This is a fork of tiny-lr. The maintainer of tiny-lr appears to be on a hiatus and this fork takes care of lingering issues until the maintainer of tiny-lr (hopefully) returns. **Changes made:** * Quieter, removes `console.log`s * Use WSS when livereload.js is on HTTPS * Normalize windows paths in livereload.js --- tiny-lr ------- This script manages a tiny [LiveReload](http://livereload.com/) server implementation you can spawn in the background. It exposes: - a background-friendly bin wrapper (thanks to [@FGRibreau](https://github.com/FGRibreau) [pid.js gist](https://gist.github.com/1846952)) - [Grunt tasks](https://github.com/mklabs/tiny-lr#using-grunt) to start the server and trigger reload notification. Every task name is prefixed by `tinylr-`. - [Generic targets](https://github.com/mklabs/tiny-lr#using-make) to include in your Makefile (`include node_modules/tiny-lr/tasks/tiny-lr.mk`) It doesn't have any watch ability, it must be done at the build process or application level. Instead, it exposes a very simple API to notify the server that some changes have been made, that is then broadcasted to every livereload client connected. # notify a single change curl http://localhost:35729/changed?files=style.css # notify using a longer path curl http://localhost:35729/changed?files=js/app.js # notify multiple changes, comma or space delimited curl http://localhost:35729/changed?files=index.html,style.css,docs/docco.css Or you can bulk the information into a POST request, with body as a JSON array of files. curl -X POST http://localhost:35729/changed -d '{ "files": ["style.css", "app.js"] }' As for the livereload client, you need to install the browser extension: http://feedback.livereload.com/knowledgebase/articles/86242-how-do-i-install-and-use-the-browser-extensions- (**note**: you need to listen on port 35729 to be able to use with your brower extension) or add the livereload script tag manually: http://feedback.livereload.com/knowledgebase/articles/86180-how-do-i-add-the-script-tag-manually- (and here you can choose whatever port you want) ## Integration This package exposes a `bin` you can decide to install globally, but it's not recommended. tiny-lr --help Usage: tiny-lr [options] Options: -h, --help - Show help usage -v, --version - Show package version -p, --port - Port to listen on (default: 35729) --pid - Path to the generated PID file (default: ./tiny-lr.pid) The best way to integrate the runner in your workflow is to add it as a `reload` step within your build tool. This build tool can then use the internal binary linked by npm in `node_modules/.bin/tiny-lr` to not rely on global installs (or use the server programmtically). You can start the server using the binary provided, or use your own start script. ```js var tinylr = require('tiny-lr'); // standard LiveReload port var port = 35729; // tinylr(opts) => new tinylr.Server(opts); tinylr().listen(port, function() { if(err) { // deal with err return; } console.log('... Listening on %s (pid: %s) ...', port); }) ``` You can define your own route and listen for specific request: ```js var server = tinylr(); server.on('GET /myplace', function(req, res) { res.write('Mine'); res.end(); }) ``` And stop the server manually: ```js server.close(); ``` This will close any websocket connection established and emit a close event. ### Middleware To use as a connect / express middleware, tiny-lr needs query / bodyParse middlewares prior in the stack. Any handled requests ends at the tinylr level, not found and errors are nexted to the rest of the stack. ```js // This binds both express app and tinylr on the same port var app = express(); app.use(express.query()) .use(express.bodyParser()) .use(tinylr.middleware({ app: app })) .use(express.static(path.resolve('./'))) .use(express.directory(path.resolve('./'))) .listen(35729, function() { console.log('Listening on %d', 35729); }) ``` The port you listen on is important, and tinylr should **always** listen on the LiveReload standard one: `35729`. Otherwise, you won't be able to rely on the browser extensions, though you can still use the manual snippet approach. You can also start two different servers, one on your app port, the other listening on the LiveReload port. Check the `examples/express/server.js` file to see how. ### Using grunt This package exposes a `tasks/` directory, that you can use within your Gruntfile with: ```js grunt.loadNpmTasks('tiny-lr'); ``` - tinylr-start - Starts a new tiny-lr Server, with the provided port. - tinylr-reload - Sends a reload notification to the previously started server. `tinylr-start` should be used with the `watch` task, probably with an alias that triggers both `tinylr-start watch` tasks. `tinylr-reload` should be configured as a "watch" task in your Gruntfile. ```js grunt.initConfig({ watch: { reload: { files: ['**/*.