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+# EGroupware CalDAV/CardDAV server and REST API
+
+CalDAV/CardDAV is build on HTTP and WebDAV, implementing the following additional RFCs containing documentation of the protocol:
+* [rfc4791: CalDAV: Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4791)
+* [rfc6638: Scheduling Extensions to CalDAV](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6638)
+* [rfc6352: CardDAV: vCard Extensions to WebDAV](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6352)
+* [rfc6578: Collection Synchronization for WebDAV](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6578)
+* many additional extensions from former Apple Calendaring Server used by Apple clients and others
+
+## Path / URL layout for CalDAV/CardDAV and REST is identical
+
+One can use the following URLs relative (!) to https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php
+
+- ```/```                        base of Cal|Card|GroupDAV tree, only certain clients (KDE, Apple) can autodetect folders from here
+- ```/principals/```             principal-collection-set for WebDAV ACL
+- ```/principals/users/<username>/```
+- ```/principals/groups/<groupname>/```
+- ```/<username>/```             users home-set with
+- ```/<username>/addressbook/``` addressbook of user or group <username> given the user has rights to view it
+- ```/<current-username>/addressbook-<other-username>/``` shared addressbooks from other user or group
+- ```/<current-username>/addressbook-accounts/``` all accounts current user has rights to see
+- ```/<username>/calendar/```    calendar of user <username> given the user has rights to view it
+- ```/<username>/calendar/?download``` download whole calendar as .ics file (GET request!)
+- ```/<current-username>/calendar-<other-username>/``` shared calendar from other user or group (only current <username>!)
+- ```/<username>/inbox/```       scheduling inbox of user <username>
+- ```/<username>/outbox/```      scheduling outbox of user <username>
+- ```/<username>/infolog/```     InfoLog's of user <username> given the user has rights to view it
+- ```/addressbook/``` all addressbooks current user has rights to, announced as directory-gateway now
+- ```/addressbook-accounts/``` all accounts current user has rights to see
+- ```/calendar/```    calendar of current user
+- ```/infolog/```     infologs of current user
+- ```/(resources|locations)/<resource-name>/calendar``` calendar of a resource/location, if user has rights to view
+- ```/<current-username>/(resource|location)-<resource-name>``` shared calendar from a resource/location
+
+Shared addressbooks or calendars are only shown in the users home-set, if he subscribed to it via his CalDAV preferences!
+
+Calling one of the above collections with a GET request / regular browser generates an automatic index
+from the data of a allprop PROPFIND, allow browsing CalDAV/CardDAV tree with a regular browser.
+
+## REST API: using EGroupware CalDAV/CardDAV server with JSON
+> currently implemented only for contacts!
+
+Following RFCs / drafts used/planned for JSON encoding of ressources
+* [draft-ietf-jmap-jscontact: JSContact: A JSON representation of contact data](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-jmap-jscontact-07)
+* [rfc8984: JSCalendar: A JSON Representation of Calendar Data](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8984)
+
+### Supported request methods and examples
+
+* **GET** to collections with an ```Accept: application/json``` header return all resources (similar to WebDAV PROPFIND)
+<details>
+  <summary>Getting all entries of a given users addessbook</summary>
+  
+```
+curl https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/<username>/addressbook/ -H "Accept: application/pretty+json" --user <username>
+{
+  "responses": {
+    "/<username>/addressbook/1833": {
+      "uid": "5638-8623c4830472a8ede9f9f8b30d435ea4",
+      "prodId": "EGroupware Addressbook 21.1.001",
+      "created": "2010-10-21T09:55:42Z",
+      "updated": "2014-06-02T14:45:24Z",
+      "name": [
+        { "type": "personal", "value": "Default" },
+        { "type": "surname", "value": "Tester" }
+      ],
+      "fullName": { "value": "Default Tester" },
+      "organizations": {
+        "org": {
+          "name": { "value": "default.org" },
+          "units": {
+            "org_unit": { "value": "department.default.org" }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "emails": {
+        "work": { "email": "test@test.com", "contexts": { "work": true }, "pref": 1 }
+      },
+      "phones": {
+        "tel_work": { "phone": "+49 123 4567890", "pref": 1, "features": { "voice": true }, "contexts": { "work": true } },
+        "tel_cell": { "phone": "012 3723567", "features": { "cell": true }, "contexts": { "work": true } }
+      },
+      "online": {
+        "url": { "resource": "https://www.test.com/", "type": "uri", "contexts": { "work": true } }
+      },
+      "notes": [
+        { "value": "Test test TEST\n\\server\\share\n\\\nother\nblah" }
+      ],
+    },
+    "/<username>/addressbook/list-36": {
+      "uid": "dfa5cac5-987b-448b-85d7-6c8b529a835c",
+      "name": "Example distribution list",
+      "card": {
+        "uid": "dfa5cac5-987b-448b-85d7-6c8b529a835c",
+        "prodId": "EGroupware Addressbook 21.1.001",
+        "updated": "2018-04-11T14:46:43Z",
+        "fullName": { "value": "Example distribution list" }
+      },
+      "members": {
+        "5638-8623c4830472a8ede9f9f8b30d435ea4": true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+</details>
+       
+  following GET parameters are supported to customize the returned properties:
+  - props[]=<DAV-prop-name> eg. props[]=getetag to return only the ETAG (multiple DAV properties can be specified)
+    Default for addressbook collections is to only return address-data (JsContact), other collections return all props.
+  - sync-token=<token> to only request change since last sync-token, like rfc6578 sync-collection REPORT
+  - nresults=N limit number of responses (only for sync-collection / given sync-token parameter!)
