How can I use at symbol (@) in url?

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For example I meet this url type: http://username:token@example.com/protected/files .

I searched on the web for this but I don't find what I expected.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '18 at 11:44

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Wikipedia explains the syntax of a URI quite well:

scheme:[//[user[:password]@]host[:port]][/path][?query][#fragment]

answered Feb 27 '18 at 11:44

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In this specific case better link to the URL wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL – Cleptus Mar 01 '18 at 14:50
@bradbury9 Did you notice that the "Syntax" section actually refers back to the Wikipedia article on URI, which is what I originally linked? – Alex Mar 01 '18 at 15:02
Yup, but the description of the URL one fits better with the OP problem – Cleptus Mar 01 '18 at 15:21
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. – Alex Mar 01 '18 at 15:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '18 at 14:47

Your username:token@example.com/protected/files may look like and URL, but if fact it is not, because it does not include the protocol to access the data. It is an uri.

Browsers (I suppose you refer to web browsers) do work with URL's, which is a subtype of URI that includes the protocol. Please notice web browsers dont work with all existing protocols, only with some of them (http, https, ftp, file...) username is not a protocol.

How can I use at symbol (@) in url?

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