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Return the query

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L1927[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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


If this contains a query, it is returned        as a string (which may be empty).        Otherwise, an empty string is returned.        The returned string may contain        percent escapes.


=== Example

[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "/sql?id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" ).encoded_query() == "id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" );
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=== Complexity

Constant.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.


=== BNF

[,cpp]
----
query           = *( pchar / "/" / "?" )

query-param     = key [ "=" value ]
query-params    = [ query-param ] *( "&" query-param )
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=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.4[3.4. Query (rfc3986)]
        
* link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string[Query string (Wikipedia)]

Return the query

If this contains a query, it is returned        as a string (which may be empty).        Otherwise, an empty string is returned.        The returned string may contain        percent escapes.


=== Example

[,cpp]
----
assert( url_view( "/sql?id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" ).encoded_query() == "id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" );
----

=== Complexity

Constant.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.


=== BNF

[,cpp]
----
query           = *( pchar / "/" / "?" )

query-param     = key [ "=" value ]
query-params    = [ query-param ] *( "&" query-param )
----

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.4[3.4. Query (rfc3986)]
        
* link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string[Query string (Wikipedia)]



== See Also


xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_params.adoc[encoded_params],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_query.adoc[has_query],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/params-05.adoc[params],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/query.adoc[query].



xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_params.adoc[encoded_params],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_query.adoc[has_query],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/params-05.adoc[params],            xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/query.adoc[query].






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