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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 -d ./ -p 8080)
Open server url with your browser. (e.g. iexplore http://localhost:8080/)
Command Line Usage
autoreload-server [options] [root-dir] [port]Overview of Command Line Options
| option | default | help |
|---|---|---|
--path, -d |
. |
set directory to publish. |
--watch, -w |
**/** |
pattern for file to watch. |
--reload, -r |
false |
pattern for file to reload the whole page. |
--mount.path, -m |
. |
set additional directory to publish. |
--mount.target, -t |
/ |
server side path of mounted direcory |
--mount.watch, -W |
**/** |
pattern of file to watch. |
--host, -H |
0.0.0.0 |
set host address to publish. |
--port, -p |
8080 |
set port to listen (http). |
--config, -c |
.autoreload.json |
load options from json. |
--search-config |
true |
search for config json in parent directories. |
--list-directory, -l |
true |
enable directory listing. |
--browse, -b |
false |
open server url by platform default program. |
--execute, -e |
`` | execute command when the server has prepared. |
--stop-on-exit, -k |
false |
exit when invoked process specified by "execute" died. |
--ignore-case, -i |
true |
ignore case of glob patterns. |
--include-hidden, -n |
false |
glob includes hidden files. |
--default-pages |
index.{htm,html} |
default page file pattern for directory request. |
--encoding |
utf-8 |
encoding for reading texts and inject target files |
--watch-delay |
20 |
delay time to supress duplicate watch event (in ms). |
--verbose, -v |
false |
enable verbose logging. |
--silent |
false |
disable server logging. |
--builtin-script |
true |
enable default built-in script injection. |
--client-module |
true |
expose client module to 'window' object. |
--client-log |
false |
inform client to log. |
--recursive, -R |
true |
watch sub-directories recursively. (may take a while at startup) |
--follow-symlinks, -L |
false |
follow symbolic-links. (it affects only when the resursive option specified.) |
--inject.content, -I |
`` | injects specified content. |
--inject.type, -T |
file |
type of "inject.content". |
--inject.which, -F |
**/**.{php,htm,html,cgi,pl,rb} |
specify pattern for injection target. |
--inject.where, -P |
`</(body | head |
--inject.prepend, -E |
false |
insert content before matched. |
--help, -h |
false |
show help |
--version, -V |
false |
show version |
Example
autoreload-server -w "**/**.{html,css,js}" ./site-files 8008Module Usage (Example)
var launcher = require('simple-autoreload-server');
var server = launcher({
port: 8008,
path: './',
listDirectory: true,
watch: "*.{png,js,html,json,swf}"
reload: "{*.json,static.swf}"
});Client Module Usage
See examples, and "src/client.ls" for details.
Options
See Options.md for details.
Version
0.1.4
Installation
install this package via 'npm'.
npm install simple-autoreload-serverLicense
MIT