CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptnode.jsexpress
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Reputation: 731

How to use live reload in an express server

So I'm using express to make a server:

import express from 'express';

const app = express();
const PORT = 3000;

app.use(express.static('public'));
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile('index.html');
});

app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on http://localhost:${PORT}`));

The server works successfully, however I need it to live-reload when I update the HTML file

Can anyone help?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3668

Answers (1)

MarcoWriteCode
MarcoWriteCode

Reputation: 133

npm install -g nodemon

next add a script line to your package.json

"live": "nodemon server.js"

now when you npm live it'll live reload

for more details see https://github.com/remy/nodemon

if live page reload is also needed

npm install -g livereload
livereload . -w 1000 -d

for more details see https://github.com/napcs/node-livereload

Upvotes: 4

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