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= Function url_base::params

pass:v,q[Return the query as a container of parameters]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_base.hpp#L2076[boost/url/url_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:boost/urls/params_ref.adoc[params_ref]
params() noexcept;
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== Description

pass:v,q[This function returns a bidirectional] pass:v,q[view of key/value pairs over the query.]
pass:v,q[The returned view references the same]
pass:v,q[underlying character buffer; ownership]
pass:v,q[is not transferred.]
pass:v,q[Any percent-escapes in strings returned]
pass:v,q[when iterating the view are decoded first.]
pass:v,q[The container is modifiable; changes]
pass:v,q[to the container are reflected in the]
pass:v,q[underlying URL.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
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params_ref pv = url( "/sql?id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" ).params();
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=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Constant.]

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

=== BNF
[,cpp]
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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 Value

* `params_ref`