less-middleware

Installation

sudo npm install less-middleware

Options

Option	Description	Default
force	Always re-compile less files on each request.	false
once	Only check for need to recompile once after each server restart. Useful for reducing disk i/o on production.	false
debug	Output any debugging messages to the console.	false
src	Source directory containing the .less files. Required.
dest	Desitnation directory to output the compiled .css files.	<src>
compress	Compress the output being written to the *.css files.	false
optimization	Desired level of LESS optimization. Optionally 0, 1, or 2	0

Examples

Connect

var lessMiddleware = require('less-middleware');

var server = connect.createServer(
    lessMiddleware({
        src: __dirname + '/public',
        compress: true
    }),
    connect.staticProvider(__dirname + '/public')
);

Express

var lessMiddleware = require('less-middleware');

var app = express.createServer();

app.configure(function () {
    // Other configuration here...

    app.use(lessMiddleware({
        src: __dirname + '/public',
        compress: true
    }));

    app.use(express.staticProvider(__dirname + '/public'));
});