Dynamic Folder Listing

[Joseph]

Hi,

Is there a way to use Javascript to generate content dynamically based
on the files that are in a specific folder in my website? Basically,
i'd like to create a document folder and as i add documents have
javascript update my page to show the documents available.

 

[Erwin Moller]

Hi,

Is there a way to use Javascript to generate content dynamically based
on the files that are in a specific folder in my website? Basically,
i'd like to create a document folder and as i add documents have
javascript update my page to show the documents available.

Hi,

Javascript cannot read the contents of a directory on your server.
However, if the directory is reachable via http, JavaScript could for
instance read an indexfile (which you must make) that lists the files in
there.

I would advise you to go serverside (eg PHP) to make such a listing in
realtime, which is very easy.

In case you don't have a serverside language, and your content isn't
updated a lot, you can, of course, update that indexfile by hand every
time you add/remove a file.


Regards,
Erwin Moller

 

[Erwin Moller]

Hi,

Javascript cannot read the contents of a directory on your server.
However, if the directory is reachable via http, JavaScript could for
instance read an indexfile (which you must make) that lists the files in
there.

I would advise you to go serverside (eg PHP) to make such a listing in
realtime, which is very easy.

In case you don't have a serverside language, and your content isn't
updated a lot, you can, of course, update that indexfile by hand every
time you add/remove a file.


Regards,
Erwin Moller

One addition: It is possible for most webservers to allow directorylistings.
eg:
http://www.example.com/yourdir/
would then result in a directorylisting.

You could parse this using AJAX for example.

Going serverside is much easier however.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Is there a way to use Javascript to generate content dynamically based
on the files that are in a specific folder in my website?
Yes.

Basically, i'd like to create a document folder and as i add documents
have javascript update my page to show the documents available.

You could use XMLHttpRequest, for example.


PointedEars