---
title: user
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/urlcomponents/user
---

# user

The user subcomponent of the URL.

## Declaration

```swift
var user: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The getter for this property removes any percent encoding this component may have (if the component allows percent encoding). Setting this property assumes the subcomponent or component string is not percent encoded and will add percent encoding (if the component allows percent encoding). Warning: IETF STD 66 (rfc3986) says the use of the format “user:password” in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI is deprecated because passing authentication information in clear text has proven to be a security risk. However, there are cases where this practice is still needed, and so the user and password components and methods are provided.

## See Also

### Accessing components in native format

- [fragment](foundation/urlcomponents/fragment.md)
- [host](foundation/urlcomponents/host.md)
- [encodedHost](foundation/urlcomponents/encodedhost.md)
- [password](foundation/urlcomponents/password.md)
- [path](foundation/urlcomponents/path.md)
- [port](foundation/urlcomponents/port.md)
- [query](foundation/urlcomponents/query.md)
- [queryItems](foundation/urlcomponents/queryitems.md)
- [scheme](foundation/urlcomponents/scheme.md)