A over engine that reloads the web page whenever your files change, useful for web dev

refresh4me.py

"""
HOW TO USE =>
1. DOWNLOAD FIREFOX DRIVE: GECKODRIVER
2. INSTALL SELENIUM AND WATCHDOG LIBS
3. USE PYTHON3
4. SPECIFY MAIN HTML FILE FOR RELOAD WHENEVER THE PATH CHANGES
5. SPECIFY THE PATH OF YOUR PROJECT

ENJOY

EXAMPLE:
python3 refresh4me.py teste01.html ~/DESIGNWEB/

CTRL+C to cancel and close all resources
"""


import sys
import os
import time
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
from selenium.webdriver import Firefox

driver = Firefox()

full_path = os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[2])
url_file = os.path.join(full_path, sys.argv[1])

driver.get(f'file:{url_file}')


class PathHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
    def __init__(self, path):
        self.path = path

    def on_modified(self, event):
        driver.refresh()


def main():
    path = full_path
    events = PathHandler(path)
    obs = Observer()
    obs.schedule(events, path)
    obs.start()

    try:
        while 1:
            time.sleep(1)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        obs.stop()
    obs.join()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()