Config File

webdav.json file

When the file does not exist

When the file /data/webdav.json does not exist, http://127.0.0.1/ will map to the /data directory.

logging output

WARNING: load config value from file[/data/webdav.json] failed, [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/data/webdav.json'
INFO: [asgi_webdav.webdav] ASGI WebDAV(v0.3.1) starting...
INFO: [asgi_webdav.distributor] Mapping Prefix: / => file:///data
INFO: [asgi_webdav.auth] Register Account: username, allow:[''], deny:[]
INFO: [uvicorn] Started server process [7]
INFO: [uvicorn] Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:80 (Press CTRL+C to quit)

When the file exists

When the file exists, the mapping relationship is defined by the file content.

Sample

{
    "account_mapping": [
        {
            "username": "username",
            "password": "password",
            "permissions": [
                "+"
            ]
        },
        {
            "username": "litmus",
            "password": "password",
            "permissions": [
                "+^/$",
                "+^/litmus",
                "-^/litmus/other"
            ]
        },
        {
            "username": "guest",
            "password": "password",
            "permissions": []
        }
    ],
    "provider_mapping": [
        {
            "prefix": "/",
            "uri": "file:///data/root",
            "read_only": true
        },
        {
            "prefix": "/provider",
            "uri": "memory:///",
            "read_only": true
        },
        {
            "prefix": "/provider/fs",
            "uri": "file:///data/litmus"
        },
        {
            "prefix": "/provider/memory",
            "uri": "memory:///"
        },
        {
            "prefix": "/~",
            "uri": "file:///data/home",
            "home_dir": true
        }
    ],
    "logging_level": "INFO"
}

logging output

INFO: [asgi_webdav.server] ASGI WebDAV Server(v1.3.2) starting...
INFO: [asgi_webdav.auth] Register Account: username, allow:[''], deny:[]
INFO: [asgi_webdav.auth] Register Account: litmus, allow:['^/$', '^/litmus'], deny:['^/litmus/other']
INFO: [asgi_webdav.auth] Register Account: guest, allow:[], deny:[]
INFO: [asgi_webdav.web_dav] Mapping Prefix: / --[ReadOnly]--> file:///data/root
INFO: [asgi_webdav.web_dav] Mapping Prefix: /provider --[ReadOnly]--> memory:///
INFO: [asgi_webdav.web_dav] Mapping Prefix: /provider/fs --> file:///tmp
INFO: [asgi_webdav.web_dav] Mapping Prefix: /provider/memory --> memory:///
INFO: [asgi_webdav.web_dav] Mapping Prefix: /~ --[Home]--> file:///data/home/{user name}
INFO: [asgi_webdav.server] ASGI WebDAV Server running on http://localhost:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Config Object

root object

• Introduced in 0.1
• Last updated in 1.1

Key	Use For	Value Type	Default Value
account_mapping	auth	list[User]	[]
http_digest_auth	auth	HTTPDigestAuth	HTTPDigestAuth()
provider_mapping	mapping	list[Provider]	[]
hide_file_in_dir	rules	HideFileInDir	HideFileInDir()
guess_type_extension	rules	GuessTypeExtension	GuessTypeExtension()
text_file_charset_detect	rules	TextFileCharsetDetect	TextFileCharsetDetect()
compression	response	Compression	Compression()
cors	response	CORS	CORS()
logging_level	other	str	"INFO"

Example

{
    "account_mapping": [...],
    "http_digest_auth": {...},
    "provider_mapping": [...],
    "hide_file_in_dir": {...},
    "guess_type_extension": {...},
    "text_file_charset_detect": {...},
    "compression": {...},
    "cors": {...},
    "logging_level": "INFO"
}

for Authentication

User Object

• Introduced in 0.3.1
• Last updated in 0.7.0

Key	Value Type	Default Value
username	str	-
password	str	-
permissions	list[str]	[]
admin	bool	false

• When the value of admin is true, the user can access the web page /_/admin/xxx

Permissions Format/Example

• Introduced in 0.3.1
• Last updated in 0.3.1

Value	Allow	Deny
["+"]	Any	-
["-"]	-	Any
["+^/$"]	/	/path
["+^/path"]	/path,/path/sub	/other
["+^/path", "-^/path/sub2"]	/path,/path/sub1	/path/sub2

HTTPDigestAuth Object

• Introduced in 0.7.0
• Last updated in 0.9.0

Key	Value Type	Default Value
enable	bool	false
enable_rule	str	``
disable_rule	str	neon/

• When enable is true, the disable_rule is valid
• When enable is false, the enable_rule is valid

for URL Mapping

Provider Object

• Introduced in 0.1
• Last updated in 1.4.0

Key	Value Type	Default Value
prefix	str	-
uri	str	-
home_dir	bool	false
read_only	bool	false

Home Directory

• When home_dir is true, it is the home directory. The prefix recommends using /~ or /home.

• When home_dir is true and prefix is /~ and uri is file:///data/homes and username is user_x ; http://webdav.host/~/path will map to file:///data/homes/user_x/path.

• When read_only is true; it is a read only directory, include subdirectories.

for Rules Process

HideFileInDir Object

• Introduced in 1.0
• Last updated in 1.0

Key	Value Type	Default Value	Example
enable	bool	true	-
enable_default_rules	bool	true	-
user_rules	dict	{}	like default

GuessTypeExtension Object

• Introduced in 0.4
• Last updated in 0.4

Key	Value Type	Default Value	Example
enable	bool	true	-
enable_default_mapping	bool	true	-
filename_mapping	dict[str, str]	{}	{"README": "text/plain"}
suffix_mapping	dict[str, str]	{}	{".md": "text/plain"}

TextFileCharsetDetect Object

• Introduced in 0.5
• Last updated in 0.5

Key	Value Type	Default Value
enable	bool	false
default	str	"utf-8"

for Response

Compression Object

• Introduced in 0.5
• Last updated in 1.2

Key	Value Type	Default Value	Example
enable_gzip	bool	true	-
enable_brotli	bool	true	-
level	DAVCompressLevel	"recommend"	"best"
content_type_user_rule	str	""	"^application/xml$|^text/"

CompressLevel Object

• Introduced in 0.5
• Last updated in 0.5

DAVCompressLevel	Gzip Level	Brotli Level
fast	1	1
recommend	4	4
best	9	11

CORS Object

• Introduced in 1.1
• Last updated in 1.1

Key	Value Type	Default Value	Example
enable	bool	false	-
allow_url_regex	str	None	^/cors/path
allow_origins	list[str]	[]	["*"] or ["https://example.com","http://localhost"]
allow_origin_regex	str	None	^https://.*\.example\.com$
allow_methods	list[str]	["GET"]	-
allow_headers	list[str]	[]	["*"] or ["I-Am-Example-Header,"Me-Too"]
allow_credentials	bool	false	-
expose_headers	list[str]	[]	-
preflight_max_age	int	600	-