I have a bunch of plain text recipe files on a NAS. If a family member wants to cook something, they ask me to print them a copy.
I’m looking for a simple as possible way to put them on a local web server via a Docker image or similar.
Basically all I need is to have http://recipes.local/ show the list of files, then you can click one to view and or print it.
Don’t want logins. Don’t need ability to edit files. Want something read-only I can set and forget while I continue to manage the content directly on the NAS.
What would you suggest?
A web server with directory listing enabled would work fine for that.
Caddy has this feature built-in. It looks nice too.
recipes.local { root * /srv file_server }https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/file_server
There’s also File Browser.
I use dufs. Copyparty seems good too.
Not quite what you want, but I am a huge fan of mealie.
Came here to say the same thing. More than OP is asking for, but it’s fantastic.
Just used it to import a recipe, tweak it, and then I made it. Big fan of mealie.
I bet it would do a decent job of parsing those text files.
Just use the directory listing of your favourite web server. You have a HTTP read only view of a directory and all of its content. If you self host likely you have already a reverse proxy, so it is just matter of updating its configuration. I’m sure it is supported by Apache, Nginx, LightHttpd, and Caddy. But I would expect every webserver supports it. Caddy is the easiest to use if you need to start from scratch.
sandstorm is dead simple to host and crazy secure.
it handles user accounts for you and there are lots of apps to serve files or track text files.
it rocks.
Directory Lister is a perfect fit for this. Docker instructions here.
Disclaimer: I am the author of Directory Lister. Feel free to reach out with questions.
