webpack-livereload-plugin
LiveReload when running webpack --watch
Installation
Install the package
npm install --save-dev webpack-livereload-plugin
Add the plugin to your webpack config
// webpack.config.js
var LiveReloadPlugin = require('webpack-livereload-plugin');
module.exports = {
plugins: [
new LiveReloadPlugin(options)
]
}
Add a script tag to your page pointed at the livereload server
<script src="http://localhost:35729/livereload.js"></script>
Options
-
protocol
- (Default: protocol of the page, eitherhttp
orhttps
) Protocol for livereload<script>
src attribute value -
port
- (Default: 35729) The desired port for the livereload server -
hostname
- (Default: hostname of the page, likelocalhost
or10.0.2.2
) The desired hostname for the appended<script>
(if present) to point to -
appendScriptTag
- (Default: false) Append livereload<script>
automatically to<head>
. -
ignore
- (Default:null
) RegExp of files to ignore. Null value means ignore nothing. -
delay
- (Default:0
) amount of milliseconds by which to delay the live reload (in case build takes longer)
Why?
Yes, there's already webpack-dev-server
that handles live reloading
and more complex scenarios. This project aims to solve the case where
you want assets served by your app server, but still want reloads
triggered from webpack's build pipeline.
HTTPS
If you set key
, cert
, or pfx
options, they'll get passed through to
tiny-lr as options and it will
serve over HTTPS. You'll also also set protocol
to https
.