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Sep 28, 2025

WebDAV — a Hybrid Approach to File Access over HTTP

Introduction

In previous articles, we covered both classic protocols (FTP, SFTP, SMB) and the modern object storage standard S3. However, there’s another protocol that combines features of traditional file access with HTTP — WebDAV.

This protocol became popular thanks to its simplicity, universality, and ability to work with files as if they were on a local disk, but over the internet.