Solution MacOS python3 basestring

[egophil]

Hi,

basestring is not defined in the client.py file if you use python3.
Workaround:
open client.py and add after line 14 the line: basestring = str
After editing it should look like the following lines.

12: else:
13: from http.client import responses as HTTP_CODES
14 : from urllib.parse import urlparse
15: basestring = str

[tlansec]

This issue occurs for all Python3, not just MacOS. Project seems no longer maintained - so people will have to make this change locally.

[Nixellion]

Another solution that does not require editing of existing files is monkey patching:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50667128/is-it-possible-to-fully-monkey-patch-builtin-str-in-python3

Basically:

def monkey_patch_basestring():
    import builtins
    builtins.basestring = str

Or simply

easywebdav.basestring = str
easywebdav.client.basestring = str