Package gofancydirtree constructs a tree of a supplied root directory in a format that is directly JSON serializable into the format expected by the Fancytree JQuery UI Javascript plugin. This makes it simple for servers written in Go Language to display advanced directory trees in modern web browsers. See the demo folder for an example of the usage for this
go get github.com/srinathh/gofancydirtree
dirtree, dirmap, err := gofancydirtree.NewTree("/home/me", true)
This creates a directory hierarchy rooted at the specified path and returns a tree structure suitable
for json serialization for Fancytree plugin. the Nodes contain a key that are also coded in a hashmap
returned suitable for retrieval in client server communication. The second boolean parameter if true
skips "hidden" directories and files that typically start with a . like .git
The first return parameter dirtree is the tree structure composed of *Node elements that you can
serialize with json.Encoder to produce a source to the FancyTree JQuery UI Javascript Plugin. See
the demo folder in the repository for an example.
The second return parameter dirmap is a map of hash keys (fnv hashed paths as hex strings) to pointers
to individual nodes in the dirtree (ie. map[string]*Node). These keys are also set as values for the
Node.Key element in each node that is emitted as key on JSON serialization. These can be used in
Javascript functions to communicate events from the client code back tot he server for individual directories
or files without leaking the absolute directory structure in the server
- The marcinwyszynski/directory_tree package from which this is forked
- The Fancytree JQuery UI Plugin for generating Trees in javascript