sftp-browser

A web-based SFTP file browser that makes managing your server files easy!

SFTP Browser is still in development, but you can play with it at sftpbrowser.cybah.me. In addition to the web interface, there's a fully-built SFTP HTTP API that's used for interfacing with the origin server.

This line was written using the text file editor built into SFTP Browser!!

Features

• Connect to SFTP servers hosted on any platform
• Import and export server connections
• Navigate directories with ease
• Sort files by different attributes
• Show or hide hidden (dot) files
• Switch between list and tile views
• Download multiple files/directories as a single zip file
• Upload files by dragging and dropping or using the button
• Create new files and directories
• Rename and delete files
• Cut/copy/paste files between directories
• Use "Move to" and "Copy to" dialogs for more contextual organization
• Edit file permissions
• Recursively search for files by name within a directory
• View images, videos, and audio files in the browser
  • File size limitations apply (see here - subject to change)
• Edit text files in the browser and save directly to the server
  • Syntax highlighting is supported for certain languages
• Edit Markdown files and see a live preview
• Full mobile support with a responsive UI

API Basics

Authentication

All API endpoints require a set of request headers for connecting to the target server:

• sftp-host: The hostname of the server
• sftp-port: The port of the server
• sftp-username: The username to log into
• sftp-password: The password, if using password authentication
• sftp-key: The private key, if using public key authentication

Response format

All API responses are in JSON format and include a boolean success property. This is true if no errors were encountered, or false otherwise. If an error was encountered, a string error property is included, which contains an error description.

Successful response example:

{
    "success": true,
    "...": "..."
}

Failed response example:

{
    "success": false,
    "error": "[error description]",
    "...": "..."
}

Failed responses will always use a 400 or 500 level HTTP status code.

API Endpoints

List files in a directory

Endpoint: GET /api/sftp/directories/list

Query params

• Required string path: The target directory path
• Optional boolean dirsOnly: If true, only directories will be returned

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path
• object[] list: An array of file objects
  • string list[].name: The name of this file
  • number list[].accessTime: A timestamp representing the last access time of this file
  • number list[].modifyTime: A timestamp representing the last modification time of this file
  • number list[].size: The size, in bytes, of this file
  • string list[].type: A 1-character string representing the type of this file
  • number list[].group: The ID of the group this file belongs to
  • number list[].owner: The ID of the user this file belongs to
  • object list[].rights: Permissions for this file
    • string list[].rights.user: Contains some arrangement of r, w, and x, representing the permissions the owner has for this file.
    • string list[].rights.group: Contains some arrangement of r, w, and x, representing the permissions the group has for this file.
    • string list[].rights.other: Contains some arrangement of r, w, and x, representing the permissions everyone else has for this file.
  • string list[].longname: The raw SFTP output representing this file

Create a directory

Endpoint: POST /api/sftp/directories/create

Query params

• Required string path: The new directory path

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path

Delete a directory

Endpoint: DELETE /api/sftp/directories/delete

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the directory to delete

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path

Check if a path exists

Endpoint: GET /api/sftp/files/exists

Query params

• Required string path: The path to check

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path
• boolean exists: true if the path exists, false otherwise
• string|boolean type: If the file exists, this is its type character. If it doesn't exist, this is false.

Get information about a file

Endpoint: GET /api/sftp/files/stat

Query params

• Required string path: The path to stat

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path
• object stats: The stats for the file
  • number accessTime: The time the file was last accessed
  • number modifyTime: The time the file was last modified
  • number size: The size of the file
  • number uid: The ID of the file's owner
  • number gid: The ID of the file's group
  • number mode: An integer representing the file's type and permissions
  • boolean isBlockDevice: true if the file is a block device, false otherwise
  • boolean isCharacterDevice: true if the file is a character, false otherwise
  • boolean isDirectory: true if the file is a directory, false otherwise
  • boolean isFIFO: true if the file is a first-in first-out file, false otherwise
  • boolean isSocket: true if the file is a socket, false otherwise
  • boolean isSymbolicLink: true if the file is a symlink, false otherwise

Get raw file data

Endpoint: GET /api/sftp/files/get/single

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the file

Successful response

The raw file data

Failed response

An error response in JSON

Get file download link

Gets a temporary URL to download a single file without the need for connection headers. These URLs last 24 hours or until the server is restarted.

Endpoint: GET /api/sftp/files/get/single/url

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the file

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path
• string download_url: The resulting download URL

Get zipped download link

Gets a temporary URL for downloading a set of files and directories as a zip archive without the need for connection headers.

Endpoint: GET /api/sftp/files/get/multi

Query params

• Required string[] paths: A JSON-formatted array of file or directory paths

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path
• string download_url: The resulting download URL

Create a file

Endpoint: POST /api/sftp/files/create

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the new file

Request body

The raw data to insert into the new file

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path

Append data to a file

Endpoint: PUT /api/sftp/files/append

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the file

Request body

The raw data to append to the file

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path

Move a file

Endpoint: PUT /api/sftp/files/move

Query params

• Required string pathOld: The current path
• Required string pathNew: The new path

Successful response

• string pathOld: The normalized old path
• string pathNew: The normalized new path

Copy a file

Directories not supported.

Endpoint: PUT /api/sftp/files/copy

Query params

• Required string pathSrc: The source path
• Required string pathDest: The destination path

Successful response

• string pathSrc: The normalized source path
• string pathDest: The normalized destination path

Edit a file's permissions

Directories are supported, but with no recursion.

Endpoint: PUT /api/sftp/files/chmod

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the file
• Required string mode: The new mode to apply, in the form of xyz, where x, y, and z are integers from 0 to 7

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path
• string mode: The mode that was supplied

Delete a file

Endpoint: DELETE /api/sftp/files/delete

Query params

• Required string path: The path of the file

Successful response

• string path: The normalized path