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authorRichard Walters <rwalters@digitalstirling.com>2020-10-13 16:46:26 -0700
committerRichard Walters <rwalters@digitalstirling.com>2020-10-13 16:46:26 -0700
commitd4606bbc99b6f14f2951933fcb6bab5d9cd1278e (patch)
tree83ccc8e2e269a148e6db485ef6bb35b5d46d1de8
parent9feb8f2134ebf404c84b7b0614621a6251f937f6 (diff)
Add documentation (Rust)
-rw-r--r--src/authority.rs51
-rw-r--r--src/context.rs28
-rw-r--r--src/error.rs24
-rw-r--r--src/lib.rs55
-rw-r--r--src/uri.rs212
5 files changed, 363 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/authority.rs b/src/authority.rs
index d0b49d7..2a2801c 100644
--- a/src/authority.rs
+++ b/src/authority.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,42 @@ use super::error::Error;
use super::parse_host_port::parse_host_port;
use super::validate_ipv6_address::validate_ipv6_address;
+/// This is the optional part of a URI which governs the URI's namespace. It
+/// typically contains a host name or IP address, and may also include a port
+/// number and/or userinfo component.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ## Parsing an Authority into its components
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # extern crate uri;
+/// use uri::Authority;
+///
+/// # fn test() -> Result<(), uri::Error> {
+/// let authority = Authority::parse("nobody@www.example.com:8080")?;
+/// assert_eq!(Some("nobody".as_bytes()), authority.userinfo());
+/// assert_eq!("www.example.com".as_bytes(), authority.host());
+/// assert_eq!(Some(8080), authority.port());
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ## Generating a URI from its components
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # extern crate uri;
+/// use uri::Authority;
+///
+/// # fn test() -> Result<(), uri::Error> {
+/// let mut authority = Authority::default();
+/// authority.set_userinfo(Some("nobody").map(Into::into));
+/// authority.set_host("www.example.com");
+/// authority.set_port(Some(8080));
+/// assert_eq!("nobody@www.example.com:8080", authority.to_string());
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
pub struct Authority {
userinfo: Option<Vec<u8>>,
@@ -16,37 +52,52 @@ pub struct Authority {
}
impl Authority {
+ /// Borrow the host name part of the Authority.
#[must_use = "why u no use host return value?"]
pub fn host(&self) -> &[u8] {
&self.host
}
+ /// Borrow the port number part of the Authority.
#[must_use = "why did you get the port number and then throw it away?"]
pub fn port(&self) -> Option<u16> {
self.port
}
+ /// Change the userinfo part of the Authority.
pub fn set_userinfo<T>(&mut self, userinfo: T)
where T: Into<Option<Vec<u8>>>
{
self.userinfo = userinfo.into();
}
+ /// Change the host name part of the Authority.
pub fn set_host<T>(&mut self, host: T)
where T: Into<Vec<u8>>
{
self.host = host.into();
}
+ /// Change the port number part of the Authority.
pub fn set_port(&mut self, port: Option<u16>) {
self.port = port;
}
+ /// Borrow the userinfo part of the Authority.
#[must_use = "security breach... security breach... userinfo not used"]
pub fn userinfo(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> {
self.userinfo.as_deref()
}
+ /// Interpret the given string as the Authority component of a URI,
+ /// separating its various subcomponents, returning an `Authority` value
+ /// containing them.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// There are many ways to screw up the Authority part of URI string, and
+ /// this function will let you know what's up by returning a variant of the
+ /// [`Error`](enum.Error.html) type.
#[must_use = "you parsed it; don't you want the results?"]
pub fn parse<T>(authority_string: T) -> Result<Self, Error>
where T: AsRef<str>
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index bbc6613..bb6667e 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,41 @@
+/// This enumerates the various places where an error might occur parsing a
+/// URI.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
pub enum Context {
+ /// This is the fragment of the URI, such as `#baz` in
+ /// `http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz`.
Fragment,
+
+ /// This is the host name of the URI, such as `www.example.com` in
+ /// `http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz`.
Host,
+
+ /// This is the IPv4 portion of the IPv6 host name in the URI, such as
+ /// `1.2.3.4` in `http://[::ffff:1.2.3.4]/foo?bar#baz`.
Ipv4Address,
+
+ /// This is the IPv6 host name in the URI, such as
+ /// `::ffff:1.2.3.4` in `http://[::ffff:1.2.3.4]/foo?bar#baz`.
