Delay option for server refresh

[csakis]

I am using a custom webserver for webpack, Whenever I modify my source files, my IDE needs 2-3 seconds to build the project and put it on the server. I would like to have an option {delay: 3000 } in tiny-lr so that my browser can refresh after a given amount of time.

[mklabs]

Hi @csakis

Is it something that can be done with the watcher ? I don't know if you use gulp or something else, but you might add a setTimeout(reload, 3000) or something similar ?

[csakis]

I use webpack and there is a plugin called webpack-livereload-plugin that uses tiny-lr. If I watch my source files being changed and initiate a browser refresh, then the browser will be refreshed too soon. It would be nice to delay the websocket message by an arbitrary number of milliseconds, so my webserver has enough time to refresh the files on the server, then the browser could refresh.

[mklabs]

I think this is the responsibility of webpack-livereload-plugin or more generally the build system that uses tiny-lr, what triggers the change request or event. I'm not very willing to add a option to delay message to tiny-lr itself.