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[#boost-urls-url_view_base-user]

== xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/url_view_base.adoc[pass:[url_view_base]]::user


Return the user


=== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L808[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class StringToken = xref:boost/urls/string_token.adoc[string_token]::xref:boost/urls/string_token/return_string.adoc[return_string]>
StringToken::result_type
user(StringToken&& token) const;
----

=== Description


If present, this function returns a
string representing the user (which
may be empty).
Otherwise it returns an empty string.
Any percent-escapes in the string are
decoded first.
[,cpp]
----
assert( url_view( "http://jane%2Ddoe:pass@example.com" ).user() == "jane-doe" );
----

=== Linear in `this-&gt;user().size()`.

=== Calls to allocate may throw.
[,cpp]
----
userinfo    = user [ ":" [ password ] ]

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

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.1[3.2.1. User Information (rfc3986)]








=== See Also


xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_password.adoc[has_password]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_userinfo.adoc[has_userinfo]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_password.adoc[encoded_password]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_user.adoc[encoded_user]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_userinfo.adoc[encoded_userinfo]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/password.adoc[password]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/userinfo.adoc[userinfo]
.