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I need to download a lot of files from a web directory that looks like
this:

http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/ . If I type this into the
address bar of a web browser, I got a blank page.

However, if I know the name of a specific file and type it in:

http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/image1.jpg
or
http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/video1.flv

...., then I could see the picture/video and download them without any
issue.

The problem is that I don't know exactly what files are in that folder
and their names. There is also no index.html file.

Is there a way or any software that can help with the situation?

Thank you for any suggestion!

A valid URL would help. Also there is an index.htm page or it would not be
blank unless it is hosted on an IIS server which is why a valid URL is
needed.


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>I need to download a lot of files from a web directory that looks like
> this:
>
> http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/ . If I type this into the
> address bar of a web browser, I got a blank page.
>
> However, if I know the name of a specific file and type it in:
>
> http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/image1.jpg
> or
> http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/video1.flv
>
> ..., then I could see the picture/video and download them without any
> issue.
>
> The problem is that I don't know exactly what files are in that folder
> and their names. There is also no index.html file.
>
> Is there a way or any software that can help with the situation?
>
> Thank you for any suggestion!
>

wrote:
> I need to download a lot of files from a web directory that looks like
> this:
>
> http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/ . If I type this into the
> address bar of a web browser, I got a blank page.

What you see when you ask the webserver at www.somewebpage.com to show
you a particular directory's contents depends on how the webserver is
configured and how your browser is configured.

> However, if I know the name of a specific file and type it in:
>
> http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/image1.jpg
> or
> http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/video1.flv
>
> ..., then I could see the picture/video and download them without any
> issue.

Whether you could see the .jpg or the .flv depends on how the webserver
is configured. It could be configured to require you to give it a
password to let you have access to the file. Whether you could see the
..jpg or .flv also depends on your OS/browser/apps ability to display
such files.

> The problem is that I don't know exactly what files are in that folder
> and their names. There is also no index.html file.

Then the webserver doesn't want to show them to you. If the webserver
doesn't want to show them, then you would have to 'crack' the security
of the webserver.

> Is there a way or any software that can help with the situation?

I'm on the side of the somewebpage administrator in this regard.

> Thank you for any suggestion!

The only way you are going to get useful specific information is if you
give out the specific information as to the particular website address,
not a generic one.

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Mike Easter

wrote:
>
> The problem is that I don't know exactly what files are in that folder
> and their names. There is also no index.html file.

The webmaster has probably set a point so third party people cant view
the contents of a directory. It's pretty easy to do. For example, all
you need to do is generally put an empty index.html in the directory
where you dont want the contents listed.


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