volto-plone-reloader

An add-on to pass /@@reload to the backend.

Overview

The Plone addon plone.reload provides a code reloader for your Plone backend.

Unfortunately this currently does not work through a Volto frontend as the route is unknown and the request doesn't get to the backend. Instead you must run it from a different window or tab directly on the backend.

This addon aims to resolve this problem by:

• Creating an express middleware layer to forward requests to /@@reload to the backend.
• Changes the apiPath to remove the Plone site (@@reload must be run from the zope root).
• Adds VirtualHost parameters to the url to ensure the reload actions go through volto.
• Authenticates the call with either admin:admin or admin:secret, the default credentials for plone dev instances.

Installation

Add the addon to your projects package.json:

"addons": [
    "plone-volto-reloader"
],

"dependencies": {
    "plone-volto-reloader": "*"
}

Install the add-on and restart Volto:

yarn
yarn start

Then the reload middleware will be accesible via http://localhost:3000/@@reload

Credits

Jon Pentland (instification)