HttpListener: how to get http user and password?

Question

I'm facing a problem here, with HttpListener. When a request of the form ``` http://user:password@example.com/ ``` is made, how can I get the user and password ? HttpWebRequest has a Credentials property, but HttpListenerRequest doesn't have it, and I didn't find the username in any property of it. Thanks for the help.

Accepted Answer

What you're attempting to do is pass credentials via HTTP basic auth, I'm not sure if the username:password syntax is supported in HttpListener, but if it is, you'll need to specify that you accept basic auth first.

```
HttpListener listener = new HttpListener();
listener.Prefixes.Add(uriPrefix);
listener.AuthenticationSchemes = AuthenticationSchemes.Basic;
listener.Start();
```

Once you receive a request, you can then extract the username and password with:

```
HttpListenerBasicIdentity identity = (HttpListenerBasicIdentity)context.User.Identity;
Console.WriteLine(identity.Name);
Console.WriteLine(identity.Password);
```

Here's a full explanation of all supported authenitcation methods that can be used with HttpListener.

HttpListener: how to get http user and password?

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