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Static HTML filelist generator
Problem
On our webserver I had some files in a directory that I wanted to browse online. However, the webserver didn’t generate a list of links on these files when I pointed the browser to this directory.
Solution
Idea: write a script that traverses the current directory recursively and prints all files with a link to them. I didn’t need any fancy features so the script can produce a very simple output.
Download link: here. Source code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# index_gen.py
import os
import os.path
import sys
class SimpleHtmlFilelistGenerator:
# start from this directory
base_dir = None
def __init__(self, dir):
self.base_dir = dir
def print_html_header(self):
print """<html>
<body>
<code>
""",
def print_html_footer(self):
print """</code>
</body>
</html>
""",
def processDirectory ( self, args, dirname, filenames ):
print '<strong>', dirname + '/', '</strong>', '<br>'
for filename in sorted(filenames):
rel_path = os.path.join(dirname, filename)
if rel_path in [sys.argv[0], './index.html']:
continue # exclude this generator script and the generated index.html
if os.path.isfile(rel_path):
href = "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>" % (rel_path, filename)
print ' ' * 4, href, '<br>'
def start(self):
self.print_html_header()
os.path.walk( self.base_dir, self.processDirectory, None )
self.print_html_footer()
# class SimpleHtmlFilelistGenerator
if __name__ == "__main__":
base_dir = '.'
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
base_dir = sys.argv[1]
gen = SimpleHtmlFilelistGenerator(base_dir)
gen.start()
Usage:
Simply launch it in the directory where you need the filelist. Redirect the output to index.html:
./index_gen.py >index.html
Don’t forget to set the rights of index.html (chmod 644 index.html).
Demo:
Update (20141202)
This version here works but it’s quite primitive. We made a much better version; check it out here: https://pythonadventures.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/static-html-file-browser-for-dropbox/.
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