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simple-autoreload-server 
A simple Web server on Node.js with Live/Autoreload feature.
- Reload statically on update the html files
- Refresh dynamically on update the files like css, js, png, and etc.
- No browser extensions are needed. (uses only WebSocket.)
Usage
Install simple-autoreload-server via npm. (e.g. npm install simple-autoreload-server)
Start autoreload-server from command line. (e.g. autoreload-server ./ 8080)
Open server url with your browser. (e.g. iexplore http://localhost:8080/)
Command Line Usage
autoreload-server [options] [root-dir] [port]
Command Line Options
option | default | description |
---|---|---|
--root, -d <param> |
. |
set base directory to publish. |
--port, -p <param> |
8080 |
set port to listen (http). |
--list-directory, -l |
true |
enable directory listing. |
--browse, -b |
false |
browse server by default program. |
--execute, -e <param> |
execute command when the server is ready to accept. | |
--stop-on-exit |
false |
stop server when process specified by '--execute' died. |
--watch, -w <param> |
/^/ |
regex pattern of file to watch. |
--watch-delay <param> |
1 |
time to delay before fireing watch event (in ms). |
--verbose, -v |
false |
enable verbose log. |
--client-log |
false |
inform client to log. |
--recursive, -r |
true |
watch directory recursively. (may take a while at startup) |
--follow-symlink, -l |
false |
follow symbolic-link. (it affects only when the resursive option specified. |
--force-reload, -f <param> |
regex pattern for file forced to reload page. | |
--broadcast-delay <param> |
0 |
time to delay before broadcasting file update event (in ms). |
--no-default-script |
false |
disable injection of default client script. |
--inject-file, -I <param> |
set path to additional file to be injected. | |
--inject-method, -M <param> |
p |
specify the method [prepend or append] |
--inject-match-text, -T <param> |
specify the pattern where to inject | |
--inject-match-file, -F <param> |
specify the pattern for file to inject | |
--version, -V |
show version | |
--help, -h |
show help |
Example
autoreload-server -w "\\.(html|css|js)" ./site-files 8008
Module Usage (Example)
var launcher = require('simple-autoreload-server');
var server = launcher({
port: 8008,
root: './',
listDirectory: true,
watch: /\.(png|js|html|json|swf)$/i,
forceReload: [/\.json$/i, "static.swf"]
});
Options
See 'src/lib/options.ls' for details of options.
Version
0.0.18
Installation
install this package via 'npm'.
npm install simple-autoreload-server
License
MIT