grunt-livereload-snippet

Add livereload js snippet to html

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

Because it's not published on npm yet, add this git repo to your project's package.json file:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "grunt-livereload-snippet": "https://github.com/timdouglas/grunt-livereload-snippet/tarball/master"
  }
}

Once the plugin has been installed (npm install), it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-livereload-snippet');

The "livereload_snippet" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named livereload_snippet to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  livereload_snippet: {
    //task-specific options
    options: {
      hostname: 'localhost', //livereload hostname
      port: 35729, //livereload port
      add: true, //add to file
      before: '</body>', //location in document to add snippet, before this string
      //or:
      after: '<head>', //location in document to add snippet, after this string
    },
    remove: {
      //so you can remove the script snippet...
      options: {
        add: false
      },
      src: ['path/to/file.ext']
    },
  },
})

Options

options.hostname

Type: String Default value: localhost

The hostname for your livereload server.

options.port

Type: String Default value: 35729

Port for livereload server.

options.add

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Set this to false to remove the snippet from the file

options.before & options.after

Type: String Default value: undefined

If either is set, adds snippet before or after specified location in document. Otherwise, just adds snippet to end of file.

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