restful interface to a filesystem

npm install rest-fs

to install

npm start

starts fileserver on port 3000

npm test

runs various file and folder test

npm start

starts server on port 3000 of your entire system

LOG=true for access log

DEBUG=* for debug info

app = require('express')();
restfs = require('rest-fs')
restfs(app);
app.listen(3000)

To use programmatically, pass in the app into restfs and it will add the routes. you can attach a function to modifyOut to manipulate file output. the function has one argument which is the full filepath and should return path to return

list contents of directory

optional
?recursive = list recursively default false

returns: list of full file or folder paths (trailing slash tells if dir)

res.body = [ { "fullDirPath" }, ... ]

returns contents of file
if dir, redirect to dir path

optional
?encoding = default utf8

returns: res.body = { "file content" }

creates or overwrites file
creates dir if it does not exist.
renames or moves file if newPath exists

optional
body.newpath = if exist, move/rename file to this location.
body.clobber = if true will overwrite dest files (default false)
body.mkdirp = if true will create path to new location (default false)
body.mode = permissions of file (defaults: file 438(0666) dir 511(0777))
body.encoding = default utf8

optional for stream
query.clobber = overwrite if exist query.mode = permissions of file (defaults: file 438(0666) dir 511(0777))
query.encoding = default utf8

returns: modified resource. (trailing slash tells if dir)

req.body = { "fullFileOrDirPath" }

creates file

optional
body.mode = permissions of file (438 default 0666 octal)
body.encoding = default utf8

returns: modified resource (trailing slash tells if dir)

req.body = { "fullFilePath" }

deletes folder
if file returns error

returns:

req.body = {}

deletes file
if folder returns error

returns:

req.body = {}