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#!/usr/bin/env node | |
/* global process */ | |
var fs = require('fs'); | |
if (process.argv.length < 4) { | |
console.error( | |
'Usage: node make-index.js <comma-separated desired file exts, e.g. mp4,gif> <directory with files>' | |
); | |
process.exit(1); | |
} | |
const fileExts = process.argv[2].split(','); | |
const mediaDirPath = process.argv[3]; | |
var files = fs.readdirSync(mediaDirPath).filter(fileIsWanted); | |
const linksPerPage = 48; | |
const pageCount = Math.ceil(files.length/linksPerPage); | |
console.log('Need to make', pageCount, 'pages'); | |
var pages = []; | |
for (let page = 0; page < pageCount; ++page) { | |
pages.push(files.slice(page * linksPerPage, (page + 1) * linksPerPage)); | |
} | |
pages.forEach(writePage); | |
function writePage(pageFiles, i) { | |
console.log('Writing', pageFiles.length, 'to page', i); | |
const html = `<html> | |
<head> | |
<title>Links page ${i}</title> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<ul> | |
${pageFiles.map(file => `<li><a href="${file}">${file}</a></li>`).join('\n')} | |
</ul> | |
<a href="page-${i + 1}.html">Next page: ${i + 1}</a> | |
</body> | |
</html>`; | |
fs.writeFile(`${mediaDirPath}/page-${i}.html`, html, { encoding: 'utf8' }, console.error); | |
} | |
function fileIsWanted(file) { | |
return fileExts.some((ext) => file.endsWith('.' + ext)); | |
} |
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