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.css', '**/*.{png,jpg}'], tasks: 'tinylr-reload' } } }); grunt.registerTask('reload', ['tinylr-start', 'watch']); ``` ### Using make See `tasks/tiny-lr.mk`. Include this file into your project Makefile to bring in the following targets: - start - Start the LiveReload server - stop - Stops the LiveReload server - livereload - alias to start - livereload-stop - aias to stop Then define your "empty" targets, and the list of files you want to monitor. ```make CSS_DIR = app/styles CSS_FILES = $(shell find $(CSS_DIR) -name '*.css') # include the livereload targets include node_modules/tiny-lr/tasks/*.mk $(CSS_DIR): $(CSS_FILES) @echo CSS files changed: $? @touch $@ curl -X POST http://localhost:35729/changed -d '{ "files": "$?" }' reload-css: livereload $(CSS_DIR) .PHONY: reload-css ``` The pattern is always the same: - define a target for your root directory that triggers a POST request - `touch` the directory to update its mtime - add reload target with `livereload` and the list of files to "watch" as prerequisites You can chain multiple "reload" targets in a single one: ```make reload: reload-js reload-css reload-img reload-EVERYTHING ``` Combine this with [visionmedia/watch](https://github.com/visionmedia/watch) and you have a livereload environment. watch make reload # add a -q flag to the watch command to suppress most of the annoying output watch -q reload The `-q` flag only outputs STDERR, you can in your Makefile redirect the output of your commands to `>&2` to see them in `watch -q` mode. ## Tests npm test --- # TOC - [tiny-lr](#tiny-lr) - [GET /](#tiny-lr-get-) - [GET /changed](#tiny-lr-get-changed) - [POST /changed](#tiny-lr-post-changed) - [GET /livereload.js](#tiny-lr-get-livereloadjs) - [GET /kill](#tiny-lr-get-kill) # tiny-lr accepts ws clients. ```js var url = parse(this.request.url); var server = this.app; var ws = this.ws = new WebSocket('ws://' + url.host + '/livereload'); ws.onopen = function(event) { var hello = { command: 'hello', protocols: ['http://livereload.com/protocols/official-7'] }; ws.send(JSON.stringify(hello)); }; ws.onmessage = function(event) { assert.deepEqual(event.data, JSON.stringify({ command: 'hello', protocols: ['http://livereload.com/protocols/official-7'], serverName: 'tiny-lr' })); assert.ok(Object.keys(server.clients).length); done(); }; ``` properly cleans up established connection on exit. ```js var ws = this.ws; ws.onclose = done.bind(null, null); request(this.server) .get('/kill') .expect(200, function() { console.log('server shutdown'); }); ``` # tiny-lr ## GET / respond with nothing, but respond. ```js request(this.server) .get('/') .expect('Content-Type', /json/) .expect('{"tinylr":"Welcome","version":"0.0.1"}') .expect(200, done); ``` unknown route respond with proper 404 and error message. ```js request(this.server) .get('/whatev') .expect('Content-Type', /json/) .expect('{"error":"not_found","reason":"no such route"}') .expect(404, done); ``` ## GET /changed with no clients, no files. ```js request(this.server) .get('/changed') .expect('Content-Type', /json/) .expect(/"clients":\[\]/) .expect(/"files":\[\]/) .expect(200, done); ``` with no clients, some files. ```js request(this.server) .get('/changed?files=gonna.css,test.css,it.css') .expect('Content-Type', /json/) .expect('{"clients":[],"files":["gonna.css","test.css","it.css"]}') .expect(200, done); ``` ## POST /changed with no clients, no files. ```js request(this.server) .post('/changed') .expect('Content-Type', /json/) .expect(/"clients":\[\]/) .expect(/"files":\[\]/) .expect(200, done); ``` with no clients, some files. ```js var data = { clients: [], files: ['cat.css', 'sed.css', 'ack.js'] }; request(this.server) .post('/changed') .send({ files: data.files }) .expect('Content-Type', /json/) .expect(JSON.stringify(data)) .expect(200, done); ``` ## GET /livereload.js respond with livereload script. ```js request(this.server) .get('/livereload.js') .expect(/LiveReload/) .expect(200, done); ``` ## GET /kill shutdown the server. ```js var server = this.server; request(server) .get('/kill') .expect(200, function(err) { if(err) return done(err); assert.ok(!server._handle); done(); }); ``` --- - 2013-01-21 - v0.0.5 - [PR #18](https://github.com/mklabs/tiny-lr/pull/18) / [PR #21](https://github.com/mklabs/tiny-lr/pull/21) - https support / expose reload flags through options - 2013-01-21 - v0.0.4 - middleware support - 2013-01-20 - v0.0.3 - serve livereload from repo (#4) - 2013-01-12 - v0.0.2 - tasks - support for grunt 0.3.x (#1) - 2013-01-05 - v0.0.1 - Initial release