Netlify option to show directory contents

Question

I need to list contents of my site directory on Netlify for debug, but I can not find an option to turn on directory listings. Am I right that there is no such autoindex ability in Netlify as mod_autoindex provides for Apache?

UPDATE: I tried generating index with tree -H '.' -L 1 > index.html, but `tree at Netlify is not installed. Maybe there is an alternative in Python, Ruby or npm repositories?

Jap

Answer 1

There is an option to download your deployed site for debugging, but there is not a way to list the contents of a deployed directory at this time.

Steps:

• Login to https://app.netlify.com
• Select the site you want to see
• Click on Deploys from the top menu
• Select the deploy you want to download
• Click on the download icon next to the deployed date shown below:

Hyacinthhyacintha

This answer is also the answer Netlify's helpdesk would give you for dbeugging. If you instead really wanted to create a file listing that you or someone else could see in a browser, you'd have to do it programatically. Something like a build command of do_your_build && ls -l your_publish_directory would show the contents in the build log in your browser in netlify's UI. To show to someone else you'd have to make and publish a file containing the list: do_your_build && cd your_publish_directory && ls -lR > file_listing.txt – Convolve

I had thought about adding the second solution of just listing out the directory, but having a file contents output is so complete I was not sure if I should mention that in the solution. Dumping the listing to a static file is a nice quick and dirty way to get a listing. Also, piece of mind what was actually pushed to the CDN for content is best as a first option. :) – Hyacinthhyacintha

Answer 2

Netlify added support for viewing files in a deployment in October 2023. You access this through the site dashboard, just like the download option mentioned in the other answer.

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