Find users and groups

The following example shows you how to find users and groups by name, for example to choose whom to give access (RFC 3744 principal-property-search).

C# example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
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/");

                IReadOnlyList<Uri> principalCollections = await client.GetPrincipalCollections("");

                if (principalCollections.Count == 0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("The server does not support access control.");
                    return;
                }

                IReadOnlyList<ResourceInfo> principals = await client.SearchPrincipals(principalCollections[0].AbsoluteUri, "ann");

                foreach (ResourceInfo principal in principals)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(principal.DisplayName + " " + principal.Uri);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
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 principalCollections As IReadOnlyList(Of Uri) = Await client.GetPrincipalCollections("")

                If principalCollections.Count = 0 Then
                    Console.WriteLine("The server does not support access control.")
                    Return
                End If

                Dim principals As IReadOnlyList(Of ResourceInfo) = Await client.SearchPrincipals(principalCollections(0).AbsoluteUri, "ann")

                For Each principal As ResourceInfo In principals
                    Console.WriteLine(principal.DisplayName & " " & principal.Uri.ToString())
                Next
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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