start-server-webpack-plugin/README.md

# start-server-webpack-plugin

> Automatically start your server once Webpack's build completes.

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### Installation

```shell
$ npm install --save-dev start-server-webpack-plugin
```

### Usage

In `webpack.config.server.babel.js`:

```js
import StartServerPlugin from "start-server-webpack-plugin";

export default {
  // This script will be ran after building
  entry: {
    server: ...
  },
  ...
  plugins: [
    ...
    // Only use this in DEVELOPMENT
    new StartServerPlugin('server.js'),
    ...
  ],
  ...
}
```

The `name` argument in `new StartServerPlugin(name)` refers to the built asset, which is named by the output options of webpack (in the example the entry `server` becomes `server.js`. This way, the plugin knows which entry to start in case there are several.

If you don't pass a name, the plugin will tell you the available names.

### License

> MIT License 2016 © Eric Clemmons