I tried to connect to 4shared and this is what I got back:
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kj@otto:~$ python /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webdav/WebdavClient.py
WebDAV URL:http://webdav.4shared.com
2013-05-06 19:58:02,155: DEBUG: REQUEST Send GET for /
2013-05-06 19:58:02,156: DEBUG: REQUEST Body: None
2013-05-06 19:58:02,657: DEBUG: Method: GET Status 401: Unauthorized
2013-05-06 19:58:02,658: DEBUG: ERROR Response: <html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/6.0.16 - Error report</title><style><!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}--></style> </head><body><h1>HTTP Status 401 - </h1><HR size="1" noshade="noshade"><p><b>type</b> Status report</p><p><b>message</b> <u></u></p><p><b>description</b> <u>This request requires HTTP authentication ().</u></p><HR size="1" noshade="noshade"><h3>Apache Tomcat/6.0.16</h3></body></html>
User Name:xxxxxx
Password:
2013-05-06 19:58:10,358: DEBUG: REQUEST Send GET for /
2013-05-06 19:58:10,358: DEBUG: REQUEST Body: None
2013-05-06 19:58:10,358: DEBUG: REQUEST Header: ('AUTHORIZATION', 'Basic bmluYWxhbnlvbjpNYW5pYWM=')
2013-05-06 19:58:10,529: DEBUG: Method: GET Status 501: Not Implemented
2013-05-06 19:58:10,530: DEBUG: ERROR Response: <html><body><h1>Method Not Implemented</h1></body></html>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webdav/WebdavClient.py", line 875, in <module>
webdavConnection.downloadFile(webdavUrl.split("/")[-1])
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webdav/WebdavClient.py", line 371, in downloadFile
remoteFile = self.downloadContent()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webdav/WebdavClient.py", line 360, in downloadContent
response = self.connection.get(self.path, extra_hdrs=extra_hdrs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/davlib.py", line 158, in get
return self._request('GET', url, extra_hdrs=extra_hdrs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webdav/Connection.py", line 125, in _request
return self.__evaluateResponse(method, response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webdav/Connection.py", line 143, in __evaluateResponse
raise WebdavError(reason, status)
webdav.Connection.WebdavError: Not Implemented
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You are in good company; Opera 12.15 and Firefox 20.0 give the same error.