Add convenience cli paramter --anyInterface

README.md

@@ -364,24 +364,25 @@ json-server db.json --middlewares ./first.js ./second.js
 json-server [options] <source>
 
 Options:
-  --config, -c       Path to config file           [default: "json-server.json"]
-  --port, -p         Set port                                    [default: 3000]
-  --host, -H         Set host                             [default: "localhost"]
-  --watch, -w        Watch file(s)                                     [boolean]
+  --config, -c       Path to config file                   [default: "json-server.json"]
+  --port, -p         Set port                                            [default: 3000]
+  --host, -H         Set host                                     [default: "localhost"]
+  --anyInterface, -a Binds to any network interface addresses (eq. to 0.0.0.0) [boolean]     
+  --watch, -w        Watch file(s)                                             [boolean]
   --routes, -r       Path to routes file
-  --middlewares, -m  Paths to middleware files                           [array]
+  --middlewares, -m  Paths to middleware files                                   [array]
   --static, -s       Set static files directory
-  --read-only, --ro  Allow only GET requests                           [boolean]
-  --no-cors, --nc    Disable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing             [boolean]
-  --no-gzip, --ng    Disable GZIP Content-Encoding                     [boolean]
-  --snapshots, -S    Set snapshots directory                      [default: "."]
+  --read-only, --ro  Allow only GET requests                                   [boolean]
+  --no-cors, --nc    Disable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing                     [boolean]
+  --no-gzip, --ng    Disable GZIP Content-Encoding                             [boolean]
+  --snapshots, -S    Set snapshots directory                              [default: "."]
   --delay, -d        Add delay to responses (ms)
-  --id, -i           Set database id property (e.g. _id)         [default: "id"]
+  --id, -i           Set database id property (e.g. _id)                 [default: "id"]
   --foreignKeySuffix, --fks  Set foreign key suffix, (e.g. _id as in post_id)
-                                                                 [default: "Id"]
-  --quiet, -q        Suppress log messages from output                 [boolean]
-  --help, -h         Show help                                         [boolean]
-  --version, -v      Show version number                               [boolean]
+                                                                         [default: "Id"]
+  --quiet, -q        Suppress log messages from output                         [boolean]
+  --help, -h         Show help                                                 [boolean]
+  --version, -v      Show version number                                       [boolean]
 
 Examples:
   json-server db.json

__tests__/cli/index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const tempWrite = require('temp-write')
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
 const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 const serverReady = require('server-ready')
+const os = require('os')
 
 let PORT = 3100
 
@@ -88,6 +89,24 @@ describe('cli', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('Server endpoint', () => {
+    const hostName = os.hostname()
+    beforeEach(done => {
+      child = cli(['-a', true, dbFile])
+      // serverReady(PORT, hostName, done)
+      setTimeout(done, 1000)
+    })
+
+    test('should answer using os.hostname address', done => {
+      let customRequest = supertest(`http://${hostName}:${PORT}`)
+      customRequest.get('/').expect(200, done)
+    })
+
+    test('should answer using localhost address', done => {
+      request.get('/').expect(200, done)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('seed.js', () => {
     beforeEach(done => {
       child = cli(['../../__fixtures__/seed.js'])

src/cli/index.js

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ module.exports = function() {
         description: 'Set host',
         default: 'localhost'
       },
+      anyInterface: {
+        alias: 'a',
+        description: 'Binds to any network interface address (like 0.0.0.0)',
+        default: false
+      },
       watch: {
         alias: 'w',
         description: 'Watch file(s)'

src/cli/run.js

@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ module.exports = function(argv) {
 
       // Create app and server
       app = createApp(db, routes, middlewares, argv)
+      if (argv.anyInterface) {
+        // listen on all interfaces
+        argv.host = '0.0.0.0'
+      }
       server = app.listen(argv.port, argv.host)
 
       // Enhance with a destroy function