Write to real file-system and give compile result via http route

Author: Ciuca, Alexandru

bin/webpack-dev-server.js

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ var optimist = require("optimist")
 
 	.describe("port", "The port").default("port", 8080)
 
-	.describe("host", "The hostname/ip address the server will bind to").default("host", "localhost");
+	.describe("host", "The hostname/ip address the server will bind to").default("host", "localhost")
+    
+    .boolean("useRealFileSystem").describe("useRealFileSystem", "Write bundles to real file system instead of in-memory virtual file system").default("useRealFileSystem", false);
 
 require("webpack/bin/config-optimist")(optimist);
 
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ if(argv.host !== "localhost" || !options.host)
 
 if(argv.port !== 8080 || !options.port)
 	options.port = argv.port;
+    
+if (argv.useRealFileSystem) {
+    options.useRealFileSystem = true;
+}
 
 if(!options.publicPath) {
 	options.publicPath = firstWpOpt.output && firstWpOpt.output.publicPath || "";
@@ -65,7 +71,9 @@ if(!options.outputPath)
 if(!options.filename)
 	options.filename = firstWpOpt.output && firstWpOpt.output.filename;
 [].concat(wpOpt).forEach(function(wpOpt) {
-	wpOpt.output.path = "/";
+    if (!options.useRealFileSystem) {
+	   wpOpt.output.path = "/";
+    }
 });
 if(!options.hot)
 	options.hot = argv["hot"];

lib/Server.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var httpProxy = require("http-proxy");
 var proxy = new httpProxy.createProxyServer();
 var serveIndex = require("serve-index");
 var historyApiFallback = require("connect-history-api-fallback");
+var stripAnsi = require("strip-ansi");
 
 function Server(compiler, options) {
 	// Default options
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ function Server(compiler, options) {
 
 	this.hot = options.hot;
 	this.headers = options.headers;
-
+    
 	// Listening for events
 	var invalidPlugin = function() {
 		if(this.io) this.io.sockets.emit("invalid");
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ function Server(compiler, options) {
 		this._sendStats(this.io.sockets, stats.toJson());
 		this._stats = stats;
 	}.bind(this));
-
+        
 	// Prepare live html page
 	var livePage = this.livePage = new StreamCache();
 	fs.createReadStream(path.join(__dirname, "..", "client", "live.html")).pipe(livePage);
@@ -108,6 +109,45 @@ function Server(compiler, options) {
 		writeDirectory(options.publicPath || "/", path);
 		res.end('</body></html>');
 	}.bind(this));
+    
+    app.get("/webpack-compile-stats", function(req, res) {
+        res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
+                
+        if (!this._stats) {
+            res.statusCode = 500;
+            res.end("No stats found for last compilation");
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        var stats = this._stats;
+        
+        var output = {};
+        
+        if (stats.hasErrors()) {
+            var errors = stats.compilation.errors;
+            
+            output.errors = [];
+            errors.forEach(function(err) {
+                output.errors.push({
+                    name: err.name,
+                    message: stripAnsi(err.message),
+                    file: err.module.resource,
+                    error: {
+                        line: err.error.lineNumber,
+                        column: err.error.column,
+                        description: err.error.description,
+                        message: stripAnsi(err.error.toString()),
+                    },
+                    loc: err.dependencies[0] ? err.dependencies[0].loc : undefined
+                });
+            });
+        }
+        
+        res.write(JSON.stringify(output));
+                
+        res.end();
+        
+    }.bind(this));
 
 	if (options.proxy) {
 		var paths = Object.keys(options.proxy);

package.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "stream-cache": "~0.0.1",
     "strip-ansi": "^2.0.1",
     "supports-color": "^1.3.1",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.0.7"
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "https://github.com/ssnau/webpack-dev-middleware/tarball/0d2beb349e2b12858e7845bbb4bbac4f821ae835"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "css-loader": "~0.7.1",