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# username

[Source](https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-rust/blob/master/crates/gpudb-api/src/gpudb.rs#L1763-L1765)
pub fn [username](https://docs.kinetica.com/content/api/rust/gpudb/struct.Kinetica/username.md#method.username)(\&self) -> &[str](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.98.1/std/primitive.str.html)

The username requests authenticate with, from the options or from a `Basic` `Authorization` header among them.


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