Set property

The following example shows you how to set properties of a file. Properties in your own namespace can hold any value.

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/");

                PropertyName author = new PropertyName("author", "http://example.com/ns");
                PropertyName status = new PropertyName("status", "http://example.com/ns");

                await client.SetProperty("documents/report.pdf", new Property(author, "John Smith"));

                // Several properties in one request; either all are set or none.
                await client.SetProperties("documents/report.pdf", new[]
                {
                    new Property(status, "Approved"),
                    new Property(DavProperty.DisplayName, "Annual report")
                });

                Property value = await client.GetProperty("documents/report.pdf", author);
                Console.WriteLine("Author: " + value.Value);
            }
        }
    }
}

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/")

                Dim author As New PropertyName("author", "http://example.com/ns")
                Dim status As New PropertyName("status", "http://example.com/ns")

                Await client.SetProperty("documents/report.pdf", New [Property](author, "John Smith"))

                ' Several properties in one request; either all are set or none.
                Await client.SetProperties("documents/report.pdf", {
                    New [Property](status, "Approved"),
                    New [Property](DavProperty.DisplayName, "Annual report")
                })

                Dim value As [Property] = Await client.GetProperty("documents/report.pdf", author)
                Console.WriteLine("Author: " & value.Value)
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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