IHttpUser Interface

Provides request-specific information about a user. This information includes data such as credentials and role-based authorization.

Syntax

class IHttpUser  

Methods

The following table lists the methods exposed by the IHttpUser interface.

Topic Description
DereferenceUser Decrements the user internal reference count.
GetAuthenticationType Returns the request authentication type.
GetImpersonationToken Returns the user impersonation token.
GetPassword Returns the user password.
GetPrimaryToken Returns the primary user token.
GetRemoteUserName Returns the remote user name.
GetUserName Returns the user name.
GetUserVariable Returns the custom user data by name.
IsInRole Returns a value that indicates whether the user is authorized for a named role.
ReferenceUser Increments the user internal reference count.
SupportsIsInRole Returns a value that indicates whether role support is enabled for the user.

Derived Classes

This interface contains no derived classes.

Remarks

You can retrieve an IHttpUser pointer from an IHttpContext pointer by calling the IHttpContext::GetUser method. To gain access to these interfaces, see Walkthrough: Creating a Request-Level HTTP Module By Using Native Code.

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to create an HTTP module that clears the response headers and body and then returns user information to the client as an XML document.

The above code writes XML that is similar to the following to the response stream.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>  
<user   
    userName="DOMAIN\user"   
    remoteName=" DOMAIN\user"   
    passWord="[hidden]"   
    authType="Negotiate"   
    impersonationToken="valid"   
    primaryToken="valid"   
    supportsRoles="true"   
    isInRole="false"   
    userVariable="NULL" />  

Your module must export the RegisterModule function. You can export this function by creating a module definition (.def) file for your project, or you can compile the module by using the /EXPORT:RegisterModule switch. For more information, see Walkthrough: Creating a Request-Level HTTP Module By Using Native Code.

You can optionally compile the code by using the __stdcall (/Gz) calling convention instead of explicitly declaring the calling convention for each function.

Requirements

Type Description
Client - IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista
- IIS 7.5 on Windows 7
- IIS 8.0 on Windows 8
- IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server - IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008
- IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2
- IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012
- IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2
- IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product - IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
- IIS Express 7.5, IIS Express 8.0, IIS Express 10.0
Header Httpserv.h

See Also

Web Server Core Interfaces