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.. _dav_extensions:
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Extending the DAV server
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Nextcloud apps can extend the DAV server by registering SabreDAV plugins that hook into
different phases of a DAV request. Plugins can add handlers for custom methods and
properties, adjust response behavior, and more. See `Writing Plugins - sabre/dav
<https://sabre.io/dav/writing-plugins/>`_ for additional possibilities.
Registering a DAV plugin
------------------------
To register a server plugin in your app, register an event listener for
``OCA\DAV\Events\SabrePluginAddEvent`` (introduced in Nextcloud 28). In the
listener's handler, add your DAV plugin to the server.
For example:
.. code-block:: php
:caption: MyApplication.php
class MyApplication extends App implements IBootstrap {
public function register(IRegistrationContext $context): void {
$context->registerEventListener(SabrePluginAddEvent::class, MyListener::class);
}
}
.. code-block:: php
:caption: MyListener.php
use OCP\EventDispatcher\Event;
use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventListener;
use OCA\DAV\Events\SabrePluginAddEvent;
class MyListener implements IEventListener {
public function handle(Event $event): void {
if (!$event instanceof SabrePluginAddEvent) {
return;
}
$server = $event->getServer();
$server->addPlugin(new MyDavPlugin());
}
}
Handling DAV events
-------------------
In this example, we register a handler for the ``propFind`` event and add a
custom property that is returned in PROPFIND requests.
.. code-block:: php
:caption: MyDavPlugin.php
use Sabre\DAV\ServerPlugin;
use Sabre\DAV\PropFind;
class MyDavPlugin extends ServerPlugin {
public function initialize(\Sabre\DAV\Server $server): void {
// Register your property handler
$server->on('propFind', $this->handleGetProperties(...));
}
private function handleGetProperties(PropFind $propFind, \Sabre\DAV\INode $node): void {
// Add a property called "my-property" with the value "custom"
$propFind->handle('{myapplication.example}my-property', fn() => 'custom');
}
}
Performance considerations
--------------------------
In the example above, if you replace the "custom" value with a database lookup, you introduce a
performance issue: a query runs every time the property is loaded. This may
not be obvious at first, but it quickly becomes a problem, because a
``propFind`` event is emitted for every file in a collection to discover its
properties. If a collection contains 1,000 children, the code issues 1,000
queries that are likely very similar, differing only by the file identifier.
To mitigate this, Nextcloud 32 introduces a new event that signals your app to
preload data for a collection and its immediate children. Read more in
:ref:`collection_preload`.