@wajeht/express-templates-reload v1.0.4

🔄 express-templates-reload

automatically reload the browser for template and public asset changes in an express app

🛠️ Installation

$ npm install @wajeht/express-templates-reload --save-dev

💻 Usage

import express from 'express';
import { expressTemplatesReload } from '@wajeht/express-templates-reload';

const app = express();

// Must be placed before any other routes
expressTemplatesReload({
  app,
  watch: [
    // Watch a specific file
    { path: './public/style.css' },
    { path: './public/script.js' },

    // Watch a directory with specific extensions
    {
      path: './views',
      extensions: ['.ejs', '.html'],
    },
  ],

  // Optional
  options: {
    pollInterval: 100, // Check for changes every 100ms (default: 50ms)
    quiet: true, // Suppress console logs
  },
});

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello, world!'));

app.listen(80, () => console.log('App is listening on http://localhost'));

🛠️ API Reference

expressTemplatesReload(config)

Config Options

📑 Docs

• See DEVELOPMENT for development guide.
• See CONTRIBUTION for contribution guide.

📜 License

Distributed under the MIT License © wajeht. See LICENSE for more information.