[#boost-urls-authority_view-2constructor-03] = xref:boost.adoc[boost]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[urls]::xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view]::authority_view :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Construct from a string. == Synopsis Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L158[boost/url/authority_view.hpp]>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- explicit authority_view(core::string_view s); ---- == Description This function attempts to construct an authority from the string `s`, which must be a valid ['authority] or else an exception is thrown. Upon successful construction, the view refers to the characters in the buffer pointed to by `s`. Ownership is not transferred; The caller is responsible for ensuring that the lifetime of the buffer extends until the view is destroyed. === BNF [,cpp] ---- authority = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ] userinfo = user [ ":" [ password ] ] user = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims ) password = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" ) host = IP-literal / IPv4address / reg-name port = *DIGIT ---- === Specification * link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2[3.2. Authority (rfc3986)] == See Also xref:boost/urls/parse_authority.adoc[parse_authority]. [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#