diff --git a/easywebdav/client.py b/easywebdav/client.py
index 4003198..0e82a2e 100644
--- a/easywebdav/client.py
+++ b/easywebdav/client.py
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 import requests
 import platform
 from numbers import Number
 import xml.etree.cElementTree as xml
 from collections import namedtuple
+from six import string_types
 
 py_majversion, py_minversion, py_revversion = platform.python_version_tuple()
 
 if py_majversion == '2':
     from httplib import responses as HTTP_CODES
     from urlparse import urlparse
+    from urlparse import urlsplit
 else:
     from http.client import responses as HTTP_CODES
     from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
+    from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+    
 DOWNLOAD_CHUNK_SIZE_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024
 
+AUTH_MODE_BASIC = 'basic'
+AUTH_MODE_DIGEST = 'digest'
+
+CONTENT_TYPE_DIRECTORY = 'httpd/unix-directory'
+
 class WebdavException(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -26,7 +35,7 @@ def codestr(code):
     return HTTP_CODES.get(code, 'UNKNOWN')
 
 
-File = namedtuple('File', ['name', 'size', 'mtime', 'ctime', 'contenttype'])
+File = namedtuple('File', ['name', 'size', 'mtime', 'ctime', 'contenttype','contentlength', 'is_dir'])
 
 
 def prop(elem, name, default=None):
@@ -35,12 +44,29 @@ def prop(elem, name, default=None):
 
 
 def elem2file(elem):
+  
+    href = prop(elem, 'href')
+    url_parts = urlsplit(href)
+    path = url_parts.path
+
+    # remove trailing slashes    
+    if path[-1] == '/':
+      path = path[0:len(path)-1]
+      
+    content_type = prop(elem, 'getcontenttype', '')
+    content_length = prop(elem, 'getcontentlength')
+    
+    # Try to detect directories...
+    is_dir = (content_type == CONTENT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) or content_length == None
+    
     return File(
-        prop(elem, 'href'),
+        path,
         int(prop(elem, 'getcontentlength', 0)),
         prop(elem, 'getlastmodified', ''),
         prop(elem, 'creationdate', ''),
-        prop(elem, 'getcontenttype', ''),
+        content_type,
+        int(content_length) if content_length != None else None,
+        is_dir
     )
 
 
@@ -73,12 +99,13 @@ def __init__(self, method, path, expected_code, actual_code):
 
 class Client(object):
     def __init__(self, host, port=0, auth=None, username=None, password=None,
-                 protocol='http', verify_ssl=True, path=None, cert=None):
+                 protocol='http', verify_ssl=True, path=None, cert=None, auth_mode=AUTH_MODE_BASIC):
         if not port:
             port = 443 if protocol == 'https' else 80
         self.baseurl = '{0}://{1}:{2}'.format(protocol, host, port)
         if path:
             self.baseurl = '{0}/{1}'.format(self.baseurl, path)
+          
         self.cwd = '/'
         self.session = requests.session()
         self.session.verify = verify_ssl
@@ -90,7 +117,10 @@ def __init__(self, host, port=0, auth=None, username=None, password=None,
         if auth:
             self.session.auth = auth
         elif username and password:
-            self.session.auth = (username, password)
+          if auth_mode == AUTH_MODE_DIGEST:
+            self.session.auth = requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(username, password)
+          else:
+            self.session.auth = (username, password)          
 
     def _send(self, method, path, expected_code, **kwargs):
         url = self._get_url(path)
@@ -150,7 +180,7 @@ def delete(self, path):
         self._send('DELETE', path, 204)
 
     def upload(self, local_path_or_fileobj, remote_path):
-        if isinstance(local_path_or_fileobj, basestring):
+        if isinstance(local_path_or_fileobj, string_types):
             with open(local_path_or_fileobj, 'rb') as f:
                 self._upload(f, remote_path)
         else:
@@ -161,7 +191,7 @@ def _upload(self, fileobj, remote_path):
 
     def download(self, remote_path, local_path_or_fileobj):
         response = self._send('GET', remote_path, 200, stream=True)
-        if isinstance(local_path_or_fileobj, basestring):
+        if isinstance(local_path_or_fileobj, string_types):
             with open(local_path_or_fileobj, 'wb') as f:
                 self._download(f, response)
         else:
@@ -186,3 +216,4 @@ def ls(self, remote_path='.'):
     def exists(self, remote_path):
         response = self._send('HEAD', remote_path, (200, 301, 404))
         return True if response.status_code != 404 else False
+