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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#L584[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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

If present, this function returns a string representing the authority (which may be empty). Otherwise it returns an empty string. The returned string may contain percent escapes.

== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "file://Network%20Drive/My%2DFiles" ).encoded_authority() == "Network%20Drive" );
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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

The authority as a string.

== See Also

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


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