parse_authority

Parse an authority

Synopsis

result<authority_view> parse_authority( string_view s) noexcept;

Declared in file <src/authority_view.cpp> at line 337

Description

This function parses a string according to the authority grammar below, and returns an authority_view referencing the string. Ownership of the string is not transferred; the caller is responsible for ensuring that the lifetime of the string extends until the view is no longer being accessed.

BNF

authority = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ] userinfo = user [ ":" [ password ] ] user = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims ) password = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" ) host = IP-literal / IPv4address / reg-name port = *DIGIT

Exception Safety

Throws nothing.

Specification

  • 3.2. Authority (rfc3986)