Access directory listing in chrome file:// URI applicaton - windows

Question

I am developing an application which will work under file:// URI for safety reasons. It needs to link to other files in my computer as well as read content of some directories.
While reading specific files seems simple, I am unable to find a way to read directory listing. Is there any way to do this.
I have a local web server installed which can be used as a proxy for directory listing. But I ideally don't want to use this approach
Note: I don't want to develop it as Chrome extension, or use a sandbox filesystem. I need to read directory listing of any folder present

Answer 1

Here is a simple program if you have or can install a local web server.
<?php
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: null');
$key = "very_long_key";
if (isset($_GET['dir'], $_GET['key']) && is_dir($_GET['dir']) && $_GET['key'] == $key) {
$dir = $_GET['dir'];
$files = glob($dir . '\*.{jpg,jpeg,png,gif,webm,mp4}', GLOB_BRACE);
echo json_encode($files);
} else {
var_dump($_GET);
}
You can use AJAX to make request to it. But still I am looking for a way to do it without need of a web server if anybody knows