GetFiles(path, [searchPattern], [depth], [mode]) Last updated: 16. May 2023

Gets a list of files from folder / optionally recursively from subfolders.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	string	Absolute path to folder (from site root)
searchPattern (optional)	string	Enter a wildcard of files to retreive, default is "*"
depth (optional)	number	How many extra levels of subfolders, default is 0
mode (optional)	enum	How much information to retreive for each item: Full = All properties (slowest) Medium = A lot of properties (OK speed) Min = Minimum (fastest) "Medium" is default.

Returns

An array of files.

Example

Code example (#JS)

#JS is mixed HTML (or other text file) with inline JavaScript with # starting and ending each inline statement.

#{
    // Get files from folder
    var files = docly.getFiles("/Test files");
    
    // Get first item of array
    var first = docly.first(files);
    
    // Convert object to JSON string
    var json = JSON.stringify(first);

    // Format indent and line breaks in JSON
    var pretty = docly.formatJSON(json);
    
    // Remove empty lines
    var html = pretty.replace(chr(13), "");
    
}#

<b>Information about first file:</b>
#html#

Output

The #JS code above produces the output shown below:


<b>Information about first file:</b>
{
  "Notat": "Just a test",
  "Notater": [],
  "Notater_type": "Notater",
  "Bilder": [],
  "Bilder_type": "Bilder",
  "Vedlegg": [],
  "Vedlegg_type": "Vedlegg",
  "Tags": [],
  "opendoc": "https://docly.net/#D4v7vTawTlkOk8n9EsV22tA?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fdevelopers.docly.net%2fJavaScript%2fFilesystem-functions%2fGetFiles",
  "Title": null,
  "Url": "/Test-files/Testfile",
  "FormName": "Notat",
  "DoclyTypeId": 1,
  "DoclyType": "Document",
  "LastModifiedBy": "r@dops.no",
  "folderpath": "/Test files",
  "filename": "Testfile",
  "file": true,
  "DoclyId": 167526,
  "Guid": "4v7vTawTlkOk8n9EsV22tA",
  "FormId": 688,
  "CreatedTime": "2022-12-19T12:24:42.5920399+01:00",
  "LastModified": "2022-12-19T12:24:42.6662191+01:00",
  "Filesize": 271
}