directory-tree

Creates an javascript object representing a directory tree.

Install

npm i -S directory-tree

Usage

var dirTree = require('directory-tree');
var tree = dirTree('/some/path');

And you can also filter by extensions:

var dirTree = require('directory-tree');
var filteredTree = dirTree('/some/path', ['.jpg', '.png']);

This will take a directory tree:

photos
├── summer
│   └── june
│       └── windsurf.jpg
└── winter
    └── january
        ├── ski.png
        └── snowboard.jpg

And return a js object:

{
  "path": "photos",
  "name": "photos",
  "size": 600,
  "children": [
    {
      "path": "photos/summer",
      "name": "summer",
      "size": 400,
      "children": [
        {
          "path": "photos/summer/june",
          "name": "june",
          "size": 400,
          "children": [
            {
              "path": "photos/summer/june/windsurf.jpg",
              "name": "windsurf.jpg",
              "size": 400,
              "extension": ".jpg"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "path": "photos/winter",
      "name": "winter",
      "size": 200,
      "children": [
        {
          "path": "photos/winter/january",
          "name": "january",
          "size": 200,
          "children": [
            {
              "path": "photos/winter/january/ski.png",
              "name": "ski.png",
              "size": 100,
              "extension": ".png"
            },
            {
              "path": "photos/winter/january/snowboard.jpg",
              "name": "snowboard.jpg",
              "size": 100,
              "extension": ".jpg"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Note

Device, FIFO and socket files are ignored.

Files to which the user does not have permissions are included in the directory tree, however, directories to which the user does not have permissions, along with all of its contained files, are completely ignored.

Dev

To run tests go the package root in your CLI and run,

$ npm test

Make sure you have the dev dependcies installed (e.g. npm install .)

Node version

Check out version 0.1.1 if you need support for older versions of node.