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Set the password&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url.hpp#L437[boost&sol;url&sol;url&period;hpp]&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:boost/urls/url.adoc[url]&
set&lowbar;encoded&lowbar;password(xref:boost/urls/pct_string_view.adoc[pct&lowbar;string&lowbar;view] s);
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== Description

This function sets the password in the userinfo to the string, which may contain percent&hyphen;escapes&period; Escapes in the string are preserved, and reserved characters in the string are percent&hyphen;escaped in the result&period;

[NOTE]
The interpretation of the userinfo as individual user and password components is scheme&hyphen;dependent&period; Transmitting passwords in URLs is deprecated&period;

== Example
[,cpp]
----
assert( url("http://user@example.com").set_encoded_password( "pass" ).encoded_userinfo() == "user:pass" );
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== Postconditions
[,cpp]
----
this->has_password() == true
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== Exception Safety
Strong guarantee&period; Calls to allocate may throw&period;

== BNF
[,cpp]
----
userinfo      = [ [ user ] [ ':' password ] ]

user          = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims )
password      = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" )
----
== Specification
* https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.1[]

== Return Value

`&ast;this`

== Parameters

[cols=2]
|===
| Name
| Description
| *s*
| The string to set&period; This string may contain any characters, including nulls&period;
|===

== See Also

xref:boost/urls/url/remove_password.adoc[`remove&lowbar;password`], xref:boost/urls/url/set_encoded_password.adoc[`set&lowbar;encoded&lowbar;password`], xref:boost/urls/url/set_encoded_user.adoc[`set&lowbar;encoded&lowbar;user`], xref:boost/urls/url/set_user.adoc[`set&lowbar;user`]&period;


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