Create a <li> for every image in a folder with a jQuery plugin or Javascript

Is there a way to append a <ul> with <li> of images from a folder using only javascript? I'm able to create t开发者_JAVA技巧his functionality with server side technology but I wondered if there was some sort of client side technology that would do the magic as well.

I'm wanting to create a gallery of thumbnails without server side programming.

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Not without server side code, javascript is a client side language and can not access the file system. Imagine the massive security issues if anyone could run code on against your personal file system!

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No, javascript cannot directly interact with the filesystem (servers or clients). You could potentially create a service you could call via ajax that returns the images, but you will require at least a partial server side solution.

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Pretty sure thats impossible! even if you use ajax you will still have to have the server side code looking through the images and returning them.

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JQuery code:

$("img").wrap('<li>').wrap('<ul>');

this command will search for all image tags and will wrap them with

<ul>
 <li>
   <img .....>
 </li>
</ul>