Ipv6Address,
+
+ /// This is the `IPvFuture` host name in the URI, such as
+ /// `v7.aB` in `http://[v7.aB]/foo?bar#baz`.
IpvFuture,
+
+ /// This is the path of the URI, such as `/foo` in
+ /// `http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz`.
Path,
+
+ /// This is the query of the URI, such as `?bar` in
+ /// `http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz`.
Query,
+
+ /// This is the scheme of the URI, such as `http` in
+ /// `http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz`.
Scheme,
+
+ /// This is the scheme of the URI, such as `nobody` in
+ /// `http://nobody@www.example.com/foo?bar#baz`.
Userinfo,
}
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 9f710fa..44bd8b6 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,37 +1,61 @@
use super::context::Context;
+/// This is the enumeration of all the different kinds of errors which this
+/// crate generates.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, thiserror::Error, PartialEq)]
pub enum Error {
+ /// One or more components of the URI contains a non-UTF8 sequence,
+ /// and so cannot be converted to a Rust string.
#[error("URI contains non-UTF8 sequences")]
CannotExpressAsUtf8(#[from] std::string::FromUtf8Error),
+ /// URI begins with an empty scheme, such as `://www.example.com`
#[error("scheme expected but missing")]
EmptyScheme,
+ /// URI contains a character which is not permitted in the context where it
+ /// was encountered; for example, a caret (`^`) in a query:
+ /// `http://www.example.com?eat_my_^`
#[error("illegal character in {0}")]
IllegalCharacter(Context),
+ /// URI contains an incorrect percent encoding, such as
+ /// `http://www.example.com?foo=%GG`
#[error("illegal percent encoding")]
IllegalPercentEncoding,
+ /// URI contains an invalid port number, such as
+ /// `http://www.example.com:99999` or `http://www.example.com:foo`
#[error("illegal port number")]
IllegalPortNumber(#[source] std::num::ParseIntError),
+ /// URI contains an IPv4 address with one or more bad parts, such as
+ /// `http://[::ffff:1.2.3.256]/`
#[error("octet group expected")]
InvalidDecimalOctet,
+ /// URI contains an IP address with missing parts, such as
+ /// `http://[::ffff:1.2.3]/`
#[error("too few address parts")]
TooFewAddressParts,
+ /// URI contains an IP address with too many parts, such as
+ /// `http://[::ffff:1.2.3.4.8]/`
#[error("too many address parts")]
TooManyAddressParts,
+ /// URI contains an IPv6 address with too many digits, such as
+ /// `http://[20001:db8:85a3::1]/`
#[error("too many digits in IPv6 address part")]
TooManyDigits,
+ /// URI contains an IPv6 address with more than one double-colon, such as
+ /// `http://[2001:db8:85a3::8a2e::]/`
#[error("too many double-colons in IPv6 address")]
TooManyDoubleColons,
+ /// URI contains an IPv6 address that is truncated, such as
+ /// `http://[2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:0:]/`
#[error("truncated host")]
TruncatedHost,
}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 377310f..4c4a31c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,58 @@
+//! This crate implements [IETF RFC 3986](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986),
+//! "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax". The [`Uri`] type
+//! can be used to parse and generate RFC-conformant URI strings to and from
+//! their various components.
+//!
+//! A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters
+//! that identifies an abstract or physical resource. One common form of URI
+//! is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL), used to reference web resources:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Another kind of URI is the path reference:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! /usr/bin/zip
+//! ```
+//!
+//! # Examples
+//!
+//! ## Parsing a URI into its components
+//!
+//! ```rust
+//! # extern crate uri;
+//! use uri::Uri;
+//!
+//! let uri = Uri::parse("http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz").unwrap();
+//! let authority = uri.authority().unwrap();
+//! assert_eq!("www.example.com".as_bytes(), authority.host());
+//! assert_eq!(Some("www.example.com"), uri.host_as_string().unwrap().as_deref());
+//! assert_eq!("/foo", uri.path_as_string().unwrap());
+//! assert_eq!(Some("bar"), uri.query_as_string().unwrap().as_deref());
+//! assert_eq!(Some("baz"), uri.fragment_as_string().unwrap().as_deref());
+//! ```
+//!
+//! ## Generating a URI from its components
+//!
+//! ```rust
+//! # extern crate uri;
+//! use uri::{Authority, Uri};
+//!
