Obsolete
This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.
The username
property of the Location
interface is a USVString
containing the username specified before the domain name.
Syntax
string = object.username; object.username = string;
Examples
// Let's <a id="myAnchor" href="https://anonymous:flabada@developer.mozilla.org/docs/Location.username"> be in the document var anchor = document.getElementByID("myAnchor"); var result = anchor.username; // Returns:'anonymous'
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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username | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support 26 — 45 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support 26 — 45 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- No support
- No support
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.