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 ReadOnly Property UserInfo As 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.

Exception Condition
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.

    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 

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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