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Return the host

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L1011[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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

== Description


This function returns the host portion        of the authority as a string, or the        empty string if there is no authority.        Any percent‐escapes in the string are        decoded first.


=== Example

[,cpp]
----
assert( url_view( "https://www%2droot.example.com/" ).host() == "www-root.example.com" );
----

=== Complexity

Linear in `this‐>host().size()`.


=== Exception Safety

Calls to allocate may throw.


=== BNF

[,cpp]
----
host        = IP-literal / IPv4address / reg-name

IP-literal  = "[" ( IPv6address / IPvFuture  ) "]"

reg-name    = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / "-" / ".")
----

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.2[3.2.2. Host (rfc3986)]

Return the host

This function returns the host portion        of the authority as a string, or the        empty string if there is no authority.        Any percent‐escapes in the string are        decoded first.


=== Example

[,cpp]
----
assert( url_view( "https://www%2droot.example.com/" ).host() == "www-root.example.com" );
----

=== Complexity

Linear in `this‐>host().size()`.


=== Exception Safety

Calls to allocate may throw.


=== BNF

[,cpp]
----
host        = IP-literal / IPv4address / reg-name

IP-literal  = "[" ( IPv6address / IPvFuture  ) "]"

reg-name    = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / "-" / ".")
----

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.2[3.2.2. Host (rfc3986)]





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