WAP proxy resources

https://wapproxy.w3l.se/ is a publicly available WAP proxy that supports wml, wmlscript, wbmp.

There is also support for different formats that is not natively supported on computers and phones today but was common in the WAP-era like .jad, .gcd and so on.

This reposiorty contains some components that I hope other can have use for and that can be improved with outside contribution.

bookmarks.json

localsrc.js

Bookmarks.json

This list strive to include as many wap-sites as possible with a few exceptions.

Included

• ✅ Notable sites (even if they just contain a closed message)
• ✅ Functional sites (at least partly functional)

Not included

• ❌ Spam
• ❌ Extreme/controversial
• ❌ Testpages/example pages
• ❌ Completely broken sites

Example item in array

{
	"title": "Fun weather chat",
	"url": "http://wap.example-weather-site.com/",
	"description": "Free fun weather chat for computer and mobile phone",
	"category": "weather"
	"language": [
	    "en",
	    "de"
	],
  "flags": [
      "invalid_wml"
  ]
},

Data explained

Name		Type	Description
title	mandatory	string	Title, usually the card title
url	mandatory	string
description	optional	string	Description in English
category	optional	string	personal / weather
language	mandatory	string or array	ISO 639-1 if available (otherwise ISO 639-2, ISO 639-3 or other suitable code)
flags	optional	array	broken_content / some_broken_content / news_site_no_longer_updated / invalid_wml / closed / browser_sniffing

Flags explained

broken_content - most content / links / functionality broken

some_broken_content - some content / links / functionality broken

news_site_no_longer_updated - time sensetive information no longer updated (news, stocks, weather)

invalid_wml - some / all clients might not be able to render the page because of invalid wml

closed - page closed and show a message explaining the closure, only for notable pages (for example the bbc or gmail)

browser_sniffing - this page uses browser sniffing and only render wml with a suitable user agent (all pages is tested with the proxy using Nokia7110/1.0 (01.01))

encoding_issues - Tofu issues (encoding issues like missmatched header or encoding-tag that https://wapproxy.w3l.se/ can solve in "Quirks Mode" is not labeled)

localsrc.js

This function serves as a modern translation layer for the legacy WML localsrc attribute, mapping ancient WAP pictogram codes to standard UTF-8 emojis. In the WML 1.x era, devices like the Nokia 3310 or Openwave-based phones used localsrc to display built-in ROM icons (e.g., pict:///core/phone or icon_279) to save bandwidth. Since modern browsers do not possess these binary resources, this script intercepts those URIs and renders a semantic emoji equivalent (e.g., 📞).

The lookup table consolidates multiple specifications, including the official WAP Forum Standard (WAP-213), Openwave's specific numeric IDs (used heavily in the US), and vendor-specific extensions from Ericsson and Nokia. This ensures that historical WML decks remain readable and visually consistent without requiring a library of external image assets.