Trigger BrowserSync reloads from url request?
Is there a way to trigger a full refresh of BrowserSync by requesting a URL?
The case for this would be some proxy web application with a database component. When something in the database was changed, the refresh hook could ping url to trigger a BrowserSync reload.
It seems like it should be possible by asking for some url on localhost:3001
, but I haven't found this kind of thing mentioned in the documentation.
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Yes it is possible and fantastic.
BrowserSync 2.6.0 added support for HTTP endpoints, which is exactly what I was looking for: an HTTP request can trigger a reboot of all connected devices. Queries can originate locally or externally. The base reboot address looks like this:
http://localhost:3000/__browser_sync__?method=reload
Endpoints can also accept arguments for target files.
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