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Return the query

== Synopsis

Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L2022[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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

If this contains a query, it is returned as a string (which may be empty). Otherwise, an empty string is returned. The returned string may contain percent escapes.

== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "/sql?id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" ).encoded_query() == "id=42&name=jane%2Ddoe&page+size=20" );
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== Complexity
Constant.

== Exception Safety
Throws nothing.

== BNF
[,cpp]
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query           = *( pchar / "/" / "?" )

query-param     = key [ "=" value ]
query-params    = [ query-param ] *( "&" query-param )
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== Specification
* https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.4[]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string[]

== Return Value

The query as a string.

== See Also

xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_params.adoc[`encoded_params`], xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/has_query.adoc[`has_query`], xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/params-065.adoc[`params`], xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/query.adoc[`query`].


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