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Return the authority.

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L559[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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xref:boost/urls/pct_string_view.adoc[pct_string_view]
encoded_authority() const noexcept;
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== Description


If present, this function returns a        string representing the authority (which        may be empty).        Otherwise it returns an empty string.        The returned string may contain        percent escapes.


=== Example

[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "file://Network%20Drive/My%2DFiles" ).encoded_authority() == "Network%20Drive" );
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=== Complexity

Constant.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.


=== BNF

[,cpp]
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authority   = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
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=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2[3.2. Authority (rfc3986)]

Return the authority.

If present, this function returns a        string representing the authority (which        may be empty).        Otherwise it returns an empty string.        The returned string may contain        percent escapes.


=== Example

[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "file://Network%20Drive/My%2DFiles" ).encoded_authority() == "Network%20Drive" );
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=== Complexity

Constant.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.


=== BNF

[,cpp]
----
authority   = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
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=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2[3.2. Authority (rfc3986)]



== See Also


xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/authority.adoc[authority],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_authority.adoc[has_authority].



xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/authority.adoc[authority],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_authority.adoc[has_authority].






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