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= Function url_view_base::authority

pass:v,q[Return the authority]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L515[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

pass:v,q[This function returns the authority as] pass:v,q[an] xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
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authority_view a = url_view( "https://www.example.com:8080/index.htm" ).authority();
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=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Constant.]

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

=== BNF
[,cpp]
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authority   = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
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=== Specification

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



== Return Value

* `authority_view`