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#Browsersync - Middleware + CSS example
Installation/Usage:
To try this example, follow these 4 simple steps.
Step 1: Clone this entire repo
$ git clone https://github.com/Browsersync/recipes.git bs-recipes
Step 2: Move into the directory containing this example
$ cd bs-recipes/recipes/middleware.css.injection
Step 3: Install dependencies
$ npm install
Step 4: Run the example
$ npm start
Additional Info:
- Perform changes to
app/css/main.less
to see live css injection
Preview of app.js
:
/**
* Require Browsersync
*/
var browserSync = require("browser-sync");
/**
* Run the middleware on files that contain .less
*/
function lessMiddleware (req, res, next) {
var parsed = require("url").parse(req.url);
if (parsed.pathname.match(/\.less$/)) {
return less(parsed.pathname).then(function (o) {
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/css');
res.end(o.css);
});
}
next();
}
/**
* Compile less
*/
function less(src) {
var f = require('fs').readFileSync('app' + src).toString();
return require('less').render(f);
}
/**
* Run Browsersync with less middleware
*/
browserSync({
files: "app/css/*.less",
server: "app",
injectFileTypes: ["less"],
/**
* Catch all requests, if any are for .less files, recompile on the fly and
* send back a CSS response
*/
middleware: lessMiddleware
});