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rclone/docs/content/http.md
Nick Craig-Wood 8656bd2bb0 fs: Allow on the fly remotes with :backend: syntax - fixes #2449
This change allows remotes to be created on the fly without a config
file by using the remote type prefixed with a : as the remote name, Eg
:s3: to make an s3 remote.

This assumes the user is supplying the backend config via command line
flags or environment variables.
2018-08-26 17:59:31 +01:00

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title: "HTTP Remote"
description: "Read only remote for HTTP servers"
date: "2017-06-19"
---
<i class="fa fa-globe"></i> HTTP
-------------------------------------------------
The HTTP remote is a read only remote for reading files of a
webserver. The webserver should provide file listings which rclone
will read and turn into a remote. This has been tested with common
webservers such as Apache/Nginx/Caddy and will likely work with file
listings from most web servers. (If it doesn't then please file an
issue, or send a pull request!)
Paths are specified as `remote:` or `remote:path/to/dir`.
Here is an example of how to make a remote called `remote`. First
run:
rclone config
This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
```
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> remote
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Amazon Drive
\ "amazon cloud drive"
2 / Amazon S3 (also Dreamhost, Ceph, Minio)
\ "s3"
3 / Backblaze B2
\ "b2"
4 / Dropbox
\ "dropbox"
5 / Encrypt/Decrypt a remote
\ "crypt"
6 / FTP Connection
\ "ftp"
7 / Google Cloud Storage (this is not Google Drive)
\ "google cloud storage"
8 / Google Drive
\ "drive"
9 / Hubic
\ "hubic"
10 / Local Disk
\ "local"
11 / Microsoft OneDrive
\ "onedrive"
12 / Openstack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)
\ "swift"
13 / SSH/SFTP Connection
\ "sftp"
14 / Yandex Disk
\ "yandex"
15 / http Connection
\ "http"
Storage> http
URL of http host to connect to
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Connect to example.com
\ "https://example.com"
url> https://beta.rclone.org
Remote config
--------------------
[remote]
url = https://beta.rclone.org
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:
Name Type
==== ====
remote http
e) Edit existing remote
n) New remote
d) Delete remote
r) Rename remote
c) Copy remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q
```
This remote is called `remote` and can now be used like this
See all the top level directories
rclone lsd remote:
List the contents of a directory
rclone ls remote:directory
Sync the remote `directory` to `/home/local/directory`, deleting any excess files.
rclone sync remote:directory /home/local/directory
### Read only ###
This remote is read only - you can't upload files to an HTTP server.
### Modified time ###
Most HTTP servers store time accurate to 1 second.
### Checksum ###
No checksums are stored.
### Usage without a config file ###
Since the http remote only has one config parameter it is easy to use
without a config file:
rclone lsd --http-url https://beta.rclone.org :http: