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This page presents one of the [[Web Application]] services. It describes how to use the WebDAV file system interface.
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.
The implementation in BaseX is based on the [http://milton.io Milton library]. Currently, only Basic Authentication is supported.
=Authorization=
The WebDAV service uses the database user credentials in order to perform authentication and authorization. Initial user name and password are both set to <code>admin</code>. If database user and password are explicitly specified when starting the BaseX HTTP Server using the corresponding [[Command-Line Options#BaseX_HTTP_Server|startup options]], WebDAV will not request additional user authentication from the client.
=Root Directory=
* 160 (non-breaking space)
* 8192–8207, 8232–8239, 8287–8303 (see http[https://wwwen.w3schoolswikipedia.comorg/charsetswiki/ref_utf_punctuation.aspGeneral_Punctuation General Punctuation])
==Binary Files==
=Locking=
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.
'''Note:''' WebDAV locks are stored in a database called <code>~webdav</code>. If the database is deleted, it will automatically be recreated along with the next lock operations. If a resource remains locked, it can be unlocking by removing the correspondent <code><w:lockinfo></code> entry.
