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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

WebDAV PROPFIND

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Demonstrates how to send a WebDAV PROPFIND HTTP request.

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var
success: Integer;
req: TChilkatHttpRequest;
http: TChilkatHttp;
xmlBody: WideString;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;
responseXml: WideString;
statusCode: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

//  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

req := TChilkatHttpRequest.Create(Self);
http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

//  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.HttpVerb := 'PROPFIND';

//  The Content-Type should be "application/xml", and
//  the charset attribute in the Content-Type header should
//  be utf-8:
req.ContentType := 'application/xml';
req.Charset := 'utf-8';
req.SendCharset := 1;

//  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:
xmlBody := 'This is the string that should contain the XML body...';
success := req.LoadBodyFromString(xmlBody,'utf-8');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(req.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  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:

resp := TChilkatHttpResponse.Create(Self);
success := http.HttpSReq('webdav.chilkatstorage.com',443,1,req.ControlInterface,resp.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Get the XML response:

responseXml := resp.BodyStr;
Memo1.Lines.Add('XML Response: ' + responseXml);

//  Get the response status code, such as 207

statusCode := resp.StatusCode;
Memo1.Lines.Add('StatusCode = ' + IntToStr(statusCode));