apindex - static file index generator/load reducer

Generate a file index for GitHub/GitLab Pages

Quick install

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jayanta525/apindex-v2/master/install.sh | bash

What is this?

This is a program that generates index.html files in each directory on your server that render the file tree. This is useful for static web servers that need support for file listing. One example of this is Github Pages.

It can also be used to reduce the server load for servers that serve static content, as the server does not need to generate the index each time it is accessed. Basically permanent cache.

The file icons are also embedded into the index.html file so there is no need for aditional HTTP requests.

CI/CD Pipeline

The install script can be used with CI/CD with the required dependencies.

GitHub

deploy-to-gh-pages.yml

name: Build and Deploy
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  build-and-deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout 🛎️
        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.1
        with:
          persist-credentials: false 

      - name: Install and Build 🔧
        run: |
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install curl git -y
          curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jayanta525/apindex-v2/master/sudo-install.sh | bash
          apindex .
      - name: Deploy 🚀
        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@4.1.3
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          BRANCH: gh-pages
          FOLDER: .

Gitlab

gitlab-ci.yml

image: ubuntu:bionic
pages:
 script:
 - rm -rf .git*
 - apt-get update
 - apt-get install curl git -y
 - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jayanta525/apindex/master/install.sh | bash
 - apindex .
 - mkdir .public
 - cp -r * .public
 - mv .public public
 artifacts:
 paths:
 - public
 only:
 - master

Demo

This openwrt kmod download archive is hosted on GitHub/ GitLab Pages and its generated with apindex.

• https://jayanta525.github.io/openwrt-r4s-kmods/
• https://jayanta525.gitlab.io/openwrt-rockpie/armv8/

How do I use it?

Just run:

apindex <path-to-directory>

The index header server path is based on your current working directory. So if you run the script from /home/parent on the directory /home/parent/child like this:

cd /home/parent

apindex child/.

The index is generated as Index of /child.

If you want it to be absolute to the child directory, then you run apindex from there.

cd /home/parent/child

apindex .

This renders Index of /.

How do I add/remove icons?

See share/icons.xml and the files under share/img/*.