);
 template url_aggregator parse_url<url_aggregator>(
     std::string_view user_input, const url_aggregator* base_url = nullptr);
-
 }  // namespace ada::parser