A simple app for Django 3.2.8 and Python 3.9.2 that allows listing and downloading files from a given directory, while controlling who can access the files.

Installation

python manage.py migrate is not required as there are no models.

Add to the settings.py file::

INSTALLED_APPS += ['directory']

DIRECTORY_DIRECTORY = '/path/to/dir'

That's the directory to be listed.

Add to the urls.py file the url entry, e.g.:

('files/', include('directory.urls')),

Dependencies

If setting DIRECTORY_ACCESS_MODE is set to 'use-perms', or (possibly) 'custom', then this app will require django.contrib.auth installed in the project.

Configuration

Setting DIRECTORY_ACCESS_MODE, can be one of: 'public', 'use-perms', 'custom', value 'public' is default.

• value 'public' means that anyone can see the directory and download files.
• 'use-perms' means that django permission 'directory_read' from django.contrib.auth will be checked
• 'custom' - means that function provided with DIRECTORY_ACCESS_FUNCTION will be called to check the permission

DIRECTORY_ACCESS_FUNCTION - a function or python path to the custom permission checking function e.g. 'myapp.perms.check_get_backups_perm'.

The function should accept parameter request and return a Boolean value - access granted if True.

DIRECTORY_TEMPLATE - path to the template file for the directory listing. Default value is 'directory/list.html'