Brian  

What's an HTML-first way (no JS, if possible) to browse existing media files on a server?

I've got a Flask backend with a public_uploads directory holding images. I'd like to be able to scroll through/pick files for a simple blog post editor.

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Jun 17 at 4:20pmWeb
Show threadMatt WilcoxJun 17

@brianb You want a web page that allows you to view a server directory contents?

No such thing exists as an HTML element. HTML does not know about the server at all. Literally. It runs entirely in the browser, locally.

Show threadBrian  Jun 17

@mattwilcox I don't think I asked it well. I was trying to avoid a bunch of JS to do all the work. I used this CSStricks article as a basis for layout and use a one-line fetch request to get the formatted HTML from the server. I plopped the response right into the DOM easily enough.

https://css-tricks.com/adaptive-photo-layout-with-flexbox/

Adaptive Photo Layout with Flexbox | CSS-Tricks

Let’s take a look at a super lightweight way to create a horizontal masonry effect for a set of arbitrarily-sized photos. Throw any set of photos at it, and

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