@dotcom-tool-kit/node

Run your Node application.

This plugin will be installed as a dependency of the frontend-app, backend-heroku-app plugins so you do not need to install it separately if you are using either of those plugins.

Installation

Install @dotcom-tool-kit/node as a devDependency in your app:

npm install --save-dev @dotcom-tool-kit/node

Add the plugin to your Tool Kit configuration:

plugins:
  - '@dotcom-tool-kit/node'

Tasks

Node

Run a Node.js application for local development.

Task options

| Property | Description | Type | Default | | :----------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------- | :------------------ | | entry | path to the node application | string | './server/app.js' | | args | additional arguments to pass to your application | Array<string> | | | useDoppler | whether to run the application with environment variables from Doppler | boolean | true | | ports | ports to try to bind to for this application. set to false for an entry point that wouldn't bind to a port, such as a worker process or one-off script. | Array<number> \| false | [3001,3002,3003] | | watch | run Node in watch mode, which restarts your application when the entrypoint or any imported files are changed. nb this option is experimental in versions of Node before v20.13. | boolean | |

All properties are optional.