Connecting via WebDAV¶

WebDAV-compatible apps and clients such as PhotoSync, Microsoft's Windows Explorer, and Apple's Finder can connect directly to PhotoPrism.

This mounts the originals and/or import folder as a network drive, allowing you to open, edit, and delete files from a remote device as if they were local.

After files have been transferred, you can index or import them as usual. By default, indexing and importing start automatically after a safety delay when files have been uploaded using WebDAV.

You can disable WebDAV in the advanced settings. Since it requires authentication, the built-in WebDAV server is automatically disabled when running in public mode.

It is also possible to sync files with external WebDAV servers such as ownCloud or other PhotoPrism instances.

Server URL¶

The originals folder URL for a server exposed to the public Internet is:

https://[email protected]/originals/

or

\\example.com@SSL\originals\

for Windows.

Please replace example.com with your actual domain.

The slash at the end is important and cannot be omitted.

You can find your server url on the account page in settings.

When connecting, you'll have to authenticate using your regular password. It will also change when you update it in Settings. The username is admin.

You can also connect to the import folder by replacing originals/ with import/ in the URL.

For users, who are running PhotoPrism locally on the default port 2342, the originals folder URL is:

http://admin@localhost:2342/originals/

Never use WebDAV without HTTPS outside your local, private network as your password would be transmitted, in clear text, over the Internet. Backup tools and file sync apps like FolderSync may refuse to connect as well.

Connecting via WebDAV¶

Server URL¶

Connect to a WebDAV Server¶