yeoman webapp with grunt-connect-proxy not working - gruntjs

Question

I have installed the yeoman webapp generator and I am trying to set up a proxy to another server.
I installed the proxy with the following.
npm install grunt-connect-proxy --save-dev
When I run grunt server, it shows
Running "configureProxies" task
Proxy created for: /people to localhost:3000
It then directs me to a page running on localhost:9000 which says "Cannot GET /"
There is a server running at localhost:3000 and I have tried other domains with no succes.
Here is my Gruntfile.js
// Generated on 2013-10-01 using generator-webapp 0.4.2
'use strict';
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// show elapsed time at the end
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// load all grunt tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// configurable paths
var yeomanConfig = {
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist'
};
grunt.initConfig({
yeoman: yeomanConfig,
watch: {
coffee: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.coffee'],
tasks: ['coffee:dist']
},
coffeeTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.coffee'],
tasks: ['coffee:test']
},
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', 'autoprefixer']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: 35729,
// change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
proxies: [
{
context: '/people',
host: 'localhost',
port: 3000
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
yeomanConfig.app
],
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
proxySnippet
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
yeomanConfig.app
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: yeomanConfig.dist
}
}
},
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
coffee: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
src: '{,*/}*.coffee',
dest: '.tmp/scripts',
ext: '.js'
}]
},
test: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: 'test/spec',
src: '{,*/}*.coffee',
dest: '.tmp/spec',
ext: '.js'
}]
}
},
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: true
}
}
},
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// not used since Uglify task does concat,
// but still available if needed
/*concat: {
dist: {}
},*/
requirejs: {
dist: {
// Options: https://github.com/jrburke/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
options: {
// `name` and `out` is set by grunt-usemin
baseUrl: yeomanConfig.app + '/scripts',
optimize: 'none',
// TODO: Figure out how to make sourcemaps work with grunt-usemin
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
//generateSourceMaps: true,
// required to support SourceMaps
// http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#sourcemapcomments
preserveLicenseComments: false,
useStrict: true,
wrap: true
//uglify2: {} // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2
}
}
},
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'
},
usemin: {
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
},
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
// This task is pre-configured if you do not wish to use Usemin
// blocks for your CSS. By default, the Usemin block from your
// `index.html` will take care of minification, e.g.
//
// <!-- build:css({.tmp,app}) styles/main.css -->
//
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: '*.html',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// Put files not handled in other tasks here
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp,gif}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*'
]
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
modernizr: {
devFile: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
outputFile: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
files: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/vendor/*'
],
uglify: true
},
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass',
'coffee:dist',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'coffee',
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'coffee',
'compass',
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin',
'htmlmin'
]
},
bower: {
options: {
exclude: ['modernizr']
},
all: {
rjsConfig: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/main.js'
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'configureProxies',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'requirejs',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'modernizr',
'copy:dist',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
EDIT: here is my final working GruntFile
// Generated on 2013-10-06 using generator-webapp 0.4.3
'use strict';
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
var mountFolder = function (connect, dir) {
return connect.static(require('path').resolve(dir));
};
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// show elapsed time at the end
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// load all grunt tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
grunt.initConfig({
// configurable paths
yeoman: {
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist'
},
watch: {
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', 'autoprefixer']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: 35729,
// change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
proxies: [
{
context: '/api',
host: 'localhost',
port: 4000,
https: false
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
],
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
proxySnippet,
mountFolder(connect, '.tmp'),
mountFolder(connect, 'app')
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false,
assetCacheBuster: false
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: true
}
}
},
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// not used since Uglify task does concat,
// but still available if needed
/*concat: {
dist: {}
},*/
requirejs: {
dist: {
// Options: https://github.com/jrburke/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
options: {
// `name` and `out` is set by grunt-usemin
baseUrl: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
optimize: 'none',
// TODO: Figure out how to make sourcemaps work with grunt-usemin
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
//generateSourceMaps: true,
// required to support SourceMaps
// http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#sourcemapcomments
preserveLicenseComments: false,
useStrict: true,
wrap: true
//uglify2: {} // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2
}
}
},
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'
},
usemin: {
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
},
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
// This task is pre-configured if you do not wish to use Usemin
// blocks for your CSS. By default, the Usemin block from your
// `index.html` will take care of minification, e.g.
//
// <!-- build:css({.tmp,app}) styles/main.css -->
//
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: '*.html',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// Put files not handled in other tasks here
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp,gif}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*',
'templates/{,*/}*.*'
]
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'compass',
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin',
'htmlmin'
]
},
bower: {
options: {
exclude: ['modernizr']
},
all: {
rjsConfig: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/main.js'
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'configureProxies',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'requirejs',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'copy:dist',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

Answer 1

Change the connect livereload target as follows:
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
yeomanConfig.app
],
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
proxySnippet,
connect.static(require('path').resolve('app')),
connect.static(require('path').resolve('.tmp'))
];
}
}
}

