Proxy, certificates, timeout and HttpClient

The following example shows you how to configure the connection: a proxy, client and server certificates, the timeout and the User-Agent. WebdavClient sends its requests through the HttpClientHandler you pass to it.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Independentsoft.Webdav;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler();
            handler.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
            handler.PreAuthenticate = true;

            // A proxy server:
            // handler.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://proxy:8080");

            // A client certificate:
            // handler.ClientCertificates.Add(new X509Certificate2("client.pfx", "password"));

            // Accept a self-signed server certificate (for test servers only).
            handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, certificate, chain, errors) => true;

            using (WebdavClient client = new WebdavClient(handler))
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://myserver/dav/");
                client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2);
                client.UserAgent = "MyApplication/1.0";

                ServerOptions options = await client.GetOptions("");

                Console.WriteLine("Connected. WebDAV compliance classes: " + string.Join(", ", options.DavCompliance));
            }

            // With IHttpClientFactory, pass an HttpClient instead: new WebdavClient(httpClient)
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Net.Http
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports Independentsoft.Webdav

Namespace Sample
    Module Program
        Sub Main(args As String())
            RunAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult()
        End Sub

        Private Async Function RunAsync() As Task
            Dim handler As New HttpClientHandler()
            handler.Credentials = New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
            handler.PreAuthenticate = True

            ' A proxy server:
            ' handler.Proxy = New WebProxy("http://proxy:8080")

            ' A client certificate:
            ' handler.ClientCertificates.Add(New X509Certificate2("client.pfx", "password"))

            ' Accept a self-signed server certificate (for test servers only).
            handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = Function(message, certificate, chain, errors) True

            Using client As New WebdavClient(handler)
                client.BaseAddress = New Uri("https://myserver/dav/")
                client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2)
                client.UserAgent = "MyApplication/1.0"

                Dim options As ServerOptions = Await client.GetOptions("")

                Console.WriteLine("Connected. WebDAV compliance classes: " & String.Join(", ", options.DavCompliance))
            End Using

            ' With IHttpClientFactory, pass an HttpClient instead: New WebdavClient(httpClient)
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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