diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 `http-directory` uses [PVP Versioning](https://pvp.haskell.org).
 
+## 0.1.4 (2019-06-xx)
+- add httpRawDirectory
+- httpDirectory now filters out absolutes hrefs and sort links
+- add httpDirectory' and httpRedirect' variants with own Manager
+
 ## 0.1.3 (2019-06-04)
 - add httpExists
 
diff --git a/http-directory.cabal b/http-directory.cabal
--- a/http-directory.cabal
+++ b/http-directory.cabal
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 cabal-version:       1.18
 name:                http-directory
-version:             0.1.3
+version:             0.1.4
 synopsis:            http directory listing library
 description:
             Library for listing the files (links) in an http directory.
-            Also can check the size, existence, modtime of files,
+            It can also check the size, existence, modtime of files,
             and url redirects.
 homepage:            https://github.com/juhp/http-directory
 bug-reports:         https://github.com/juhp/http-directory/issues
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTP/Directory.hs b/src/Network/HTTP/Directory.hs
--- a/src/Network/HTTP/Directory.hs
+++ b/src/Network/HTTP/Directory.hs
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
 
 module Network.HTTP.Directory
        ( httpDirectory,
+         httpDirectory',
+         httpRawDirectory,
          httpExists,
          httpFileSize,
          httpLastModified,
          httpManager,
          httpRedirect,
+         httpRedirect',
          httpRedirects
        ) where
 
@@ -32,8 +35,9 @@
 #endif
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+import Data.List (nub)
 import Data.Maybe
-import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text (Text, isPrefixOf, pack)
 import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime)
 
 import Network.HTTP.Client (hrRedirects, httpLbs, httpNoBody, Manager, method,
@@ -55,8 +59,39 @@
 -- you may need to use 'httpRedirect' to determine
 -- the actual final url prefix for relative links
 -- (files).
+--
+-- (Filters "non-files/subdirs" @since 0.1.4 (before that was just httpRawDirectory)
 httpDirectory :: Manager -> String -> IO [Text]
 httpDirectory mgr url = do
+  hrefs <- httpRawDirectory mgr url
+  return $ nub $ filter (not . or . flist [isHttp, ("/" `isPrefixOf`), (pack "../" ==), ("?" `isPrefixOf`)]) hrefs
+  where
+    isHttp loc = "http:" `isPrefixOf` loc || "https:" `isPrefixOf` loc
+
+-- picked from swish
+flist :: [a->b] -> a -> [b]
+flist fs a = map ($ a) fs
+
+-- | Like httpDirectory but uses own Manager
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4
+httpDirectory' :: String -> IO [Text]
+httpDirectory' url = do
+  mgr <- httpManager
+  httpDirectory mgr url
+
+-- | List all the hrefs in an http directory html file.
+--
+-- Raises an error if the http request fails.
+--
+-- Note if the directory (webpage) url is redirected to a different path
+-- you may need to use 'httpRedirect' to determine
+-- the actual final url prefix for relative links
+-- (files).
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4
+httpRawDirectory :: Manager -> String -> IO [Text]
+httpRawDirectory mgr url = do
   request <- parseRequest url
   response <- httpLbs request mgr
   if statusCode (responseStatus response) /= 200
@@ -129,6 +164,14 @@
 httpRedirect mgr url =
   listToMaybe <$> httpRedirects mgr url
 
+-- | Like httpRedirect but uses own Manager.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4
+httpRedirect' :: String -> IO (Maybe B.ByteString)
+httpRedirect' url = do
+  mgr <- httpManager
+  listToMaybe <$> httpRedirects mgr url
+
 -- parseRequest with HEAD
 --
 -- @since 0.1.3
@@ -142,4 +185,3 @@
 httpHead mgr url = do
   request <- parseRequestHead url
   httpNoBody request mgr
-