web-ext-reload

Reload your Chrome extension during development via websockets.

Install

$ npm install web-ext-reload

You'll also need to copy the chrome-background-reload.js to your chrome extension as a persistent background script.

{
  "background": {
    "scripts": [ "chrome-background-reload.js"],
    "persistent": true
  }
}

CLI

$ web-ext-reload --help

  Usage
    $ web-ext-reload path/to/watch

  Options
    --ignoredPaths, -i File/Glob of paths to ignore (Default: node_modules)
    --port,         -p Port number to start the reload server on (Default: 3030)

  Examples
    $ web-ext-reload ./
    $ web-ext-reload ./dist -p 9000 -i ./dist/config

Usage

const webExtReload = require('web-ext-reload');

webExtReload.startServer({ paths: './dist' });

API

startServer(options)

Returns instance of the Server

options

Type: Object

ignoredPaths

Type: string|array Default: 'node_modules/**'

Filepath or glob of files to ignore

paths

Type: string|Array Default: './'

Filepath or glob of files to watch

port

Type: number Default: 3030

Port number to start the reload server on

watch

Type: boolean Default: true

Whether to start watching files on server start

Server

.start()

.startWatcher(paths, ignored)

.stopWatcher()

.stopServer()

.stop()

.sendReloadEvent()

License

MIT © jamsinclair