Webpack-dev-server: Add API to close dev server

[tricoder42]

I'm trying to close webpack dev server programatically, so I can run it it task with webdriverio.

The webpack API already provides _listen_ method which delegates listen call and inits socket.io. I tried to add close method with similar functionality, but couldn't get it work (the process still hangs).

Server.prototype.close = function(callback) {
    this.io.close();
    this.io = null;

    this.listeningApp.close(callback);
    this.listeningApp = null;
}

Any ideas?

[TheLarkInn]

Fixed

[cbelhaffef]

Hi,
How i can stop webpack-dev-server programaticaly ? like webpack-dev-server close() for example ...

[SpaceK33z]

Like you said, with close()?

[cbelhaffef]

i used but nothing happen.. :(

[SpaceK33z]

Which version of dev-server are you using? Can you share the relevant part of your code?

[cbelhaffef]

version : 1.14.1

var WebpackDevServer = require("webpack-dev-server");
var webpack = require("webpack");

`var compiler = webpack({
......
.....
});
var server = new WebpackDevServer(compiler, {
});
server.listen(3000, "localhost", function() {});

server.close();
`

the server started but not closed.

thank you for your help.

[SpaceK33z]

Can you try changing localhost to 127.0.0.1? This causes a lot of weird errors (see #183).

[cbelhaffef]

Hi,
nothing changed.

[pavel06081991]

@SpaceK33z, have the same issue, "webpack-dev-server": "^2.4.2", the server is alive even after calling stop() method. Do you have any idea why it happens?

[pkearney13]

Same here..

[AlexLeung]

After I call the close method, the server still seems to be alive although it no longer is using the port.