+//! let mut uri = Uri::default();
+//! assert!(uri.set_scheme(String::from("http")).is_ok());
+//! let mut authority = Authority::default();
+//! authority.set_host("www.example.com");
+//! uri.set_authority(Some(authority));
+//! uri.set_path_from_str("/foo");
+//! uri.set_query(Some("bar".into()));
+//! uri.set_fragment(Some("baz".into()));
+//! assert_eq!("http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz", uri.to_string());
+//! ```
+//!
+//! [`Uri`]: struct.Uri.html
+
#![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
#![allow(clippy::non_ascii_literal)]
#![warn(missing_docs)]
diff --git a/src/uri.rs b/src/uri.rs
index 426ba25..53abd52 100644
--- a/src/uri.rs
+++ b/src/uri.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,73 @@ use super::character_classes::{
QUERY_NOT_PCT_ENCODED_WITHOUT_PLUS,
};
+/// This type is used to parse and generate URI strings to and from their
+/// various components. Components are percent-encoded as necessary during
+/// generation, and percent encodings are decoded during parsing.
+///
+/// Since most URI components, once decoded, may include non-UTF8 byte
+/// sequences (which are always percent-encoded), getter methods such as
+/// [`path`] and [`query`] return byte array [slice] references (`&[u8]`)
+/// rather than string or string slice references. Fallible convenience
+/// methods ending in `_as_string`, such as [`path_as_string`] and
+/// [`query_as_string`], are provided to convert these to strings.
+///
+/// The "Authority" part of the Uri is represented by the [`Authority` type].
+/// Although the `Uri` type provides [`userinfo`], [`host`], and [`port`]
+/// methods for convenience, `Uri` holds these components through the
+/// [`Authority` type], which can be accessed via [`authority`] and
+/// [`set_authority`]. To set or change the userinfo, host, or port of a
+/// `Uri`, construct a new `Authority` value and set it in the `Uri` with
+/// [`set_authority`].
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ## Parsing a URI into its components
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # extern crate uri;
+/// use uri::Uri;
+///
+/// # fn test() -> Result<(), uri::Error> {
+/// let uri = Uri::parse("http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz")?;
+/// let authority = uri.authority().unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!("www.example.com".as_bytes(), authority.host());
+/// assert_eq!(Some("www.example.com"), uri.host_as_string()?.as_deref());
+/// assert_eq!("/foo", uri.path_as_string()?);
+/// assert_eq!(Some("bar"), uri.query_as_string()?.as_deref());
+/// assert_eq!(Some("baz"), uri.fragment_as_string()?.as_deref());
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ## Generating a URI from its components
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # extern crate uri;
+/// use uri::{Authority, Uri};
+///
+/// let mut uri = Uri::default();
+/// assert!(uri.set_scheme(String::from("http")).is_ok());
+/// let mut authority = Authority::default();
+/// authority.set_host("www.example.com");
+/// uri.set_authority(Some(authority));
+/// uri.set_path_from_str("/foo");
+/// uri.set_query(Some("bar".into()));
+/// uri.set_fragment(Some("baz".into()));
+/// assert_eq!("http://www.example.com/foo?bar#baz", uri.to_string());
+/// ```
+///
+/// [`authority`]: #method.authority
+/// [`Authority` type]: struct.Authority.html
+/// [`host`]: #method.host
+/// [`path`]: #method.path
+/// [`path_as_string`]: #method.path_as_string
+/// [`port`]: #method.port
+/// [`query`]: #method.query
+/// [`query_as_string`]: #method.query_as_string
+/// [`set_authority`]: #method.set_authority
+/// [`userinfo`]: #method.userinfo
+/// [slice]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.slice.html
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
pub struct Uri {
scheme: Option<String>,
@@ -22,6 +89,7 @@ pub struct Uri {
}
impl Uri {
+ /// Borrow the authority (if any) of the URI.
#[must_use = "respect mah authoritah"]
pub fn authority(&self) -> Option<&Authority> {
self.authority.as_ref()
@@ -67,6 +135,8 @@ impl Uri {
Ok(scheme)
}
+ /// Determines if the URI contains a relative path rather than an absolute
+ /// path.
#[must_use = "please use the return value kthxbye"]
pub fn contains_relative_path(&self) -> bool {
!Self::is_path_absolute(&self.path)
@@ -85,11 +155,18 @@ impl Uri {
)
}
+ /// Borrow the fragment (if any) of the URI.
#[must_use = "A query and a fragment walked into a bar. Too bad you're ignoring the fragment because it's actually a funny joke."]
pub fn fragment(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> {
self.fragment.as_deref()
}
+ /// Convert the fragment (if any) into a string.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// Since fragments may contain non-UTF8 byte sequences, this function may
+ /// return [`Error::CannotExpressAsUtf8`](enum.Error.html#variant.CannotExpressAsUtf8).
