Is there a way to, with JavaScript, get a list of files from a target folder?
I need to search a folder for XML-files and, if there are any, save the names of them in an array.
Thank you!
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Is there a way to, with JavaScript, get a list of files from a target folder?
I need to search a folder for XML-files and, if there are any, save the names of them in an array.
Thank you!
No. JavaScript works only in the client. Without AJAX calls, JavaScript has no way of looking through folders on the server or on the client’s computer.
A language like PHP or Ruby has a part in the server that would allow it access to the file system on the server, but not plain JavaScript.
As sofrito notes below, HTML5 now has a File API which can be used to manipulate files. However, the API can’t do all the things that I listed above: Javascript still can’t look through folders on your computer or another person’s with the same ability as a C++, Java, Python or Ruby program.