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= Function authority_view::buffer

pass:v,q[Return the complete authority]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L253[boost/url/authority_view.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
string_view
buffer() const noexcept;
----

== Description

pass:v,q[This function returns the authority] pass:v,q[as a percent-encoded string.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
----
assert( parse_authority( "www.example.com" ).value().buffer() == "www.example.com" );
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=== BNF
[,cpp]
----
authority   = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
----

=== Exception Safety
pass:v,q[Throws nothing.]

=== Specification

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



== Return Value

* `string_view`