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= Function authority_view::password

pass:v,q[Return the password]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L580[boost/url/authority_view.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

== Description

pass:v,q[If present, this function returns a] pass:v,q[string representing the password (which]
pass:v,q[may be an empty string).]
pass:v,q[Otherwise it returns an empty string.]
pass:v,q[Any percent-escapes in the string are]
pass:v,q[decoded first.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
----
assert( url_view( "http://jane%2Ddoe:pass@example.com" ).password() == "pass" );
----

=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Linear in `this->password().size()`.]

=== Exception Safety
pass:v,q[Calls to allocate may throw.]

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

user        = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims )
password    = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" )
----

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.1[3.2.1. User Information (rfc3986)]



== Return Value

* `result_type` 


== Parameters

|===
| Name | Type 

| *token*
| ``

|===