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 list

Answer 1

There's a brand new default Connect middleware named directory (source) for directory listings. It has a lot of style and has a client-side search box.

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer();

app.configure(function() {
  var hourMs = 1000*60*60;
  app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public', { maxAge: hourMs }));
  app.use(express.directory(__dirname + '/public'));
  app.use(express.errorHandler());
});

app.listen(8080);