Express.js - any way to display a file/dir listing?

Question

With Express.js is there a way to display a file/dir listing like apache does when you access the URL of a directory which doesn't have a index file - so it displays a listing of all that directories contents?

Is there an extension or package that does this which I don't know of? Or will I have to code this myself?

Cheers guys, you rock! :)

Answer 1

As of Express 4.x, the directory middleware is no longer bundled with express. You'll want to download the npm module serve-index.

Then, for example, to display the file/dir listings in a directory at the root of the app called videos would look like:

    var serveIndex = require('serve-index');      app.use(express.static(__dirname + "/"))     app.use('/videos', serveIndex(__dirname + '/videos')); 

Answer 2

There's a brand new default Connect middleware named directory (source) for directory listings. It has a lot of style and has a client-side search box.

var express = require('express')   , app = express.createServer();  app.configure(function() {   var hourMs = 1000*60*60;   app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public', { maxAge: hourMs }));   app.use(express.directory(__dirname + '/public'));   app.use(express.errorHandler()); });  app.listen(8080);