---
title: "CFURLCopyUserName(_:)"
framework: corefoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
path: "corefoundation/cfurlcopyusername(_:)"
---

# CFURLCopyUserName(_:)

Returns the user name from a given URL.

## Declaration

```swift
func CFURLCopyUserName(_ anURL: CFURL!) -> CFString!
```

## Parameters

- `anURL`: The CFURL object to examine.

## Return Value

Return Value The user name, or NULL if no user name exists. In some cases, this function may also return the empty string (CFSTR("")) if no username exists. You should consider NULL and the empty string to be equivalent. Ownership follows the create rule. See The Create Rule.

## See Also

### Accessing the Parts of a URL

- [CFURLCanBeDecomposed(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcanbedecomposed(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(_:_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyfilesystempath(_:_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyFragment(_:_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyfragment(_:_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyHostName(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyhostname(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyLastPathComponent(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopylastpathcomponent(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyNetLocation(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopynetlocation(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyParameterString(_:_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyparameterstring(_:_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyPassword(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopypassword(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyPath(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopypath(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyPathExtension(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopypathextension(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyQueryString(_:_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyquerystring(_:_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyResourceSpecifier(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyresourcespecifier(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyScheme(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopyscheme(_:).md)
- [CFURLCopyStrictPath(_:_:)](corefoundation/cfurlcopystrictpath(_:_:).md)
- [CFURLGetPortNumber(_:)](corefoundation/cfurlgetportnumber(_:).md)