see serveDirectory

Serve files and directories from a directory and its subdirectories using sendFile.

Usage:

serveDirectory EnableBrowsing ["index.html"] "path/to/files/on/disk"

If the requested path does not match a file or directory on the disk, then serveDirectory calls mzero.

If the requested path is a file then the file is served normally.

If the requested path is a directory, then the result depends on what the first two arguments to the function are.

The first argument controls whether directory browsing is enabled.

The second argument is a list of index files (such as index.html).

When a directory is requested, serveDirectory will first try to find one of the index files (in the order they are listed). If that fails, it will show a directory listing if EnableBrowsing is set, otherwise it will return forbidden "Directory index forbidden".

Here is an explicit list of all the possible outcomes when the argument is a (valid) directory:

DisableBrowsing, empty index file list

This will always return, forbidden "Directory index forbidden"

DisableBrowsing, non-empty index file list

1. If an index file is found it will be shown.
2. Otherwise returns, forbidden "Directory index forbidden"

EnableBrowsing, empty index file list

Always shows a directory index.

EnableBrowsing, non-empty index file list

1. If an index file is found it will be shown
2. Otherwise shows a directory index

see also: defaultIxFiles, serveFile

Serve a single, specified file. The name of the file being served is specified explicity. It is not derived automatically from the Request url.

example 1:

Serve as a specific content-type:

serveFile (asContentType "image/jpeg") "/srv/data/image.jpg"

example 2:

Serve guessing the content-type from the extension:

serveFile (guessContentTypeM mimeTypes) "/srv/data/image.jpg"

If the specified path does not exist or is not a file, this function will return mzero.

WARNING: No security checks are performed.

NOTE: alias for serveFileUsing filePathSendFile

Like serveFile, but uses combineSafe to prevent directory traversal attacks when the path to the file is supplied by the user.

a Map from file extensions to content-types

example:

myMimeMap :: MimeMap
myMimeMap = Map.fromList [("gz","application/x-gzip"), ... ]

see also: mimeTypes

Ready collection of common mime types. Except for the first two entries, the mappings come from http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/conf/mime.types?view=co

returns a specific content type, completely ignoring the FilePath argument.

Use this with serveFile if you want to explicitly specify the content-type.

see also: guessContentTypeM, serveFile

try to guess the content-type of a file based on its extension

defaults to "application/octet-stream" if no match was found.

Useful as an argument to serveFile

see also: guessContentType, serveFile

a list of common index files. Specifically: index.html, index.xml, index.gif

Typically used as an argument to serveDiretory.

Serve files from a directory and its subdirectories using sendFile.

Usage:

fileServe ["index.html"] "path/to/files/on/disk"

fileServe does not support directory browsing. See serveDirectory

DEPRECATED: use serveDirectory instead.

Note:

The list of index files ["index.html"] is only used to determine what file to show if the user requests a directory. You *do not* need to explicitly list all the files you want to serve.