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= Function url_base::normalize_authority

pass:v,q[Normalize the URL authority]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_base.hpp#L2580[boost/url/url_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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normalize_authority();
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== Description

pass:v,q[Applies Syntax-based normalization to the] pass:v,q[URL authority.]
pass:v,q[Percent-encoding triplets are normalized]
pass:v,q[to uppercase letters. Percent-encoded]
pass:v,q[octets that correspond to unreserved]
pass:v,q[characters are decoded.]

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

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-6.2.2[6.2.2 Syntax-Based Normalization (rfc3986)]



== Return Value

* ``