liveRoute

Watch and reload your routes whenever they change without using tools like nodemon.

How to use

Assume you have the router file ./routes/files.js

const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();

// directory browser route 
router.get('/:dir', async (req, res, next) => {
    let { dir } = req.params;

    // .... do whatever

    res.json({ dir, files:[]});
});

module.exports = router;

This is how you would 'live-load' it...

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

// require
const LiveRoute = require('liveroute');
// initialize by passing app
const liveRoute = new LiveRoute(app);

// then, pass the route & router file
liveRoute.use('/files', './routes/files.js');

Now, behind the scenes, liveRoute will load the route file using: app.use('/files', require('./routes/files.js'))

Then, liveRoute uses watch-modules to watch for any changes and reloads the route on change. This means that the route file and all other modules required by it are watched, ensuring your routes are properly live-reloaded.

It is of course a little more complex than explained here but ion general, I use this approach approach.