watch doesn't reload server

// index.js
const casual = require('casual')

module.exports = () => {
  const data = { users: [] }
  // Create 1000 users
  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    data.users.push({ id: i, first_name: casual.first_name })
  }
  return data
}

node_modules/.bin/json-server -w index.js

I’d expect my server to reload when index.js is changed. It doesn’t.

What’s the purpose of watch? Or does it only work with json?

[corysimmons]

Just noticed people are still having problems with this.

You can always bypass specific lib’s non-reloading watchers by doing something like

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "nodemon -w some-dir -x node server.js" // watch some directory, when something changes, eXecute `$ node server.js`
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "latest"
  }
}

You’ll encounter 50,000 libraries that do this wrong. Get cozy with a workaround like nodemon -x.

[busti]

This problem still persists today. Will this ever be fixed?