Using WebDAV

Every Salesforce B2C Commerce instance has both an embedded WebDAV Server and a WebDAV Client.

The WebDAVClient class uses a server implemented on the merchant remote system. WebDAV uses either an HTTP or HTTPS connection. If you use WebDAV and HTTPS, you are PCI-compliant when transferring files to staging or production instances.

The WebDAV server resets the timestamp for a rename, copy, modify, or create operation to the time and date of the operation for uploaded files and directories.

For a sandbox instance, you can copy and paste files from a Windows machine into your cartridge. There is a WebDAV client integrated into the Windows operating system and a WebDAV server integrated into your cartridge.

When you use the WebDAV COPY command and try to copy a file’s content into itself, the destination is excluded because it exists (see the note below). The exclusion prevents a recursive infinite copy that fills the file system.

For example, an attempt to execute a recursive copy of the following structure:

             folder/path/content
             folder/path/content/c1
             folder/path/content/c2
             
             cp folder/path/content --> folder/path/content/targetfolder  
        

Resluts in:

             folder/path/content
             folder/path/content/c1
             folder/path/content/c2
             folder/path/content/targetfolder/c1
             folder/path/content/targetfolder/c2
        

In the example, targetfolder doesn’t exist in the destination folder (as it would be recursively the case).