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Interface: WxtDevServer ​

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:581

Contents ​

Extends ​

Properties ​

currentOutput ​

currentOutput: BuildOutput | undefined

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:584

Stores the current build output of the server.

host ​

host: string

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1310

Ex: "localhost"

Inherited from ​

ServerInfo.host

on? ​

optional on?: (event, callback) => void

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1305

Parameters ​

event ​

string

callback ​

() => void

Returns ​

void

Inherited from ​

WxtBuilderServer.on

origin ​

origin: string

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1314

Ex: "http://localhost:3000"

Inherited from ​

ServerInfo.origin

port ​

port: number

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1312

Ex: 3000

Inherited from ​

ServerInfo.port

reloadContentScript ​

reloadContentScript: (payload) => void

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:620

Tell the extension to restart a content script.

Parameters ​

payload ​

ReloadContentScriptPayload

Information about the content script to reload.

Returns ​

void

reloadExtension ​

reloadExtension: () => void

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:601

Tell the extension to reload by running browser.runtime.reload.

Returns ​

void

reloadPage ​

reloadPage: (path) => void

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:614

Tell an extension page to reload.

The path is the bundle path, not the input paths, so if the input paths is "src/options/index.html", you would pass "options.html" because that's where it is written to in the dist directory, and where it's available at in the actual extension.

Parameters ​

path ​

string

Returns ​

void

Example ​

ts
server.reloadPage('popup.html');
  server.reloadPage('sandbox.html');

restartBrowser ​

restartBrowser: () => void

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:622

Grab the latest runner config and restart the browser.

Returns ​

void

watcher ​

watcher: FSWatcher

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1304

Chokidar file watcher instance.

Inherited from ​

WxtBuilderServer.watcher

ws ​

ws: object

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1291

The web socket server used to communicate with the extension.

on() ​

on(message, cb): void

Listen for messages over the server's websocket.

Parameters ​
message ​

string

cb ​

(payload) => void

Returns ​

void

send() ​

send(message, payload?): void

Send a message via the server's websocket, with an optional payload.

Parameters ​
message ​

string

payload? ​

any

Returns ​

void

Example ​
ts
ws.send("wxt:reload-extension");
  ws.send("wxt:reload-content-script", { ... });

Inherited from ​

WxtBuilderServer.ws

Methods ​

restart() ​

restart(): Promise<void>

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:593

Close the browser, stop the server, rebuild the entire extension, and start the server again.

Returns ​

Promise<void>

start() ​

start(): Promise<void>

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:586

Start the server.

Returns ​

Promise<void>

stop() ​

stop(): Promise<void>

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:588

Stop the server.

Returns ​

Promise<void>

transformHtml() ​

transformHtml(url, html, originalUrl?): Promise<string>

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:595

Transform the HTML for dev mode.

Parameters ​

url ​

string

html ​

string

originalUrl? ​

string

Returns ​

Promise<string>

Overrides ​

WxtBuilderServer.transformHtml

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