gulp-webserver

Streaming gulp plugin to run a local webserver with LiveReload

Hint: This is a rewrite of gulp-connect

Install

$ npm install --save-dev gulp-webserver

Usage

The gulp.src('root') parameter is the root directory of the webserver. Multiple directories are possible.

var gulp = require('gulp');
var webserver = require('gulp-webserver');

gulp.task('webserver', function() {
  gulp.src('app')
    .pipe(webserver({
      livereload: true,
      directoryListing: true,
      open: true
    }));
});

Options

Key	Type	Default	Description
host	String	localhost	hostname of the webserver
port	Number	8000	port of the webserver
path	String	/	path to the webserver
livereload	Boolean/Object	false	whether to use livereload. For advanced options, provide an object. You can use the 'port' property to set a custom live reload port and the filter function to filter out files to watch. The object also needs to set enable property to true (e.g. enable: true) in order to activate the livereload mode. It is off by default.
directoryListing	Boolean/Object	false	whether to display a directory listing. For advanced options, provide an object with the 'enable' property set to true. You can use the 'path' property to set a custom path or the 'options' property to set custom serve-index options.
fallback	String	undefined	file to fall back to (relative to webserver root)
open	Boolean/String	false	open the localhost server in the browser. By providing a String you can specify the path to open (for complete path, use the complete url http://my-server:8080/public/) .
https	Boolean/Object	false	whether to use https or not. By default, gulp-webserver provides you with a development certificate but you remain free to specify a path for your key and certificate by providing an object like this one: {key: 'path/to/key.pem', cert: 'path/to/cert.pem'}.
middleware	Function/Array	[]	a connect middleware function or a list of middleware functions
proxies	Array	[]	a list of proxy objects. Each proxy object can be specified by {source: '/abc', target: 'http://localhost:8080/abc', options: {headers: {'ABC_HEADER': 'abc'}}}.

FAQ

Why can't I reach the server from the network?

Solution: Set 0.0.0.0 as host option.

How can I use html5Mode for my single page app with this plugin?

Solution: Set the index.html of your application as fallback option. For example:

gulp.task('webserver', function() {
  gulp.src('app')
    .pipe(webserver({
      fallback: 'index.html'
    }));
});

How can I pass a custom filter to livereload?

Solution: Set enable: true and provide filter function in filter: property of the livereload object. For example:

gulp.task('webserver', function() {
  gulp.src('app')
    .pipe(webserver({
      livereload: {
        enable: true, // need this set to true to enable livereload
        filter: function(fileName) {
          if (fileName.match(/.map$/)) { // exclude all source maps from livereload
            return false;
          } else {
            return true;
          }
        }
      }
    }));
});

How can i decrease the polling interval for livereload?

Solution: To override the default interval of 5007 ms, set enable:true and pollingInterval to desired interval.

For example:

gulp.task('webserver', function() {
  gulp.src('app')
    .pipe(webserver({
      livereload: {
        enable: true, // need this set to true to enable livereload
        pollingInterval: 200 // poll fs every 200ms
      }
    }));
});

How can I kill the running server?

Solution: Either by pressing Ctrl + C or programmatically like in this example:

var stream = gulp.src('app').pipe(webserver());
stream.emit('kill');

License

MIT License