List all names of files in a Web directory (uploads) using protocol HTTP

Question

Hello!

I'm trying to list all files (. DOC and. PDF) contained in a specific Web directory.

The problem is that I do not have access. I can only download with the full path of the file.

Example:

Directory 1: http://xxx.site.com/uploads/local20/40

Files:

45677.pdf

54354.doc

65767.doc

54354.pdf

43243.pdf

...

Directory 2: h t t p:// xxx . site . com / uploads / local20 / 41

Files:

45453.pdf

67566.pdf

89798.pdf

89898.doc

52254.pdf

...

I can manually download the files of directory 40 and 41, because I know your path, then write: h t t p:// xxx. site . com / uploads / local20 / 40 / 65767.doc (Download -> OK)

But how to download all the files contained in this directory without knowing the names of files? Or at least list the names of all files.

Obs 1: When I type only the directory (without the name of the file) it returns me an error in XML format. Ex: h t t p: // xxx . site . com / uploads / local20 / 40/

Response: XML Error

...

NoSuchKey

...

Obs2: The Web application use the PHP language.

...

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

In order to have the files in a folder listed out in html format when you browse to that folder with a web browser, you'll have to turn on directory browsing in your Apache configuration and make sure you don't have a default page (eg. index.php) in that folder. Don't forget to restart Apache after making the change.

BTW: If this is a folder where files can be uploaded, it really shouldn't be directly publicly accesible because you'll have a pretty major security vulnerability on your hands. Someone can upload a malicious PHP script and then run it by simply hitting the URL in a browser.