How to livereload Django templates?

Question

How can I livereload Django templates?

Answer 1

I maintain the package django-livereload-server that adds both the livereload javascript and provides a livereload server in an easy django way. All you need to do is:

• pip install django-livereload-server
• add 'livereload' to INSTALLED_APPS
• add 'livereload.middleware.LiveReloadScript' to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
• start the livereload server/file watcher with ./manage.py livereload.

Answer 2

I found a very simple solution by using Grunt and a livereload browser extension.

Answer 3

I found a Python native solution which is easy to setup and works well, Python LiveReload (doc).

pip install livereload
livereload /path/to/monitor

You still have to install the browser plugin. The plugin and LiveReload use port 35729 to talk (customizable), but you need to point the browser to the port specified via runserver. For example:

python manage.py runserver example.com:8000

In this case the live reloaded url is http://example.com:8000, and when you change your templates the page is refreshed automatically.

As a final note, Python live reload can also be used programmatically and supports wsgi applications.

Answer 4

You can use python-livereload like this:

pip install livereload
livereload project/static

And in order to make this work add this snippet into your base.html:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://127.0.0.1:35729/livereload.js"></script>

Then run ./manage.py runserver and it should work.