Hi, Fatiha, You can try calling "GET /path/to/directory/" and parsing the HTML or XHTML results of that - assuming "directory listings" are enabled. Most web servers have that turned off.
Many web servers probably return HTML 3.2, which XML parsers hate, so good luck! Assuming that works, you can then follow it up with "GET /path/to/directory/the_file_I_like" But you are depending on your webserver serving directory listings in a consistent fashion. Tomcat does directory listings one way, IIS another, and Apache has his way. If you are trying to determine file size or last modified datestamp through this, I would recommend using "HEAD /path/to/directory/the_file_I_like" instead. But if you are trying to discover new files that you didn't know about before, then this (or webcrawling) is the only option I know of. Unless you can open up FTP to the same directory? yours, Julius http://juliusdavies.ca/ On Mon, 2006-12-06 at 20:58 +0200, Rafał Krupiński wrote: > on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:16:08 +0200 Fatiha Lokmane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > Is it possible to know the content of directory with HTTPClient before > > call the GET method? > > Of course. You can call POST method with empty data contents. > But remember, listing directories works only on servers that support and allow > this. > > Best regards > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Julius Davies Senior Application Developer, Technology Services Credit Union Central of British Columbia http://www.cucbc.com/ Tel: 604-730-6385 Cel: 604-868-7571 Fax: 604-737-5910 1441 Creekside Drive Vancouver, BC Canada V6J 4S7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
