nodemon - restart on changes to json files

Question

nodemon - restart on changes to json files

I'm using 'nodemon' to restart node on file changes. However it doesn't seem to trigger when json files have changed. Anyone know if there is a way to set this up?

Also, is there a programmatic way to restart from within the running app itself? I suppose running it with 'forever' and throwing an error would do it. Any pointers much appreciated

node.js

Answer 1

Just use "-e" command line switch

Answer 2

Unfortunately the extensions that it monitors seem to be hardcoded in the script:

https://github.com/remy/nodemon/blob/master/nodemon.js#L334

program.ext = '.coffee|.js';

You could hack it to make it work for json as well:

git clone https://github.com/remy/nodemon.git
cd nodemon

Modify that line in nodemon.js to program.ext = '.coffee|.js|.json';

npm install -g . (it should use the cloned git folder instead of the npm registry)

Or you could use my script, although it's less stable than nodemon.

Answer 3

Marciej's approach worked for me:

nodemon -e js,html

You can also configure this in a nodemon.json config file. Here's how we're currently using it:

{
    "execMap": {
        "js": "node --harmony"
    },
    "script": "server.js",
    "ext": "js html"
}