Set the user

Synopsis

Declared in <boost/url/url_base.hpp>

url_base&
set_encoded_user(pct_string_view s);

Description

This function sets the user part of the userinfo the the string, which may contain percent‐escapes. Escapes in the string are preserved, and reserved characters in the string are percent‐escaped in the result.

Example

assert( url().set_encoded_user("john%20doe").userinfo() == "john doe" );

Postconditions

this->has_authority() == true && this->has_userinfo() == true

Complexity

Linear in this‐>size() + s.size().

Exception Safety

Strong guarantee. Calls to allocate may throw.

BNF

userinfo      = [ [ user ] [ ':' password ] ]

user          = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims )
password      = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" )

Specification

Exceptions

Name

Thrown on

system_error

s contains an invalid percent‐encoding.

Return Value

  • *this

  • *this

Parameters

Name

Description

s

The string to set.

See Also

remove_password, set_encoded_password, set_password, set_user.

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