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Asked: 2026-06-01T20:17:23+00:00

Is there a minimal (possibly annotated) example of a typical request-response cycle, with both

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Is there a minimal (possibly annotated) example of a typical request-response cycle, with both headers and body. As I understand it, this consists of an initial OPTIONS and a subsequent PROPFIND exchange – after that, GET and PUT should be straightforward, so I don’t need a generic example there.

I’ve been considering exposing existing RESTful resources (collections and individual items within) via WebDAV. I only need basic functionality to work – listing directories, reading and writing files – which AFAICT means adding PROPFIND support should suffice.

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    The specification includes examples:

    Minimal

    Request:

    OPTIONS /somecollection/ HTTP/1.1
Host: example.org

    Response:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Allow: OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, COPY, MOVE
Allow: MKCOL, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, LOCK, UNLOCK, ORDERPATCH
DAV: 1, 2, ordered-collections

    Realistic

    Request:

      PROPFIND /somecollection HTTP/1.1
    Depth: 0
    Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
    Content-Length: xxx

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    <propfind xmlns="DAV:">
      <prop>
        <supported-live-property-set/>
        <supported-method-set/>
      </prop>
    </propfind>

    Response: 

    HTTP/1.1 207 Multi-Status
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
Content-Length: xxx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<multistatus xmlns="DAV:">
  <response>
    <href>http://example.org/somecollection</href>
    <propstat>
      <prop>
        <supported-live-property-set>
          <supported-live-property>
            <prop><ordering-type/></prop>
          </supported-live-property>
          <!-- ... other live properties omitted for brevity ... -->
        </supported-live-property-set>
        <supported-method-set>
          <supported-method name="COPY" />
          <supported-method name="DELETE" />
          <supported-method name="GET" />
          <supported-method name="HEAD" />
          <supported-method name="LOCK" />
          <supported-method name="MKCOL" />
          <supported-method name="MOVE" />
          <supported-method name="OPTIONS" />
          <supported-method name="ORDERPATCH" />
          <supported-method name="POST" />
          <supported-method name="PROPFIND" />
          <supported-method name="PROPPATCH" />
          <supported-method name="PUT" />
          <supported-method name="TRACE" />
          <supported-method name="UNLOCK" />
        </supported-method-set>
      </prop>
      <status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</status>
    </propstat>
  </response>
</multistatus>
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