Serve a list of files in a directory by just specifying the directory URL in Jetty

Question

Is it possible to serve files in a given directory using jetty by just providing the directory URL ?

I have a directory called "dist" and it contains five jar files. Is it possible to serve all five jar files by just providing the dist folder in the URL like http://localhost:8000/dist ?

Please read [How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve). — P.J.Meisch, May 22 '17 at 03:53
Hi Meisch, I don't have code yet. Before writing the code, I want to make sure my requirement is feasible hence my question. — Kirupa, May 22 '17 at 07:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '17 at 03:03

Probably, the feature you said is "Directory Listing". It can be enabled/disabled by:

webAppContext.setInitParameter("org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.Default.dirAllowed", "true");

or

${JETTY_HOME}/etc/webdefault.xml

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>dirAllowed</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
</servlet>

See also: How to disable directory listing for Jetty's WebAppContext?

Jetty documentation: http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/9.4.x/advanced-extras.html

Serve a list of files in a directory by just specifying the directory URL in Jetty

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