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[#boost-urls-static_url-set_host_name]

== xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/static_url.adoc[pass:[static_url]]::set_host_name


Set the host to a name


=== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/static_url.hpp#L388[boost/url/static_url.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:boost/urls/static_url.adoc[static_url]&
set_host_name(core::string_view s);
----

=== Description


The host is set to the specified string,
which may be empty.
Reserved characters in the string are
percent-escaped in the result.
The host type is
xref:boost/urls/host_type/name.adoc[host_type::name]
.
[,cpp]
----
assert( url( "http://www.example.com/index.htm").set_host_name( "localhost" ).host_address() == "localhost" );
----
[,cpp]
----
this->has_authority() == true && this->host_ipv6_address() == addr && this->host_type() == host_type::name
----

=== Strong guarantee.

Calls to allocate may throw.
[,cpp]
----
reg-name    = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / "-" / ".")
----

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.2[            3.2.2. Host (rfc3986)]





=== Parameters

|===
| Name | Description 

| *s*
| 
The string to set.

|===




=== See Also


xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_encoded_host.adoc[set_encoded_host]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_encoded_host_address.adoc[set_encoded_host_address]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_encoded_host_name.adoc[set_encoded_host_name]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_host.adoc[set_host]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_host_address.adoc[set_host_address]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_host_ipv4.adoc[set_host_ipv4]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_host_ipv6.adoc[set_host_ipv6]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_base/set_host_ipvfuture.adoc[set_host_ipvfuture]
.