#[must_use = "use the fragment return value silly programmer"]
pub fn fragment_as_string(&self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
self.fragment()
@@ -100,6 +177,7 @@ impl Uri {
.transpose()
}
+ /// Borrow the host portion of the Authority (if any) of the URI.
#[must_use = "why u no use host return value?"]
pub fn host(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> {
self.authority
@@ -107,6 +185,13 @@ impl Uri {
.map(Authority::host)
}
+ /// Convert the host portion of the Authority (if any) into a string.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// Since host names may contain non-UTF8 byte sequences, this function may
+ /// return
+ /// [`Error::CannotExpressAsUtf8`](enum.Error.html#variant.CannotExpressAsUtf8).
#[must_use = "I made that host field into a string for you; don't you want it?"]
pub fn host_as_string(&self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
self.host()
@@ -126,19 +211,38 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Determines if the URI is a `relative-ref` (relative reference), as
+ /// defined in [RFC 3986 section
+ /// 4.2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-4.2). A relative
+ /// reference has no scheme, but may still have an authority.
#[must_use = "why would you call an accessor method and not use the return value, silly human"]
pub fn is_relative_reference(&self) -> bool {
self.scheme.is_none()
}
+ /// Apply the `remove_dot_segments` routine talked about
+ /// in [RFC 3986 section
+ /// 5.2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-5.2) to the path
+ /// segments of the URI, in order to normalize the path (apply and remove
+ /// "." and ".." segments).
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```rust
+ /// # extern crate uri;
+ /// use uri::Uri;
+ ///
+ /// # fn test() -> Result<(), uri::Error> {
+ /// let mut uri = Uri::parse("/a/b/c/./../../g")?;
+ /// uri.normalize();
+ /// assert_eq!("/a/g", uri.path_as_string()?);
+ /// # Ok(())
+ /// # }
+ /// ```
pub fn normalize(&mut self) {
self.path = Self::normalize_path(&self.path);
}
- // This method applies the "remove_dot_segments" routine talked about
- // in RFC 3986 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986) to the path
- // segments of the URI, in order to normalize the path
- // (apply and remove "." and ".." segments).
fn normalize_path<T>(original_path: T) -> Vec<Vec<u8>>
where T: AsRef<[Vec<u8>]>
{
@@ -190,6 +294,14 @@ impl Uri {
normalized_path
}
+ /// Interpret the given string as a URI, separating its various components,
+ /// returning a `Uri` value containing them.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// There are many ways to screw up a URI string, and this function will
+ /// let you know what's up by returning a variant of the
+ /// [`Error`](enum.Error.html) type.
pub fn parse<T>(uri_string: T) -> Result<Self, Error>
where T: AsRef<str>
{
@@ -292,11 +404,43 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Borrow the path component of the URI.
+ ///
+ /// The path is represented as a two-dimensional vector:
+ /// * the "segments" or pieces of the path between the slashes
+ /// * the bytes that make up each segment
+ ///
+ /// Byte vectors are used instead of strings because segments may contain
+ /// non-UTF8 sequences.
+ ///
+ /// Leading and trailing slashes in the path are special cases represented
+ /// by extra empty segments at the beginning and/or end of the path.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// (Note: the examples below show strings, not byte vectors, simply to be
+ /// more readable.)
+ ///
+ /// ```text
+ /// "foo/bar" -> ["foo", "bar"]
+ /// "/foo/bar" -> ["", "foo", "bar"]
+ /// "foo/bar/" -> ["foo", "bar", ""]
+ /// "/foo/bar/" -> ["", "foo", "bar", ""]
+ /// "/" -> [""]
+ /// "" -> []
+ /// ```
#[must_use = "you called path() to get the path, so why you no use?"]
pub fn path(&self) -> &Vec<Vec<u8>> {
&self.path
}
+ /// Convert the path portion of the URI into a string.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// Since path segments may contain non-UTF8 byte sequences, this function
+ /// may return
+ /// [`Error::CannotExpressAsUtf8`](enum.Error.html#variant.CannotExpressAsUtf8).
#[must_use = "we went through all that trouble to put the path into a string, and you don't want it?"]
pub fn path_as_string(&self) -> Result<String, Error> {
match &*self.path {
@@ -310,6 +454,7 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Return a copy of the port (if any) contained in the URI.
