Create a mount link (davmount)

The following example shows you how to create a WebDAV mount document (RFC 4709): a link that makes the user's file manager open a WebDAV folder.

C# example

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

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

            using (WebdavClient client = new WebdavClient(credential))
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://myserver/dav/");

                DavMount mount = new DavMount(new Uri(client.BaseAddress, "documents/"), null, "username");

                // Save it to a file, or serve it with the content type application/davmount+xml.
                File.WriteAllText("documents.davmount", mount.ToString());

                using (MemoryStream content = new MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mount.ToString())))
                {
                    UploadOptions options = new UploadOptions();
                    options.ContentType = DavMount.MediaType;

                    await client.Upload("documents/open-documents.davmount", content, options);
                }

                Console.WriteLine(mount);
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
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 credential As New NetworkCredential("username", "password")

            Using client As New WebdavClient(credential)
                client.BaseAddress = New Uri("https://myserver/dav/")

                Dim mount As New DavMount(New Uri(client.BaseAddress, "documents/"), Nothing, "username")

                ' Save it to a file, or serve it with the content type application/davmount+xml.
                File.WriteAllText("documents.davmount", mount.ToString())

                Using content As New MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mount.ToString()))
                    Dim options As New UploadOptions()
                    options.ContentType = DavMount.MediaType

                    Await client.Upload("documents/open-documents.davmount", content, options)
                End Using

                Console.WriteLine(mount.ToString())
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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