https://github.com/stapelberg/android-davsync

Tool to (automatically) share pictures to a WebDAV server
https://github.com/stapelberg/android-davsync

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Tool to (automatically) share pictures to a WebDAV server

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stapelberg/android-davsync
• Owner: stapelberg
• License: other
• Created: 2013-03-10T20:21:18.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-02-14T16:44:20.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-14T20:07:09.206Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Java
• Size: 423 KB
• Stars: 49
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 21
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
DavSync (or net.zekjur.davsync to be specific)

==============================================



After installing this Android App, you can share images from your gallery to

your WebDAV server. Furthermore, every picture you take with the camera will

automatically be uploaded to your WebDAV server — unless you turn that off, of

course.

Why would you want this? If you don’t have automatic Picasa uploads enabled due

to privacy concerns or other reasons, you still might want to backup/archive

every picture you take. Also, if you run a WebDAV server on your workstation,

automatically synchronizing your pictures is much better than having to import

them manually with gphoto or other programs.

Project status and contributions

================================

This app works for me. That means, I will most likely not touch it, except

when I want to add a feature that I want.

In case you want to have a specific feature implemented, *DO NOT FILE A FEATURE

REQUEST*. I will close such tickets immediately, unless they come with code.

The rule is: you want it, you send a pull request. I might still decline it if

it doesn’t fit into my vision of what the app should do.

Installation and configuration

==============================

Install [DavSync from Google

play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.zekjur.davsync) or

compile it yourself. Then, chose “DavSync” in your application drawer. Set up

the following fields:

* WebDAV URL: the full URL to your WebDAV server, including the trailing slash.

  Example:

      http://my-dav-server.example.com/pictures/

* WebDAV username/password: It is strongly recommended to protect your WebDAV

  server with a username/password. DavSync supports basic authentication only.

Ideas for enhancements

======================

For the following features, pull requests will be accepted:

* Implement strong SSL certificate validation. I have no clue how the Apache

  HTTP Client API verifies SSL by default (I suspect not at all).

* Implement SSL certificate pinning. Instead of trusting certificate

  hierarchies, allow the user to pin a specific certificate by fingerprint, no

  matter whether it is self-signed or not.

* Better error handling: Currently, it is not possible to retry/schedule a

  retry when uploading a file fails.

* Enhance the Preferences activity to allow configuration of multiple WebDAV

  servers, add a popup dialog with server selection in the ShareActivity.

* Beautify the Preferences activity to show the current values of WebDAV

  URL/username underneath the label (see comment in

  [SettingsActivity.java](https://github.com/mstap/android-davsync/blob/master/src/net/zekjur/davsync/SettingsActivity.java).

* Add an option to resize images before uploading to save bandwidth.

* A better icon would be great.

Example lighttpd setup

======================

In case you are not yet running a WebDAV server, simply `apt-get install

lighttpd lighttpd-mod-webdav`, then add a virtual host definition like this

one:

    server.modules = (

      # …

      "

      "mod_auth",

      "mod_webdav",

    )

    $HTTP["host"] == "webdav.example.com" {

      server.document-root = "/home/michael/pictures/dav/"

      webdav.activate = "enable"

      webdav.is-readonly = "disable"

      webdav.sqlite-db-name = "/var/run/lighttpd/lighttpd.webdav_lock.db"

      auth.backend = "htpasswd"

      auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile = "/home/michael/pictures/.htpasswd-dav"

      auth.require = ("/" =>

        (

         "method" => "basic",

         "realm" => "My WebDAV server",

         "require" => "valid-user"

        )

      )

    }

Then, `chown www-data.www-data /home/michael/pictures/dav/` and you should be

good to go. Use “cadaver” as a command line WebDAV client to verify your setup.