The serve-index npm package is a middleware for Node.js that serves pages that display directory listings. It's commonly used with Express or other middleware-based HTTP server frameworks. It provides a responsive web interface to navigate the file structure of the served directories.

What are serve-index's main functionalities?

Directory Listing

This feature allows you to list the contents of a directory in a web page. The code sample shows how to use serveIndex with Express to serve the contents of the 'public/files' directory with file icons.

const express = require('express');
const serveIndex = require('serve-index');

const app = express();

app.use('/files', express.static('public/files'));
app.use('/files', serveIndex('public/files', {'icons': true}));

app.listen(3000);

Custom Styles and Templates

Serve-index allows for customization of the directory listing by using custom templates and styles. The code sample demonstrates how to specify a custom HTML template for the directory listing.

const express = require('express');
const serveIndex = require('serve-index');

const app = express();

app.use('/files', serveIndex('public/files', {
  'icons': true,
  'template': 'path/to/custom/template.html'
}));

app.listen(3000);

Filtering Files

Serve-index can filter the files that are displayed in the directory listing. In the code sample, a filter function is used to display only files with the '.html' extension.

const express = require('express');
const serveIndex = require('serve-index');

const app = express();

app.use('/files', serveIndex('public/files', {
  'filter': function (filename, index, files, dir) {
    return filename.endsWith('.html');
  }
}));

app.listen(3000);

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Source

serve-index

Serves pages that contain directory listings for a given path.

API

var express   = require('express')
var serveIndex = require('serve-index')

var app = express()

app.use(serveIndex('public/ftp', {'icons': true}))
app.listen()

serveIndex(path, options)

Returns middlware that serves an index of the directory in the given path.

Options

hidden - display hidden (dot) files. Defaults to false.
view - display mode. tiles and details are available. Defaults to tiles.
icons - display icons. Defaults to false.
filter - Apply this filter function to files. Defaults to false.
stylesheet - Optional path to a CSS stylesheet. Defaults to a built-in stylesheet.
template - Optional path to an HTML template. Defaults to a built-in template.
- The following tokens are replaced in templates:
- {directory} with the name of the directory.
- {files} with the HTML of an unordered list of file links.
- {linked-path} with the HTML of a link to the directory.
- {style} with the specified stylesheet and embedded images.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Last updated on 10 Aug 2014

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