wait-for-localhost-cli

wait-for-localhost-cli

Wait for localhost to be ready from the command-line

Useful if you need a local server to be ready to accept requests before executing the next command.

I personally use this to wait for webpack-dev-server to be ready before launching Electron.

Install

npm install --global wait-for-localhost-cli

Usage

$ wait-for-localhost --help

  Usage
    $ wait-for-localhost [port]

  Options
    --use-get       Use the HTTP-method GET instead of HEAD to test if the server is ready.
    --path          Use a custom path. For example, /health for a health-check endpoint.
    --status-codes  Define status codes indicating the server is ready. [Default: 200]
    --timeout       Maximum time to wait in milliseconds.

  Examples
    $ wait-for-localhost 8080 && echo 'Server is ready'
    $ wait-for-localhost 8080 --status-codes 200,201 && echo 'Server is ready'
    $ wait-for-localhost 8080 --timeout 5000 && echo 'Server is ready'

Related

• wait-for-localhost - API for this package
• delay-cli - Delay execution for a given amount of seconds