Is it possible to query the folder names in a specified directory (not on the disk, obviously)? I've seen it's possible in Node, but is it possible without that?
#Query folders in directory
final flame
mystic jolt
"without that" so in the browser? No
noble heath
what exactly is a directory that's not on the disk?
final flame
what exactly is a directory that's not on the disk?
hm, maybe that was worded wrong (still don't know much web dev). the folders i want to query contain asset files. of course, those files have to be hosted somewhere, be that my machine or some other host, which will still be some form of disk. what i meant was basically; they're directories the browser should technically already know about.
mystic jolt
The browser knows nothing
It makes HTTP requests to a server, the server responds
it doesn't even have to respond with a file on disk (if it does, those are typically called static assets, correct)
The browser (pedantically HTTP) doesn't have a concept of files and folders. You query a path /assets/script.js, the server responds with whatever it wants
The browser doesn't know that /assets is a folder on your server