WebDAV Class
Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors
The WebDAV Component implements an easy-to-use interface to the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol (WebDAV).
Syntax
ipworks.webdav()
Remarks
The class allows remote management of resource properties and properties, including creation, deletion, listing, copying, and moving. Resource locking is also supported.
The ListDirectory and FindProperties methods will list the properties of a resource properties or resource, and a DirList or ResourceProperties event will be fired for each matching resource.
Depth is used to determine which resources or properties are retrieved from the server. A depth of ResourceOnly will return only the resource associated with ResourceURI, or its properties. A depth of Infinity will return all resources contained within hierarchy, or their collective properties.
Note: Some servers (such as IIS 7.5) may not support a depth of Infinity by default and may return a HTTP 403 Forbidden response.
A number of operations can be performed on resources by using the various methods of the class. Please refer to the individual methods for more information.
WebDAV allows non-standard properties to be specified through XML namespaces.
The namespaces are provided in the Namespaces properties, which is filled automatically when retrieving DAV responses, but must be filled manually when requesting non-standard properties.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Accept | A list of acceptable MIME types for the request. |
| Authorization | The Authorization string to be sent to the server. |
| AuthScheme | The authentication scheme to use when server authorization is required. |
| Connected | Shows whether the component is connected. |
| CookieCount | The number of records in the Cookie arrays. |
| CookieDomain | The domain of a received cookie. |
| CookieExpiration | This property contains an expiration time for the cookie (if provided by the server). |
| CookieName | The name of the cookie. |
| CookiePath | This property contains a path name to limit the cookie to (if provided by the server). |
| CookieSecure | This property contains the security flag of the received cookie. |
| CookieValue | This property contains the value of the cookie. |
| Depth | The depth associated with the current operation. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | This property tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallType | This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallHost | This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | This property contains the TCP port for the firewall Host . |
| FirewallUser | This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| FollowRedirects | Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. |
| Idle | The current status of the component. |
| LocalFile | The path to a local file used for DAV operations. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LockOwner | The principle that owns the current resource lock. |
| LockScope | The scope of the current resource lock. |
| LockTimeout | The time to live for the current resource lock. |
| LockTokens | The lock string to be used when submitting operations on a locked resource. |
| LockType | The type of the current resource lock. |
| NamespaceCount | The number of records in the Namespace arrays. |
| NamespacePrefix | The Prefix for the Namespace . |
| NamespaceURI | Namespace URI associated with the corresponding Prefix . |
| OtherHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
| ParsedHeaderCount | The number of records in the ParsedHeader arrays. |
| ParsedHeaderField | This property contains the name of the HTTP header (same case as it is delivered). |
| ParsedHeaderValue | This property contains the header contents. |
| Password | A password if authentication is to be used. |
| PropertyCount | The number of records in the Property arrays. |
| PropertyAttr | This property shows the attribute string for the specified DAV property. |
| PropertyName | This property shows the name of the DAV property sent to or received from the server. |
| PropertyNamespaceURI | This property shows the DAV property namespace. |
| PropertyOperation | This property shows the operation to perform on a property when calling PatchProperties . |
| PropertyStatus | This property shows the status of the retrieved DAV property. |
| PropertyValue | This property shows the value of the DAV property. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | This property is used to tell the component which type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy. |
| ProxyAutoDetect | This property tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available. |
| ProxyPassword | This property contains a password if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| ProxyPort | This property contains the TCP port for the proxy Server (default 80). |
| ProxyServer | If a proxy Server is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified. |
| ProxyUser | This property contains a user name, if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| Referer | Referer URL/document (optional). |
| ResourceCount | The number of records in the Resource arrays. |
| ResourceContentLanguage | This property shows the language of the resource being returned. |
| ResourceContentLength | This property shows the length of the resource returned. |
| ResourceContentType | This property shows the type of the resource being returned. |
| ResourceDisplayName | This property shows the name of the resource being listed. |
| ResourceLastModified | This property shows the date/time stamp of the last time the resource was modified. |
| ResourceURI | This property shows the URI of the resource being returned. |
| StatusLine | The first line of the last server response. |
| Timeout | A timeout for the component. |
| TransferredData | The contents of the last response from the server. |
| TransferredDataLimit | The maximum of data to be transferred. |
| TransferredHeaders | The full set of headers as received from the server. |
| User | A user name if authentication is to be used. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| AddCookie | Adds a cookie and the corresponding value to the outgoing request headers. |
| AddNamespace | Adds a namespace to the Namespaces properties. |
| Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting . |
| CopyResource | Copy a resource to a new location. |
| DeleteResource | Delete a resource. |
| DoEvents | Processes events from the internal message queue. |
| FindProperties | Get resource property values from the server. |
| FindPropertyNames | Get resource property names from the server. |
| GetProperty | Get the value for a particular property. |
| GetResource | Get a resource using the WebDAV GET method. |
| Interrupt | Interrupt the current method. |
| ListDirectory | List the files and subdirectories of the ResourceURI . |
| LockResource | Obtain a lock for a specified resource. |
| MakeDirectory | Make a new directory. |
| MoveResource | Moves one resource to a new location. |
| PatchProperties | Update the current set of properties on the server. |
| PostToResource | Posts data to a resource using the WebDAV POST method. |
| PutResource | Send data to the server using the PUT method. |
| Reset | Reset the component. |
| SetProperty | Set the value of a property. |
| UnLockResource | Unlocks a resource. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Connected | Fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails). |
| ConnectionStatus | Fired to indicate changes in connection state. |
| DirList | Fires for each entry returned in a directory listing. |
| Disconnected | Fired when a connection is closed. |
| EndTransfer | Fired when a document finishes transferring. |
| Error | Information about errors during data delivery. |
| Header | Fired every time a header line comes in. |
| Redirect | Fired when a redirection is received from the server. |
| ResourceProperties | Fires for each entry returned through a property search. |
| SetCookie | Fired for every cookie set by the server. |
| StartTransfer | Fired when a document starts transferring (after the headers). |
| Status | Fired when the HTTP status line is received from the server. |
| Transfer | Fired while a document transfers (delivers document). |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| EncodeURL | If set to true the URL will be encoded by the component. |
| AcceptEncoding | Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports. |
| AllowHTTPCompression | This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data. |
| AllowIdenticalRedirectURL | Allow redirects to the same URL. |
| Append | Whether to append data to LocalFile. |
| Authorization | The Authorization string to be sent to the server. |
| BytesTransferred | Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data. |
| EncodeURL | If set to true the URL will be encoded by the component. |
| FollowRedirects | Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. |
| GetOn302Redirect | If set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location. |
| HTTPVersion | The version of HTTP used by the component. |
| IfModifiedSince | A date determining the maximum age of the desired document. |
| KeepAlive | Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request. |
| MaxRedirectAttempts | Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request. |
| OtherHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
| ProxyAuthorization | The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy. |
| ProxyPassword | A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| ProxyPort | Port for the proxy server (default 80). |
| ProxyServer | Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional). |
| ProxyUser | A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy. |
| TransferredDataLimit | The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component. |
| TransferredHeaders | The full set of headers as received from the server. |
| UseChunkedEncoding | Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers. |
| ChunkSize | Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding. |
| UserAgent | Information about the user agent (browser). |
| KerberosSPN | The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The TCP port in the local host where the component binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| RecordLength | The length of received data records. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
| CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |