grunt-localtunnel-me

Expose local ports to a public URL with https://localtunnel.me

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt.

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:

npm install grunt-localtunnel-me --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-localtunnel-me');

The "localtunnel" task

Run this task with the grunt localtunnel command.

Note that this server only runs as long as grunt is running. Once grunt's tasks have completed, the web server stops. This behavior can be changed with the keepalive option, and can be enabled ad-hoc by running the task like grunt localtunnel:keepalive.

This task was designed to be used in conjunction with another task that is run immediately afterwards, like the grunt-contrib-qunit plugin qunit task.

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
  localtunnel: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    }
  }
})

Options

port

Type: Integer
Default: 8000

The port to tunnel. Local server should already be listening to this port before attempting to tunnel.

subdomain

Type: String Default: undefined

Request a subdomain to tunnel to on https://localtunnel.me.

local_host

Type: String Default: localhost

The local hostname for the requests tunnel.

open

Type: String | Boolean Default: false

If true, opens the browser to the public tunnel page. If a string, the option is treated as a path, eg:

grunt.initConfig({
  localtunnel: {
    myTunnel: {
     options: {
      open: '/path/to/workspace/',
      subdomain: 'uniqueworkspace'
   }
  }
}
});

...should expect to open https://uniqueworkspace.localtunnel.me/path/to/workspace/ upon successful tunnel.

keepalive

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Keep the server alive indefinitely. Note that if this option is enabled, any tasks specified after this task will never run. By default, once grunt's tasks have completed, the web server stops. This option changes that behavior.

This option can also be enabled ad-hoc by running the task like grunt localtunnel:targetname:keepalive

handleTunnelError

Type: Function Default: function(err){}

Custom handler for tunnel error. Use grunt --force to continue execution after grunt.warn is called upon receiving the error. Receives the tunnel error as its only argument.

handleTunnelSuccess

Type: Function Default: function(tunnel){}

Custom handler for tunnel success. Receives the tunnel instance as its only argument.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

• 2014-09-03 v0.1.6 Updated dependencies; improved testing.
• 2014-05-14 v0.1.5 Added tasks/localtunnel.js as main. Should hopefully solve recurring NPM issue.
• 2014-05-14 v0.1.4 Problem publishing. Update localtunnel dependency.
• 2014-05-13 v0.1.3 Fixed bug where tasks directory was not included in package. v0.1.2 may be unusable.
• 2014-05-13 v0.1.2 Problem publishing. Support keepalive option as flag, à la mode of grunt-contrib-connect.
• 2014-05-10 v0.1.1 Added handleTunnelError & handleTunnelSuccess options.
• 2014-05-10 v0.1.0 Initial Release.

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Shane Daniel. Licensed under the MIT license.