CreateDiskMountURL API¶

Creates a time-limited WebDAV disk mount URL for the currently authenticated user. The returned URL points to the root of the infoRouter WebDAV share and can be used to mount infoRouter as a network drive in Windows Explorer or any WebDAV-capable client. A dedicated DAV session ticket is generated for the URL; the calling user's normal authentication ticket is not embedded in it.

Endpoint¶

/srv.asmx/CreateDiskMountURL

Methods¶

• GET /srv.asmx/CreateDiskMountURL?authenticationTicket=...&customExpirationDate=...

• POST /srv.asmx/CreateDiskMountURL (form data)

• SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/CreateDiskMountURL

Parameters¶

Response¶

Success Response¶

<response success="true">

  <Value>/dav/sid-3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301/</Value>

</response>

Error Response¶

<response success="false" error="[ErrorCode] Error message" />

Required Permissions¶

• Any authenticated user with a valid ticket may call this API.

• No additional document or folder permission is required -" the returned URL grants WebDAV access to items the user would normally be permitted to see.

• Anonymous users cannot obtain a WebDAV mount URL.

Example¶

GET Request¶

GET /srv.asmx/CreateDiskMountURL?authenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301&customExpirationDate=2026-12-31T23:59:59 HTTP/1.1

POST Request¶

POST /srv.asmx/CreateDiskMountURL HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

authenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301

&customExpirationDate=2026-12-31T23:59:59

SOAP Request¶

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

               xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/">

  <soap:Body>

    <tns:CreateDiskMountURL>

      <tns:AuthenticationTicket>3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301</tns:AuthenticationTicket>

      <tns:customExpirationDate>2026-12-31T23:59:59</tns:customExpirationDate>

    </tns:CreateDiskMountURL>

  </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

Using the Returned URL¶

Construct the full mount URL by prepending your server's base address to the Value returned in the response:

https://yourserver.example.com/dav/sid-3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301/

This URL can be mapped as a network drive on Windows:

net use Z: "https://yourserver.example.com/dav/sid-3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301/"

JavaScript¶

Every call answers XML with HTTP 200, success or not, so success is the thing to branch on and errorCode is the number to report.

async function call(action, params) {
  const response = await fetch(`/srv.asmx/${action}?${new URLSearchParams(params)}`);
  const root = new DOMParser()
    .parseFromString(await response.text(), 'text/xml')
    .documentElement;

  if (root.getAttribute('success') !== 'true') {
    throw new Error(`${root.getAttribute('errorCode')}: ${root.getAttribute('error')}`);
  }
  return root;
}

Opens a WebDAV session and returns the path to mount. The answer is a path, not a full URL: prepend the server address.

const root = await call('CreateDiskMountURL', {
  authenticationTicket: ticket,
  customExpirationDate: '2027-01-01'
});

const url = location.origin + root.querySelector('Value').textContent;  // https://host/dav/sid-<guid>/

The expiry must be in the future. A date already past is refused with 4000, rather than handing back a mount path that looks usable but is already expired. customExpirationDate binds as a DateTime, so a value that is not a date is refused with HTTP 400 before the operation runs.

Notes¶

• The returned URL is root-level WebDAV -" it gives access to all domains and folders the user is permitted to browse, not a specific document.

• A separate DAV session ticket is created for the URL. This ticket is independent of the caller's authentication ticket and can be handed to a WebDAV client without exposing the original ticket.

• The ticket embedded in the URL expires at customExpirationDate. After expiry, the mount URL stops working and a new URL must be requested.

• If customExpirationDate is supplied in UTC, the server automatically converts it to local time before creating the ticket.

• To create a URL for editing a specific document (e.g. opening a Word file directly in Microsoft Office), use CreateEditDocumentURL instead.

• The WebDAV endpoint supports PROPFIND, GET, PUT, LOCK, and UNLOCK operations, enabling full read/write access through compatible clients.

Related APIs¶

• CreateEditDocumentURL - Create a WebDAV editing URL for a specific document

• CreateWebDavSession - Create the same WebDAV session and get its ticket, expiry and path

• GetWebDavSessions - List the WebDAV sessions this API and CreateWebDavSession created

• RemoveWebDavSession - Remove one of them

• GetDocument - Retrieve document properties including the document path

Error Codes¶

The errorCode values this operation returns, checked against a running server: