webdav search returns 405

Question

I am building a client application for webdav. I have implemented webdav protocols like MKCOl, delete, prop find, move, copy and it is working fine. When I tried to implement search method, server returns:

405 method not allowed

I am using apache2 server, do I need any configuration change in the server? I got to know from the link How to get the list of folders and files deployed on Linux WebDav? that some servers will not support search method, and suggestion given from the link is to use webdav propfind method, so I want to know whether propfind with depth infinity is feasible for file system with large collections.

Answer 1

You can craft the PROPFIND request to limit the fields that are returned. If you were to limit this request to the searchable parameters, it could work for you.

[is] depth infinity feasible for file system with large collections

It depends, of course, on how large the collections are. You will be receiving several hundred bytes of data for each item in the collection. A collection with millions of objects could result in a pretty big response!