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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)
public string UserInfo { get; }

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.
ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

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

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

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

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");

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 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

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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