How to get the contents of the directory from local PC in javascript

Question

How to get the contents of the directory from local PC in javascript/jQuery? For example from C:\\Images

Answer 1

I don't think this is possible because accessing the local file system is a terrible security risk.

Answer 2

This only works in google chrome:

<input type="file" webkitdirectory>

This will prompt the user to select a directory and you can then access the files property of the input to see the contained files.

It is then possible to use the File System API to construct a virtual, sandboxed file system of the user selected files and have programmatic access to this virtual filesystem as if it was a real filesystem accessed by desktop app.

There is no way otherwise because that would be a big security issue

Working demo in google chrome: http://jsfiddle.net/JwgqC/