diff --git a/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input.rs b/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input.rs
index 43ffa58..deee7ba 100644
--- a/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input.rs
+++ b/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 //! Task inputs.
 
-mod builder;
-
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
 pub use builder::Builder;
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
-use url::Url;
+
+mod builder;
+mod contents;
+
+pub use contents::Contents;
 
 /// A type of input.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -19,23 +19,6 @@ pub enum Type {
     Directory,
 }
 
-/// The source of an input.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub enum Contents {
-    /// Contents sourced from a URL.
-    URL(Url),
-
-    /// Contents provided as a string literal.
-    Literal(String),
-}
-
-impl From<PathBuf> for Contents {
-    fn from(value: PathBuf) -> Self {
-        let url = Url::from_file_path(value).unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Invalid path"));
-        Contents::URL(url)
-    }
-}
-
 /// An input to a task.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Input {
@@ -90,7 +73,7 @@ impl Input {
     pub async fn fetch(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
         match &self.contents {
             Contents::Literal(content) => content.as_bytes().to_vec(),
-            Contents::URL(url) => match url.scheme() {
+            Contents::Url(url) => match url.scheme() {
                 "file" => {
                     // SAFETY: we just checked to ensure this is a file, so
                     // getting the file path should always unwrap.
diff --git a/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input/contents.rs b/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input/contents.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2ba236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crankshaft-engine/src/task/input/contents.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//! Contents of an input.
+
+use url::Url;
+
+/// An error related to an input's [`Contents`].
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// An error parsing a [`Url`](url::Url).
+    ParseUrl(url::ParseError),
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Error::ParseUrl(err) => write!(f, "parse url error: {err}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+
+/// A [`Result`](std::result::Result) with an [`Error`].
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+/// The source of an input.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum Contents {
+    /// Contents sourced from a URL.
+    Url(Url),
+
+    /// Contents provided as a string literal.
+    Literal(String),
+}
+
+impl Contents {
+    /// Attempts to create a URL contents from a string slice.
+    pub fn url_from_str(url: impl AsRef<str>) -> Result<Self> {
+        url.as_ref().parse().map(Self::Url).map_err(Error::ParseUrl)
+    }
+}