#[must_use = "why did you get the port number and then throw it away?"]
pub fn port(&self) -> Option<u16> {
if let Some(authority) = &self.authority {
@@ -319,11 +464,18 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Borrow the query (if any) of the URI.
#[must_use = "don't you want to know what that query was?"]
pub fn query(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> {
self.query.as_deref()
}
+ /// Convert the query (if any) into a string.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// Since queries may contain non-UTF8 byte sequences, this function may
+ /// return [`Error::CannotExpressAsUtf8`](enum.Error.html#variant.CannotExpressAsUtf8).
#[must_use = "use the query return value silly programmer"]
pub fn query_as_string(&self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
self.query()
@@ -334,11 +486,26 @@ impl Uri {
.transpose()
}
+ /// Return a new URI which is the result of applying the given relative
+ /// reference to the URI, following the algorithm from [RFC 3986 section
+ /// 5.2.2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-5.2.2).
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```rust
+ /// # extern crate uri;
+ /// use uri::Uri;
+ ///
+ /// # fn test() -> Result<(), uri::Error> {
+ /// let base = Uri::parse("http://a/b/c/d;p?q")?;
+ /// let relative_reference = Uri::parse("g;x?y#s")?;
+ /// let resolved = base.resolve(&relative_reference);
+ /// assert_eq!("http://a/b/c/g;x?y#s", resolved.path_as_string()?);
+ /// # Ok(())
+ /// # }
+ /// ```
#[must_use = "why go through all that effort to resolve the URI, when you're not going to use it?!"]
pub fn resolve(&self, relative_reference: &Self) -> Self {
- // Resolve the reference by following the algorithm
- // from section 5.2.2 in
- // RFC 3986 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986).
let (scheme, authority, path, query) = if relative_reference.scheme.is_some() {
(
relative_reference.scheme.clone(),
@@ -409,6 +576,7 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Borrow the scheme (if any) component of the URI.
#[must_use = "you wanted to use that scheme, right?"]
pub fn scheme(&self) -> Option<&str> {
// NOTE: This seemingly magic `as_deref` works because of two
@@ -421,24 +589,35 @@ impl Uri {
self.scheme.as_deref()
}
+ /// Change the authority of the URI.
pub fn set_authority<T>(&mut self, authority: T)
where T: Into<Option<Authority>>
{
self.authority = authority.into();
}
+ /// Change the fragment of the URI.
pub fn set_fragment<T>(&mut self, fragment: T)
where T: Into<Option<Vec<u8>>>
{
self.fragment = fragment.into();
}
+ /// Change the path of the URI.
+ ///
+ /// Note: See [`path`](#method.path) for special notes about what the
+ /// segments of the path mean.
pub fn set_path<T>(&mut self, path: T)
where T: Into<Vec<Vec<u8>>>
{
self.path = path.into();
}
+ /// Change the path of the URI using a string which is split by its slash
+ /// (`/`) characters to determine the path segments.
+ ///
+ /// Note: See [`path`](#method.path) for special notes about what the
+ /// segments of the path mean.
pub fn set_path_from_str<T>(&mut self, path: T)
where T: AsRef<str>
{
@@ -453,12 +632,20 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Change the query of the URI.
pub fn set_query<T>(&mut self, query: T)
where T: Into<Option<Vec<u8>>>
{
self.query = query.into();
}
+ /// Change the scheme of the URI.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// The set of characters allowed in the scheme of a URI is limited.
+ /// [`Error::IllegalCharacter`](enum.Error.html#variant.IllegalCharacter)
+ /// is returned if you try to use a character that isn't allowed.
pub fn set_scheme<T>(&mut self, scheme: T) -> Result<(), Error>
where T: Into<Option<String>>
{
@@ -503,6 +690,11 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Borrow the userinfo portion (if any) of the Authority (if any) of the
+ /// URI.
+ ///
+ /// Note that you can get `None` if there is either no Authority in the URI
+ /// or there is an Authority in the URI but it has no userinfo in it.
#[must_use = "security breach... security breach... userinfo not used"]
pub fn userinfo(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> {
if let Some(authority) = &self.authority {
@@ -512,6 +704,12 @@ impl Uri {
}
}
+ /// Convert the fragment (if any) into a string.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// Since fragments may contain non-UTF8 byte sequences, this function may
+ /// return [`Error::CannotExpressAsUtf8`](enum.Error.html#variant.CannotExpressAsUtf8).
#[must_use = "come on, you intended to use that userinfo return value, didn't you?"]
pub fn userinfo_as_string(&self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
self.userinfo()