Uri.UserInfo Property (System)

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Uri..::.UserInfo Property

Gets the user name, password, or other user-specific information associated with the specified URI.

Namespace: System
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public ReadOnly Property UserInfo As String

public string UserInfo { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ UserInfo {
    String^ get ();
}

member UserInfo : string

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String that contains the user information associated with the URI. The returned value does not include the '@' character reserved for delimiting the user information part of the URI.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	This instance represents a relative URI, and this property is valid only for absolute URIs.

Remarks

The value returned by this property is usually in the format "userName:password".

Examples

The following example creates a Uri instance and writes the user information to the console.

Visual Basic

    Dim uriAddress As New Uri("http://user:password@www.contoso.com/index.htm ")
    Console.WriteLine(uriAddress.UserInfo)
    Console.WriteLine("Fully Escaped {0}", IIf(uriAddress.UserEscaped, "yes", "no")) 'TODO: For performance reasons this should be changed to nested IF statements

End Sub 'SampleUserInfo

Uri uriAddress = new Uri ("http://user:password@www.contoso.com/index.htm ");
Console.WriteLine(uriAddress.UserInfo);
Console.WriteLine("Fully Escaped {0}", uriAddress.UserEscaped ? "yes" : "no");

Visual C++

Uri^ uriAddress = gcnew Uri( "http://user:password@www.contoso.com/index.htm " );
Console::WriteLine( uriAddress->UserInfo );
Console::WriteLine( "Fully Escaped {0}",
   uriAddress->UserEscaped ? (String^)"yes" : "no" );

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Uri Class

System Namespace