diff -r e59abb210584 -r a193c42fc809 src/server/webdav/webdav.c
--- a/src/server/webdav/webdav.c	Sat Feb 01 18:44:31 2020 +0100
+++ b/src/server/webdav/webdav.c	Sun Feb 02 17:42:05 2020 +0100
@@ -446,26 +446,13 @@
 }
 
 int webdav_mkcol(pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq) {
-    UcxBuffer *reqbuf;
-    VFSContext *vfs;
-    char *path;
-    
-    if(webdav_init_vfs_op(sn, rq, &reqbuf, &vfs, &path)) {
+    WebdavVFSOperation *op = webdav_vfs_op(sn, rq, rq->davCollection, TRUE);
+    if(!op) {
         return REQ_ABORTED;
     }
     
-    int ret = REQ_PROCEED;
-    if(vfs_mkdir(vfs, path)) {
-        protocol_status(sn, rq, util_errno2status(vfs->vfs_errno), NULL);
-        return REQ_ABORTED;
-    }
+    int ret = webdav_vfs_op_do(op, WEBDAV_VFS_MKDIR);
     
-    protocol_status(sn, rq, 201, NULL);
-    
-    // cleanup and return
-    if(reqbuf) {
-        ucx_buffer_free(reqbuf);
-    }
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -482,27 +469,14 @@
     
 }
 
-int webdav_delete(pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq) {
-    UcxBuffer *reqbuf;
-    VFSContext *vfs;
-    char *path;
-    
-    if(webdav_init_vfs_op(sn, rq, &reqbuf, &vfs, &path)) {
+int webdav_delete(pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq) { 
+    WebdavVFSOperation *op = webdav_vfs_op(sn, rq, rq->davCollection, TRUE);
+    if(!op) {
         return REQ_ABORTED;
     }
     
-    int ret = REQ_PROCEED;
-    
-    // TODO
+    int ret = webdav_vfs_op_do(op, WEBDAV_VFS_MKDIR);
     
-    if(ret == REQ_PROCEED) {
-        protocol_status(sn, rq, 200, NULL);
-    }
-    
-    // cleanup and return
-    if(reqbuf) {
-        ucx_buffer_free(reqbuf);
-    }
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -535,50 +509,6 @@
 }
 
 
-int webdav_init_vfs_op(
-        Session *sn,
-        Request *rq,
-        UcxBuffer **out_reqbuf,
-        VFSContext **out_vfs,
-        char **out_path)
-{
-    *out_reqbuf = NULL;
-    *out_vfs = NULL;
-    *out_path = NULL;
-    
-    // create VFS context
-    VFSContext *vfs = vfs_request_context(sn, rq);
-    if(!vfs) {
-        return REQ_ABORTED;
-    } 
-    
-    // read request body, if it exists
-    char *expect = pblock_findkeyval(pb_key_expect, rq->headers);
-    if(expect) {
-        if(!strcasecmp(expect, "100-continue")) {
-            if(http_send_continue(sn)) {
-                return REQ_ABORTED;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    UcxBuffer *reqbody = NULL;
-    if(sn->inbuf) {
-        reqbody = rqbody2buffer(sn, rq);
-        if(!reqbody) {
-            return REQ_ABORTED;
-        }
-    }
-    
-    // requested uri and path
-    char *path = pblock_findkeyval(pb_key_path, rq->vars);
-    
-    *out_reqbuf = reqbody;
-    *out_vfs = vfs;
-    *out_path = path;
-    
-    return REQ_PROCEED;
-}
 
 /* ------------------------ default webdav backend  ------------------------ */