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BaseX offers access to the databases and documents using the [httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webdav WebDAV] protocol. WebDAV provides convenient means to access and edit XML documents by representing BaseX databases and documents in the form of a file system hierarchy.

By default, the BaseX HTTP server makes the WebDAV service accessible at {{Code|http://localhost:89848080/webdav/}}. If no default credentials are specified, they will be requested by the client ([[Web Application#User Management|see further]]). It can be accessed by either <code>http:&#47;&#47;<httphost>:<httpport>/webdav/</code> or <code>webdav://<httphost>:<httpport>/webdav/</code>, depending on your WebDAV client.

Please note that the file size of XML documents will be displayed as 0 bytes, as the actual file size can only be determined if the full document is being returned and serialized. This may cause problems with some WebDAV clients (e.g. , NetDrive or WebDrive).

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The WebDAV service uses the database user credentials in order to perform authentication and authorization. If database A default user and password are explicitly specified when starting can be defined in the BaseX HTTP Server using the corresponding configuration [[Command-Line OptionsWeb Application#BaseX_HTTP_ServerAuthentication|startup optionsas described here]], WebDAV will not request additional user authentication from the client.

In the WebDAV root directory, all existing databases are listed. As new resources can only be stored within inside a database, it is not possible to store files in the root directory. If a file is copied on top level, a new database will be created, which contains this resource. =Resources= ==XML Documents== Uploaded files that start with an angle bracket will be stored as XML files. XML entities will be decoded during this process. If a file is downloaded, the characters with the following code points will be encoded as entities: * 160 (non-breaking space)* 8192–8207, 8232–8239, 8287–8303 (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Punctuation General Punctuation]) ==Binary Files== If XML parsing files, or if the first character of the input is no angle bracket, the file will be stored as binary resource.

The BaseX WebDAV implementation supports locking. It can be utilized with clients which support this feature (e.g. [[oXygen|oXygen Editor]]). [httphttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-6.2 EXCLUSIVE and SHARED] locks are supported, as well as [httphttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-7 WRITE] locks.