Looping through a directory on the web and displaying its contents (files and other directories) via Python

Question

In the same vein as Process a set of files from a source directory to a destination directory in Python I\'m wondering if it is possible to create a function that when given a w

Answer 1

You may got the concept confused. Directory is file system concept. URL do not have a concept of directory. It looks similar to the path name of a file system and often maps to a directory. But there is no requirement for it to be backed by a file system.

For example, Process a set of files from a source directory to a destination directory in Python may map to a directory

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But more likely it is generated from a database query and does not map to anything in the file system.