topic Use javascript to count the number of files in directory in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/use-javascript-to-count-the-number-of-files-in-directory/m-p/44232#M18071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everybody i need some help. I have to use javascript to count the number of files in a directory and have that value in a variable. Does anyone knows how to do that.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:58:46 GMT franksant13 2018-04-06T14:58:46Z Use javascript to count the number of files in directory https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/use-javascript-to-count-the-number-of-files-in-directory/m-p/44232#M18071 Hello everybody i need some help. I have to use javascript to count the number of files in a directory and have that value in a variable. Does anyone knows how to do that.&nbsp;Thanks in advance.&nbsp; Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:58:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/use-javascript-to-count-the-number-of-files-in-directory/m-p/44232#M18071 franksant13 2018-04-06T14:58:46Z Re: Use javascript to count the number of files in directory https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/use-javascript-to-count-the-number-of-files-in-directory/m-p/44233#M18072 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have your directory in a variable like "node", you get the number of children of this node via node.children.length<BR />see&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://docs.alfresco.com/community/references/API-JS-ScriptNode.html" title="https://docs.alfresco.com/community/references/API-JS-ScriptNode.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ScriptNode API | Alfresco Documentation</A>&nbsp;</P><P>or use&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://docs.alfresco.com/community/references/API-JS-childFileFolders.html" title="https://docs.alfresco.com/community/references/API-JS-childFileFolders.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">childFileFolders | Alfresco Documentation</A>&nbsp;</P><P>node.childFileFolders(true, false).length</P><P>there you can choose to get all files, directories or files and directories...</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:02:00 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/use-javascript-to-count-the-number-of-files-in-directory/m-p/44233#M18072 mehe 2018-04-07T13:02:00Z