live-refresh

LiveReload was too hard for me to understand, so I wrote LiveRefresh.

Installation

sudo npm install live-refresh -g

Quick Start

Go to project and live refresh current directory:

cd project-x
refresh .

Features

• Refresh the page when .jpg .jpeg .js .html files changed, created or deleted
• CSS styles auto reload when .css file changed without refreshing the page

Module API

var liverefresh = require('live-refresh');

set(option, value)

Liverefresh option setter.

liverefresh.set('watch.deep', true);
liverefresh.set('watch.interval', 500);
liverefresh.set('watch.persistent', true);
liverefresh.set('watch.extensions', ['js', 'css', 'html']);
liverefresh.set('ignore.files', [/^\./]);
liverefresh.set('ignore.directories', [/node_modules/, /^\.\S/]);

watch(path)

Create a Liverefresh server and watch file changes on the given path.

liverefresh.watch('project/x');
liverefresh.watch('./build/html').watch('./build/css');

unwatch(path)

Remove watched path.

liverefresh.unwatch('./build/css');

stop()

Stop liverefresh server and file watchers.

liverefresh.stop();

on(event, callback)

Add event listener.

liverefresh.on('connect', function(connection) {)
liverefresh.on('stop', function() {})

off(event, callback)

Remove event listener.

function onConnect() {}
liverefresh.on('connect', onConnect);
liverefresh.off('connect', onConnect);

connection.refresh()

Send a refresh command to the connected client.

liverefresh.on('connect', function(connection) {
  connection.refresh();
})

connection.close()

Close the connection from client.

connection.close()

connection.on(event, callback)

Add event listener on connection.

connection.on('close', function() {})

Install Chrome extension

LiveRefresh Chrome Extension

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Shallker Wang

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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