+    this will return a "more-results"=true attribute and a new "sync-token" attribute to query for the next chunk
+
+<details>
+   <summary>Getting just ETAGs and displayname of all contacts in a given AB</summary>
+   
+```
+curl -i 'https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/<username>/addressbook/?props[]=getetag&props[]=displayname' -H "Accept: application/pretty+json" --user <username>
+{
+  "responses": {
+    "/addressbook/1833": {
+      "displayname": "Default Tester",
+      "getetag": "\"1833:24\""
+    },
+    "/addressbook/1838": {
+      "displayname": "Test Tester",
+      "getetag": "\"1838:19\""
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+<details>
+   <summary>Start using a sync-token to get only changed entries since last sync</summary>
+   
+#### Initial request with empty sync-token and only requesting 10 entries per chunk:
+```
+curl 'https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/?sync-token=&nresults=10&props[]=displayname' -H "Accept: application/pretty+json" --user <username>
+{
+  "responses": {
+    "/addressbook/2050": "Frau Margot Test-Notifikation",
+    "/addressbook/2384": "Test Tester",
+    "/addressbook/5462": "Margot Testgedöns",
+    "/addressbook/2380": "Frau Test Defaulterin",
+    "/addressbook/5474": "Noch ein Neuer",
+    "/addressbook/5575": "Mr New Name",
+    "/addressbook/5461": "Herr Hugo Kurt Müller Senior",
+    "/addressbook/5601": "Steve Jobs",
+    "/addressbook/5603": "Ralf Becker",
+    "/addressbook/1838": "Test Tester"
+  },
+  "more-results": true,
+  "sync-token": "https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/1400867824"
+}
+```
+#### Requesting next chunk:
+```
+curl 'https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/?sync-token=https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/1400867824&nresults=10&props[]=displayname' -H "Accept: application/pretty+json" --user <username>
+{
+  "responses": {
+    "/addressbook/1833": "Default Tester",
+    "/addressbook/5597": "Neuer Testschnuffi",
+    "/addressbook/5593": "Muster Max",
+    "/addressbook/5628": "2. Test Contact",
+    "/addressbook/5629": "Testen Tester",
+    "/addressbook/5630": "Testen Tester",
+    "/addressbook/5633": "Testen Tester",
+    "/addressbook/5635": "Test4 Tester",
+    "/addressbook/5638": "Test Kontakt",
+    "/addressbook/5636": "Test Default"
+  },
+  "more-results": true,
+  "sync-token": "https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/1427103057"
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+<details>
+   <summary>Requesting only changes since last sync</summary>
+   
+#### ```sync-token``` from last sync need to be specified  (note the null for deleted entries!)
+```
+curl 'https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/?sync-token=https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/1400867824' -H "Accept: application/pretty+json" --user <username>
+{
+  "responses": {
+    "/addressbook/5597": null,
+    "/addressbook/5593": {
+      "uid": "5638-8623c4830472a8ede9f9f8b30d435ea4",
+      "prodId": "EGroupware Addressbook 21.1.001",
+      "created": "2010-10-21T09:55:42Z",
+      "updated": "2014-06-02T14:45:24Z",
+      "name": [
+        { "type": "personal", "value": "Default" },
+        { "type": "surname", "value": "Tester" }
+      ],
+      "fullName": { "value": "Default Tester" },
+....
+    }
+  },
+  "sync-token": "https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/1427103057"
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+* **GET**  requests with an "Accept: application/json" header can be used to retrieve single resources / JsContact or JsCalendar schema
+<details>
+   <summary>Example GET request</summary>
+   
+```
+curl 'https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/addressbook/5593' -H "Accept: application/pretty+json" --user <username>
+{
+  "uid": "5638-8623c4830472a8ede9f9f8b30d435ea4",
+  "prodId": "EGroupware Addressbook 21.1.001",
+  "created": "2010-10-21T09:55:42Z",
+  "updated": "2014-06-02T14:45:24Z",
+  "name": [
+    { "type": "personal", "value": "Default" },
+    { "type": "surname", "value": "Tester" }
+  ],
+  "fullName": { "value": "Default Tester" },
+....
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+* **POST** requests to collection with a "Content-Type: application/json" header add new entries in addressbook or calendar collections
+       (Location header in response gives URL of new resource)
+<details>
+   <summary>Example POST request</summary>
+   
+```
+cat <<EOF | curl -i 'https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/<username>/addressbook/' -X POST -d @- -H "Content-Type: application/json" --user <username>
+{
+  "uid": "5638-8623c4830472a8ede9f9f8b30d435ea4",
+  "prodId": "EGroupware Addressbook 21.1.001",
+  "created": "2010-10-21T09:55:42Z",
+  "updated": "2014-06-02T14:45:24Z",
+  "name": [
+    { "type": "personal", "value": "Default" },
+    { "type": "surname", "value": "Tester" }
+  ],
+  "fullName": { "value": "Default Tester" },
+....
+}
+EOF
+
+HTTP/1.1 201 Created
+Location: https://example.org/egroupware/groupdav.php/<username>/addressbook/1234
+```
+</details>
+
+* **PUT**  requests with  a "Content-Type: application/json" header allow modifying single resources
+
+* **DELETE** requests delete single resources
+
+* one can use ```Accept: application/pretty+json``` to receive pretty-printed JSON eg. for debugging and exploring the API
+
+Permanent error_log() calls should use groupdav->log($str) instead, to be send to PHP error_log()
+and our request-log (prefixed with "### " after request and response, like exceptions).