node.js - 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'));