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URI getRawAuthority() method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 17 Jul, 2025
The getRawAuthority() function is a part of URI class. The function getRawAuthority() returns the raw authority of a specified URI. This function returns the exact value of host name and post without decoding the sequence of escaped octets if any. Function Signature: 
public String getRawAuthority()
Syntax: 
url.getRawAuthority()
Parameter This function does not require any parameter Return Type The function returns String Type which is the exact value of host name Below programs illustrates the use of getRawAuthority() function: Example 1:
Output: 
URI = https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
Raw Authority = www.geeksforgeeks.org
Example 2: The difference between getRawAuthority() and getHost() function is that getRawAuthority() returns the host along with the port but getHost() returns only the host name.
Output: 
URI = https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/:80/
Raw Authority = www.geeksforgeeks.org:80
Host = www.geeksforgeeks.org
Example 3: The value returned by getAuthority() and getRawAuthority() is same except that all sequences of escaped octets are decoded. The getRawAuthority() returns the exact value of the string as provided by the user but the getAuthority() function decodes the sequence of escaped octets if any.
Output: 
URI = https://www.geeksforgeeks%E2%82%AC.org:80
Authority = www.geeksforgeeks?.org:80
Raw Authority = www.geeksforgeeks%E2%82%AC.org:80
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