Can JavaScript list files at a domain that it is permitted to see?

[tur130]

I have a whole bunch of files called xxx_Page1.htm at a domain, where xxx is a type of animal. I have a script that iterates through a known list of animals setting MyVar for each one. The following line works just fine at bringing these files on to a web page inside MyDiv:

document.getEle mentById('MyDiv ').innerHTML = "<iframe src='"+MyVar+"_ Page1.htm'></iframe>";

However the the files at the server are being added to all the time. I can maintain the list of animals to make it work, but my question is can JavaScript return me a list of files it is allowed to see at a given domain?

e.g. can I get ./*_Page1.htm returned where * is a wildcard and ./ is the domain.

p.s. I'm not allowed to write any server side code in this case :(

[gits]

no ... javascript has no access to a filesystem ... you could make an ajax call to a serverside script (php or whatever) that returns you the list of available files ...

[tur130]

Can you help me understand this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest

Follow the link for 'Head' to...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol#Request_methods

Look at the description of options, it says...

"OPTIONS
Returns the HTTP methods that the server supports for specified URL. This can be used to check the functionality of a web server by requesting '*' instead of a specific resource."

Assuming the server supports it - there appears to be a way - or am I reading this incorrectly ?

[JKing]

Options will return the methods a specified URL supports. This will return something like GET, HEAD, POST. Using the wildcard * instead of specifying a URL will return the methods the server supports instead of a specific URL. Also returning GET, HEAD, POST etc.

[tur130]

D'oh!

Thanks for answering.