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gulp-connect - 5.7.0 | npmpackage.info

gulp-connect

Gulp plugin to run a webserver (with live reload)

5.7.0

631

MIT

JavaScript

2.9

Installations

npm install gulp-connect

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

No

Module System

N/A

Min. Node Version

>=0.10.0

Node Version

11.2.0

NPM Version

6.4.1 Pull Requests

Open

13

Total

102

Closed

20

Merged

69

Issues

Open

24

Total

188

Closed

164

Releases

5.7.0

Updated on Dec 06, 2018

5.6.1

Updated on Aug 28, 2018

5.6.0

Updated on Aug 28, 2018

5.5.0

Updated on Feb 22, 2018

5.4.0

Updated on Feb 16, 2018

5.2.0

Updated on Jan 04, 2018

View All 35 releases

Languages

JavaScript

CoffeeScript

Shell

JavaScript (50.8%)

CoffeeScript (43.81%)

Shell (5.39%)

Developer

avevlad

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GitHub Statistics

MIT License

631 Stars

336 Commits

112 Forks

13 Watchers

17 Branches

53 Contributors

Updated on Mar 05, 2025

Maintainers

View All 53 Contributors

Package Meta Information

Latest Version

5.7.0

Package Id

gulp-connect@5.7.0

Size

158.29 kB

NPM Version

6.4.1

Node Version

11.2.0

Published on

Dec 06, 2018

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Dependencies

ansi-colors connect connect-livereload map-stream fancy-log send serve-index serve-static tiny-lr

Dev Dependencies

coffee-script gulp gulp-stylus mocha supertest

gulp-connect

Gulp plugin to run a webserver (with LiveReload)

Install

npm install --save-dev gulp-connect

Usage

1var gulp = require('gulp'),
2  connect = require('gulp-connect');
3
4gulp.task('connect', function() {
5  connect.server();
6});
7
8gulp.task('default', ['connect']);

LiveReload

1var gulp = require('gulp'),
2  connect = require('gulp-connect');
3
4gulp.task('connect', function() {
5  connect.server({
6    root: 'app',
7    livereload: true
8  });
9});
10
11gulp.task('html', function () {
12  gulp.src('./app/*.html')
13    .pipe(gulp.dest('./app'))
14    .pipe(connect.reload());
15});
16
17gulp.task('watch', function () {
18  gulp.watch(['./app/*.html'], ['html']);
19});
20
21gulp.task('default', ['connect', 'watch']);

Start and stop server

1gulp.task('jenkins-tests', function() {
2  connect.server({
3    port: 8888
4  });
5  // run some headless tests with phantomjs
6  // when process exits:
7  connect.serverClose();
8});

Multiple server

1var gulp = require('gulp'),
2  stylus = require('gulp-stylus'),
3  connect = require('gulp-connect');
4
5gulp.task('connectDev', function () {
6  connect.server({
7    name: 'Dev App',
8    root: ['app', 'tmp'],
9    port: 8000,
10    livereload: true
11  });
12});
13
14gulp.task('connectDist', function () {
15  connect.server({
16    name: 'Dist App',
17    root: 'dist',
18    port: 8001,
19    livereload: true
20  });
21});
22
23gulp.task('html', function () {
24  gulp.src('./app/*.html')
25    .pipe(gulp.dest('./app'))
26    .pipe(connect.reload());
27});
28
29gulp.task('stylus', function () {
30  gulp.src('./app/stylus/*.styl')
31    .pipe(stylus())
32    .pipe(gulp.dest('./app/css'))
33    .pipe(connect.reload());
34});
35
36gulp.task('watch', function () {
37  gulp.watch(['./app/*.html'], ['html']);
38  gulp.watch(['./app/stylus/*.styl'], ['stylus']);
39});
40
41gulp.task('default', ['connectDist', 'connectDev', 'watch']);

http2 support

If the http2 package is installed and you use an https connection to gulp connect then http 2 will be used in preference to http 1.

API

options.root

Type: Array or String Default: Directory with gulpfile

The root path

options.port

Type: Number Default: 8080

The connect webserver port

options.host

Type: String Default: localhost

options.name

Type: String Default: Server

The name that will be output when the server starts/stops.

options.https

Type: Object Default: false

Can be any options documented at https://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_https_createserver_options_requestlistener

When https is just set to true (boolean), then internally some defaults will be used.

options.livereload

Type: Object or Boolean Default: false

options.livereload.port

Type: Number Default: 35729

Overrides the hostname of the script livereload injects in index.html

options.livereload.hostname

Type: String Default: 'undefined'

options.fallback

Type: String Default: undefined

Fallback file (e.g. index.html)

options.middleware

Type: Function Default: []

options.debug

Type: Boolean Default: false

options.index

Type: Boolean or String of a new index pass or Array of new indexes in preferred order Default: true

1gulp.task('connect', function() {
2  connect.server({
3    root: "app",
4    middleware: function(connect, opt) {
5      return [
6        // ...
7      ]
8    }
9  });
10});

Contributing

To contribute to this project, you must have CoffeeScript installed: npm install -g coffee-script.

Then, to build the index.js file, run coffee -o . -bc src/. Run npm test to run the tests.

Contributors

No vulnerabilities found.

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Score

2.9

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-07-07

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Issues

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Usage

LiveReload

Start and stop server

Multiple server

http2 support

API

options.root

options.port

options.host

options.name

options.https

options.livereload

options.livereload.port

options.livereload.hostname

options.fallback

options.middleware

options.debug

options.index

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