Sync files with public link share on nextcloud

azerdumb · June 29, 2023, 11:42am

I may be dumb but I searched a lot for this functionality. Somehow, a lot of strange answer came from search engines (even tried chatGPT that bullshited me as usual)...
You must actually understand a bit of webdav usage in nextcloud to come up with a working solution. So I think it is worth sharing

I got a public directory link share like this one:
https://dummycloud.net/s/azer9si8TG02

And I want my local directory "localdir" to be in sync with it.
All I have to do is:
rclone sync --webdav-url=https://dummycloud.net/public.php/webdav/ --webdav-user=azer9si8TG02 --webdav-vendor=nextcloud :webdav: .

You can add the parameter -webdav-pass="$(rclone obscure '12345')" if your share is protected by the password 12345.
You don’t have to do rclone conf for this example to work.

azerdumb · June 29, 2023, 11:44am

Reference:
https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/user_manual/en/files/access_webdav.html#accessing-public-shares-over-webdav

ncw · June 29, 2023, 1:23pm

If you would like you could propose a patch to the docs

There is an owncloud and nextcloud section - maybe in there?

github.com

rclone/rclone/blob/master/docs/content/webdav.md#nextcloud

---
title: "WebDAV"
description: "Rclone docs for WebDAV"
versionIntroduced: "v1.39"
---

# {{< icon "fa fa-globe" >}} WebDAV

Paths are specified as `remote:path`

Paths may be as deep as required, e.g. `remote:directory/subdirectory`.

## Configuration

To configure the WebDAV remote you will need to have a URL for it, and
a username and password.  If you know what kind of system you are
connecting to then rclone can enable extra features.

Here is an example of how to make a remote called `remote`.  First run:

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MarcelRueedi · August 15, 2023, 3:18pm

I'm always getting "Failed to create file system for ":webdav:": the remote url looks incorrect. Note that nextcloud chunked uploads require you to use the /dav/files/USER endpoint instead of /webdav. Please check 'rclone config show remotename' to verify that the url field ends in /dav/files/USERNAME"

What am I missing ?

kapitainsky · August 15, 2023, 3:31pm

Nobody can guess what you are missing. Create new thread in ‘Help and support’ and post all data you will be asked for.

MarcelRueedi · August 17, 2023, 4:57pm

Here's what I was missing - It work with version 1.62.2.
It does not work with Version 1.63.0 and 1.63.1 anymore.

kapitainsky · August 17, 2023, 4:59pm

Are you able to compile rclone from source? Then we could bisect all commits between 1.62.2 and 1.63.0 and pinpoint one which introduced this issue.

Animosity022 · August 17, 2023, 5:01pm

Posting in multiple spots..

See -> Nextcloud: broke webdav connect in new version (due to added support for chunked uploads?) · Issue #7199 · rclone/rclone · GitHub

Fixed in the latest beta.