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= Function url_view_base::has_authority

pass:v,q[Return true if an authority is present]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L480[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
bool
has_authority() const noexcept;
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== Description

pass:v,q[This function returns true if the url] pass:v,q[contains an authority. The presence of]
pass:v,q[an authority is denoted by a double]
pass:v,q[slash ("//") at the beginning or after]
pass:v,q[the scheme.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "http://www.example.com/index.htm" ).has_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 ]

URI             = scheme ":" hier-part [ "?" query ] [ "#" fragment ]

absolute-URI    = scheme ":" hier-part [ "?" query ]

URI-reference   = URI / relative-ref

relative-ref    = relative-part [ "?" query ] [ "#" fragment ]

hier-part       = "//" authority path-abempty
                ; (more...)

relative-part   = "//" authority path-abempty
                ; (more...)

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=== Specification

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



== Return Value

* `bool`