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Return the authority

== Synopsis

Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L547[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view]
authority() const noexcept;
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== Description

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

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

== Exception Safety
Throws nothing.

== BNF
[,cpp]
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authority   = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
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== Specification
* https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2[]

== Return Value

An authority_view representing the authority.

== See Also

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


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