Lock and unlock folders

The following example shows you how to lock a folder with all its contents, so that only this client can add, change or delete files in it.

C# example

using System;
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/");

                // Depth.Infinity locks the folder and everything in it.
                ActiveLock folderLock = await client.Lock("documents/", LockScope.Exclusive, Depth.Infinity, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10));

                await client.Upload("documents/budget.xlsx", "budget.xlsx");
                await client.Delete("documents/notes.txt");

                await client.Unlock(folderLock);
                Console.WriteLine("Done.");
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
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/")

                ' Depth.Infinity locks the folder and everything in it.
                Dim folderLock As ActiveLock = Await client.Lock("documents/", LockScope.Exclusive, Depth.Infinity, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10))

                Await client.Upload("documents/budget.xlsx", "budget.xlsx")
                Await client.Delete("documents/notes.txt")

                Await client.Unlock(folderLock)
                Console.WriteLine("Done.")
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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