express-rest-fs

Exposes your filesystem as a REST API

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import expressRestFs from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/express-rest-fs';
</script>

README

ExpressRestFs

Let's RESTify your filesystem

Usage

./bin/expose [path] [port] will serve path (~ by default) at port (8000 by default).

As expressRestFs has been built as an express middleware, you can use it in your existing express application.

var express = require("express");
var app = express();

var expressRestFs = require("express-rest-fs");

app.use("/fs", expressRestFs({ basepath: "/home/" }));

/* your routing definition */

app.listen(8000);

The code above will serve your home directory under /fs url.

Exposed API

action verb operation note
List Directory GET readdir
Retrieve file GET read
Stat file GET stat must use ?stat
Create File POST write
Create Directory POST mkdir file name must finish with /
Append to File PUT write
Update file timestamps PATCH utimes
Remove a file or directory DELETE unlink

TODO:

  • Testing
  • Rethink status codes/responses
  • Caching headers
  • Resume
  • ...