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= Function url_view_base::path

pass:v,q[Return the path]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L1663[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class StringToken = xref:boost/urls/string_token.adoc[string_token]::xref:boost/urls/string_token/return_string.adoc[return_string]>
StringToken::result_type
path(StringToken&& token) const;
----

== Description

pass:v,q[This function returns the path as a] pass:v,q[string. The path may be empty.]
pass:v,q[Any percent-escapes in the string are]
pass:v,q[decoded first.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
----
assert( url_view( "file:///Program%20Files/Games/config.ini" ).path() == "/Program Files/Games/config.ini" );
----

=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Linear in `this->path().size()`.]

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

=== BNF
[,cpp]
----
path          = path-abempty    ; begins with "/" or is empty
              / path-absolute   ; begins with "/" but not "//"
              / path-noscheme   ; begins with a non-colon segment
              / path-rootless   ; begins with a segment
              / path-empty      ; zero characters

path-abempty  = *( "/" segment )
path-absolute = "/" [ segment-nz *( "/" segment ) ]
path-noscheme = segment-nz-nc *( "/" segment )
path-rootless = segment-nz *( "/" segment )
path-empty    = 0<pchar>
----

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.3[3.3. Path (rfc3986)]



== Return Value

* `result_type` 


== Parameters

|===
| Name | Type 

| *token*
| ``

|===