Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

WebDAV PROPFIND

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Demonstrates how to send a WebDAV PROPFIND HTTP request. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpRequest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        Http http = new Http();

        // The PROPFIND request to be sent will look similar to this:
        // This is from RFC 4918 at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-9.1.3

        //      PROPFIND /file HTTP/1.1
        //      Host: www.example.com
        //      Content-type: application/xml; charset="utf-8";
        //      Content-Length: xxxx
        //
        //      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
        //      <D:propfind xmlns:D="DAV:">
        //        <D:prop xmlns:R="http://ns.example.com/boxschema/">
        //          <R:bigbox/>
        //          <R:author/>
        //          <R:DingALing/>
        //          <R:Random/>
        //        </D:prop>
        //      </D:propfind>

        // Build the HTTP request object.

        // The HTTP verb should be "PROPFIND";
        req.setHttpVerb("PROPFIND");

        // The Content-Type should be "application/xml", and
        // the charset attribute in the Content-Type header should
        // be utf-8:
        req.setContentType("application/xml");
        req.setCharset("utf-8");
        req.setSendCharset(true);

        // Load the request body with the XML.  Your application
        // is free to construct the XML using any means desired.
        // Once the XML is prepared, load it into the request body
        // like this:
        String xmlBody = "This is the string that should contain the XML body...";
        try {
            req.loadBodyFromString(xmlBody, "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // For this example, pretend the WEBDAV endpoint is:
        // https://webdav.chilkatstorage.com/

        // Note: There is no actual "chilkatstorage.com" site.
        // This is only an example...

        // The "path" part of this endpoint URL is simply "/".

        // Send the request to the WebDAV endpoint using
        // the HttpSReq method:

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpSReq("webdav.chilkatstorage.com", 443, true, req, resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the XML response:
        String responseXml = resp.getBodyStr();
        System.out.println("XML Response: " + responseXml);

        // Get the response status code, such as 207
        int statusCode = resp.getStatusCode();
        System.out.println("StatusCode = " + statusCode);
    }
}