luvi

luvi

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$ cd /path/to/your/project
$ luvi
luvi listening on 4444

By default, luvi acts as a static server, serving the files in cwd. It can also redirect requests to a back-end. On launch, luvi will open a tab in your default browser pointing to your defined root.

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Installation & Usage

$ npm i -g luvi
$ luvi [server, ...] [options]

luvi looks inside cwd for a .luvi.json config file. If there is no config file, the default static server is launched.

[server, ...]

$ luvi foo bar
foo listening on port 4444
bar listening on port 8888

List of named servers to launch. Only names matching the ones in config file will be launched.

[options]

Command-line arguments take priority over config files and defaults. In a path with a .luvi.json file, running luvi will follow the options in the file, unless any options are passed; if there are multiple servers in the .luvi.json file, every server's options will be overridden. Project root is cwd by default.

$ luvi                           # launches the default server
$ luvi foo bar                   # starts luvi servers `foo` & `bar`
$ luvi -p 1337                   # serves from specified port--must be root to use ports below 1024
$ luvi -r /path/to/www/root      # serves from specified directory
$ luvi -c /path/to/config.json   # uses a non-default config file
$ luvi -n                        # ignores the config file in `cwd`--useful for options like `-r`
$ luvi -v                        # display's luvi's version
$ luvi -h                        # shows a version of this help dialog

.luvi.json

To configure a single server: {"root":"public","port":9090}. The object will be passed directly to luvi.

For multiple servers, simply use an array of single-server configs. Use the name option to keep track of servers in logs.

[{
  "name": "drafts",
  "root": "src",
  "port": 1337
},{
  "name": "testing",
  "root": "build",
  "port": 7090,
  "proxy": {
    "/api": "http://back-end:1207/app/testing"
  }
},{
  "name": "todo",
  "root": "doc",
  "port": 6565
}]

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API

You can pass an object to luvi() for custom settings; otherwise, these defaults are applied:

var luvi = require('luvi')
luvi({
    name : 'luvi'
  , root : process.cwd()
  , port : 4444
})

This is exactly the same as just calling luvi(), with no config object.

These defaults are merged with whatever you pass, so if, for example, you only pass in a custom server name, luvi will still run on port 4444 and use cwd as the root to serve.

Multiple servers can be launched from the same script, with different configs, by calling luvi() again with different options.

If you define a proxy property and a request matches one of the specified contexts, that request will be handled by the proxy middleware.

If the proxy middleware doesn't handle the request, it'll be passed on to the static middleware. If the static middleware can't handle the request, it will return an HTTP error response.

options

• root
  • root: '/path/to/document/root'
  • Str Path where your static files are placed. Server only allows access to files in this directory. Usually where you'd have index.html. Can be absolute or relative. Defaults to process.cwd().
• port
  • port: 3000
  • Int Port on which to listen. If specified port is busy, luvi will look for a free port--increments number until free port is found. Defaults to 4444.
• name
  • name: 'foo'
  • Str Server name. Useful for launching multiple servers, and for keeping track in logs. Defaults to luvi.
• proxy
  • proxy: {'/api': 'http://back-end:9090/api;}
  • ({context:url}) Map of request contexts to back-end URLs. Supports HTTP and HTTPS. Multiple mappings can be defined here. Defaults to undefined.
• onListen
  • onListen: function(name, port){console.log(name, 'is listening on', port)}
  • function(name,port) Called when luvi starts listening. Defaults to a console.log() as in the above example.