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local-access
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Retrieve formatted URL addresses for local and LAN access.
$ npm install local-access --save-dev
import localAccess from 'local-access';
// or
const localAccess = require('local-access');
localAccess();
//=> { local:'http://localhost:8080', network:'http://10.0.0.3:8080' }
localAccess({ https:true, port:3000 });
//=> { local:'https://localhost:3000', network:'https://10.0.0.3:3000' }
localAccess({ pathname:'foo/bar' });
//=> { local:'http://localhost:8080/foo/bar', network:'http://10.0.0.3:8080/foo/bar' }
Parsing and formatting is controlled by url.format, which means its options are inherited.
Type: Object
A URL instance, or any object with matching keys.
Type: Boolean
Default: false
Shortcut for determining the options.protocol value.
Note: This is the only config value unique to
local-access!
Type: String
Default: 'localhost'
Same as urlObject.hostname -- added a default value.
Type: Number or String
Default: process.env.PORT || 8080
Same as urlObject.port -- added a default value.
MIT © Luke Edwards
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Retrieve formatted URL addresses for local and LAN access.
The npm package local-access receives a total of 60,023 weekly downloads. As such, local-access popularity was classified as popular.
We found that local-access demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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