update browse.xml to support uri as preferred param

Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@remlab.net>

share/lua/http/requests/README.txt

@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ It may be removed without notice.
 
 browse.xml:
 ===========
+
+< ?dir=<uri>
+> get file list from uri. At the moment, only local file uris are supported
+
+NB: uri is the preferred parameter. Dir is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.
 < ?dir=<dir>
 > get <dir>'s filelist
 

share/lua/intf/modules/httprequests.lua

@@ -356,7 +356,14 @@ end
 
 getbrowsetable = function ()
 
-	local dir = _GET["dir"]
+	local dir = nil
+	local uri = _GET["uri"]
+	--uri takes precedence, but fall back to dir
+	if uri then
+		dir = vlc.strings.make_path(uri)
+	else
+		dir = _GET["dir"]
+	end
 
 	local result={}
 	--paths are returned as an array of elements