livereload

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Overview

Package livereload implements HTML5 Server Side Events to live reload connected browsers Usage: first start the livereload instance

liveReload := livereload.New(serv.src)
liveReload.Start()

then, install an HTTP handler on desired path

http.Handle("/livereload", liveReload)

The target browser must support HTML5 Server Side Events.

Index

• Constants
• type LiveReload
  • func New(root string) *LiveReload
  • func (livereload *LiveReload) ServeHTTP(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
  • func (livereload *LiveReload) Start()

Constants

const Snippet = `` /* 246-byte string literal not displayed */

Snippet is a minimal javascript client for browsers. Embed it in your index.html using a script tag:

<script>{{ LiveReload.Snippet }}</script>

Types

type LiveReload

type LiveReload struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

LiveReload keeps track of connected browser clients and broadcasts messages to them

func New

func New(root string) *LiveReload

New creates a new LiveReload struct

func (*LiveReload) ServeHTTP

func (livereload *LiveReload) ServeHTTP(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)

ServeHTTP is a request handler for http requests

func (*LiveReload) Start

func (livereload *LiveReload) Start()

Start manages connections and broadcasts messages to connected clients