node-express-reload

Reload application server (hosting and cloud), kill process and install NPM packages online

• Helps to refresh your application after changes
• Automaticly reload your express.js server without bringing down the server
• Reload server
• Kill process
• Kill port
• List pid processes
• List, fix and audit packages
• Install new packages (get method)

WARNING: Do not use the development server in a production environment.

Install

npm install node-express-reload

Example 1 (reloaded manually)

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const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const PORT = 8080;

// ** Secure change ** 
// ** change route /ner to /any-another-word **
app.use('/ner', require("node-express-reload")({
  username: 'admin', // if not defined, your username will be admin
  password: 'NeR777#',
  serverfile: __filename,
}));

// Open options 
// http://localhost:8080/ner/
// http://localhost:8080/any-another-word/
// Reloaded manually
// http://localhost:8080/ner/reload/
// http://localhost:8080/any-another-word/reload

app.get("/", (req, res) => res.send(`I'm pid ${process.pid} and port ${PORT}`));
app.listen(PORT);

Example 2 (without bringing down the server)

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Silent reload module (express router)

const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const requireWatcher = require("node-express-reload")('require-watcher');
const PORT = 8080;

// silent reload
app.use('/home', requireWatcher( __dirname + '/home/index.js')) // or only '/home/'

app.get("/", (req, res) => res.send(`I'm pid ${process.pid} and port ${PORT}`));
app.listen(PORT);

Example 3 (watcher files)

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const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const PORT = 8080;

app.use('/ner', require("node-express-reload")({
  serverfile: __filename,
  watcher: ['.'], // {array}  __filename | . | ./ | index.js | /path-name | . (dot is all depth files)
  depth: 10,
}));

app.get("/", (req, res) => res.send(`I'm pid ${process.pid} and port ${PORT}`));
app.listen(PORT);

Another resource to management

• Example 1
• http://localhost:8080/ner
• http://localhost:8080/any-another-word

Screens

GET Method

GET http://localhost:8080/ner/reload/
GET http://localhost:8080/ner/kill/
GET http://localhost:8080/ner/kill/PID (pid is a number)
GET http://localhost:8080/ner/npm/i/pdfkit-table,cors

Actions

router	action	example
/ner/kill	kill owner process	http://localhost:8080/ner/kill
/ner/kill/:pid?	kill process	http://localhost:8080/ner/kill/123456
/ner/reload/:pid?	kill process and restart	http://localhost:8080/ner/reload
/ner/list	pid list	http://localhost:8080/ner/list
/ner/list-all	big pid list	http://localhost:8080/ner/listall
/ner/pid	show process id (PID)	http://localhost:8080/ner/pid
/ner/npm/:type/:packages	Install and uninstall packages. type: i or u.	http://localhost:8080/ner/npm/i/pdfkit-table,cors
/ner/npm/fix	npm fix	http://localhost:8080/ner/npm/fix
/ner/npm/ls	npm ls	http://localhost:8080/ner/npm/ls
/ner/npm/audit	npm audit	http://localhost:8080/ner/npm/audit
/ner/npm/install	npm install package.json	http://localhost:8080/ner/npm/install

Options

Soon.

License

The MIT License.

Author

Natan Cabral [e-mail] https://github.com/natancabral/

Thank you