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

Answer 1

You need to first enable Basic Authentication:

listener.AuthenticationSchemes = AuthenticationSchemes.Basic;

Then in your ProcessRequest method you could get username and password:

if (context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
    var identity = (HttpListenerBasicIdentity)context.User.Identity;
    Console.WriteLine(identity.Name);
    Console.WriteLine(identity.Password);
}