Grunt task to get a free port number on localhost from specified range
npm install grunt-freeport
Grunt task to get a free port number on localhost from specified range. Uses node-portscanner.
``sh`
$ npm i -S grunt-freeport
`javascript
grunt.initConfig({
freeport: {
sometask: {
options: {
start: 8080,
end: 8089
}
}
},
sometask: {
options: {
port: '<%= freeport.sometask %>'
}
}
});
// common, start using load-grunt-tasks
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-freeport');
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'freeport:sometask', 'sometask' ]);
`
* start – start point to find a free port, must be >= 1, 1 by defaultend
* – end point to find a free port, must be <= 65535, 65535 by default
If task target is omitted then it will use default variable name freeport, i.e. you should use '<%= freeport %>'`.