# File Access API

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/file-access-api/2586
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 30, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/file-access-api/2586 "2015-04-30T13:07:32Z")
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### Author: ![xHN35RQ](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xHN35RQ](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/xHN35RQ)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/file-access-api/2586/11 "2015-05-02T03:15:24Z")

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> [@kahun](#):
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> It is probably better to let ST be ST and share the ST repo over Owncloud, which is what I do personally.

Continuing the discussion from [How do you share your files?](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/how-do-you-share-your-files/2515/10):

> [@How do you share your files?](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/how-do-you-share-your-files/2515/10):
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> Except that Seafile (and Owncloud) takes a while to setup, is not easy to setup, and is over-kill for sharing a file or folder publicly. There’s no need to run an entire LAMP server stack just to share files, [nginx](http://nginx.org/en/) can handle this for you faster and with less system resources.
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> Just setup a folder with Syncthing, use [nginx Server Blocks](http://wiki.nginx.org/ServerBlockExample) to expose that folder publically and you’re done. nginx has [autoindex](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_autoindex_module.html) to display files in a folder, or you can install [fancyindex](https://github.com/aperezdc/ngx-fancyindex) for custom theming of your folder display.
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> So, Syncthing for syncing, nginx for serving. Simple, and much more efficient.
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> If you need a tutorial on how to set this up, PM me and I can help.

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