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= Function url_view_base::encoded_query

pass:v,q[Return the query]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L1953[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

pass:v,q[If this contains a query, it is returned] pass:v,q[as a string (which may be empty).]
pass:v,q[Otherwise, an empty string is returned.]
pass:v,q[The returned string may contain]
pass:v,q[percent escapes.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "/sql?id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" ).encoded_query() == "id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" );
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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

* pass:v,q[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string"]
pass:v,q[>Query string (Wikipedia)]



== Return Value

* `pct_string_view`