---
id: webdavclient3
version: "3.14.7"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# webdavclient3 — WebDAV client, based on original package https://github.com/designerror/webdav-client-python but uses requests instead of PyCURL

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 748.4K/mo

## What it is and what it does

webdavclient3 is a Python WebDAV client library that provides a simple interface for interacting with WebDAV servers. It uses requests for HTTP transport instead of PyCURL, making installation straightforward. The package supports both synchronous and asynchronous operations, allowing you to check resource existence, list directories, upload and download files, create and delete directories, copy and move resources, and manage publish/unpublish states.

The library is designed for working with cloud storage services that expose WebDAV endpoints. It handles authentication, SSL certificate verification, proxy configuration, request timeouts, and speed limiting. You configure a Client with a hostname and credentials, then call methods like download_sync(), upload_sync(), list(), mkdir(), and clean() to perform operations on remote resources.

Use it for:

- Sync local directories with WebDAV-backed cloud storage by using pull() and push() methods
- Automate file uploads and downloads to a WebDAV server in a Python application or script
- Manage remote directories and files (create, delete, copy, move) without manual intervention
- Integrate WebDAV storage access into a Python application with configurable timeouts and proxies
- Batch download or upload multiple files asynchronously with callback progress tracking

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Python WebDAV client library providing access to WebDAV servers with file operations including upload, download, copy, move, and directory management.

Yes, if you need WebDAV client functionality and your server is compatible. The package has low install friction, permissive licensing, no known vulnerabilities, and works across Python versions 3.6 and later. Maintenance is aging but not abandoned—consider it stable for basic operations. Verify compatibility with your specific WebDAV server and test asynchronous features before relying on them in production.

## Install

pip install webdavclient3
uv add webdavclient3
poetry add webdavclient3

## Installing webdavclient3

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel and only three runtime dependencies (requests, lxml, python-dateutil). Maintenance status is aging—last release was 189 days ago—but the repository remains active with recent commits and no archived status.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you may use, modify, and distribute the package freely provided you include the license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install webdavclient3

from webdavclient3.client import Client

options = {
    'webdav_hostname': 'https://webdav.server.ru',
    'webdav_login': 'login',
    'webdav_password': 'password'
}
client = Client(options)
client.mkdir('directory_name')

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package handles concurrent or high-throughput WebDAV operations reliably
- Current test coverage and stability guarantees for modern Python versions
- Performance characteristics and reliability of asynchronous methods in production

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 748.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

webdav client python, webdav file operations, cloud storage access, remote file management, webdav server integration, file sync webdav, webdav upload download, webdav, cloud-storage, file-sync

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