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[#boost-urls-url_view_base-authority]

= xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/url_view_base.adoc[pass:[url_view_base]]::authority


Return the authority


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L515[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

== Description


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

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

=== Complexity

Constant.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.

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

=== Specification

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








== See Also


xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_authority.adoc[encoded_authority]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_authority.adoc[has_authority]
.