Answer 2

The approach above works, just adding a pitfall I stumbled upon.
When you proxy a request like
proxies: [
{
context: '/api',
host: 'localhost',
port: 8080,
https: false,
changeOrigin: false,
xforward: false
}
],
then localhost:9000/api/ping will be proxied to localhost:8080/api/ping, so you should have a listening endpoint there. It doesn't rewrite (as I expected) to localhost:8080/ping basically removing the context. If you want to rewrite, you have to explicitly specify it.
proxies: [
context: '/context',
host: 'host',
port: 8080,
rewrite: {
'^/removingcontext': '',
'^/changingcontext': '/anothercontext'
}
]

Answer 3

for yeoman-angular v < 0.9.8
change your grunt connect object to look like this
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
proxies: [
{
context: '/api', // the context of the data service
host: 'localhost', // wherever the data service is running
port: 80 // the port that the data service is running on
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
middleware: function (connect) {
var middlewares = [];
// Setup the proxy
middlewares.push(require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest);
// Serve static files
middlewares.push(
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
);
return middlewares;
}
}
},
...
// removed for brevity since there will be no changes on the test and dist objects
}

Answer 4

This is all my gruntfile that works in angular web app backed with spring mvc rest services. All changes that I wrote are annotated with "//RAG"
// Generated on 2015-08-12 using generator-angular 0.12.1
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// Automatically load required Grunt tasks
require('jit-grunt')(grunt, {
useminPrepare: 'grunt-usemin',
ngtemplates: 'grunt-angular-templates',
cdnify: 'grunt-google-cdn'
});
// Configurable paths for the application
var appConfig = {
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: '../../../target/webapp'
};
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
yeoman: appConfig,
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['wiredep']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:all'],
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
}
},
jsTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:test', 'karma']
},
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', 'autoprefixer:server']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
//RAG
proxies: [
{
context: '/ws',
host: 'localhost',
port: 8080,
//https: false,
//xforward: false,
//headers: {
// "x-custom-added-header": value
// },
//hideHeaders: ['x-removed-header'],
//rewrite: {
// '^/ws': ''
//}
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
//RAG
/*
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect().use(
'/app/styles',
connect.static('./app/styles')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
*/
middleware: function (connect, options) {
var middlewares = [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect().use(
'/app/styles',
connect.static('./app/styles')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
options.base = [options.base];
}
// Setup the proxy
middlewares.push(require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest);
// Serve static files
options.base.forEach(function(base) {
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
return middlewares;
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect.static('test'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: {
src: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
test: {
options: {
jshintrc: 'test/.jshintrc'
},
src: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js']
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git{,*/}*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
server: {
options: {
map: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the app
wiredep: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: /\.\.\//
},
test: {
devDependencies: true,
src: '<%= karma.unit.configFile %>',
ignorePath: /\.\.\//,
fileTypes:{
js: {
block: /(([\s\t]*)\/{2}\s*?bower:\s*?(\S*))(\n|\r|.)*?(\/{2}\s*endbower)/gi,
detect: {
js: /'(.*\.js)'/gi
},
replace: {
js: '\'{{filePath}}\','
}
}
}
},
sass: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
ignorePath: /(\.\.\/){1,2}bower_components\//
}
},
// Compiles Sass to CSS and generates necessary files if requested
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: './bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false,
assetCacheBuster: false,
raw: 'Sass::Script::Number.precision = 10\n'
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
sourcemap: true
}
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
filerev: {
dist: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
},
// Reads HTML for usemin blocks to enable smart builds that automatically
// concat, minify and revision files. Creates configurations in memory so
// additional tasks can operate on them
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on filerev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
js: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles'
],
patterns: {
js: [[/(images\/[^''""]*\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|svg))/g, 'Replacing references to images']]
}
}
},
// The following *-min tasks will produce minified files in the dist folder
// By default, your `index.html`'s <!-- Usemin block --> will take care of
// minification. These next options are pre-configured if you do not wish
// to use the Usemin blocks.
// cssmin: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// uglify: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// concat: {
// dist: {}
// },
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
ngtemplates: {
dist: {
options: {
module: 'mainApp',
htmlmin: '<%= htmlmin.dist.options %>',
usemin: 'scripts/scripts.js'
},
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: 'views/{,*/}*.html',
dest: '.tmp/templateCache.js'
}
},
// ng-annotate tries to make the code safe for minification automatically
// by using the Angular long form for dependency injection.
ngAnnotate: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
// Replace Google CDN references
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.',
src: 'bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/assets/fonts/bootstrap/*',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass:server'
],
test: [
'compass'
],
dist: [
'compass:dist',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
},
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'test/karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
}
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-connect-proxy'); //RAG
grunt.registerTask('serve', 'Compile then start a connect web server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer:server',
'configureProxies:server', // RAG
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', 'DEPRECATED TASK. Use the "serve" task instead', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run(['serve:' + target]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'karma'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'ngtemplates',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

Answer 5

You will also need to setup middleware in "test" for proxy to work in functional test cases.
connect: {
proxies: [
{
context: '/api',
host: 'localhost',
port: 8080,
https: false,
changeOrigin: false,
xforward: false
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
middleware: function (connect, options) {
if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
options.base = [options.base];
}
// Setup the proxy
var middlewares = [require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest];
// Serve static files.
options.base.forEach(function (base) {
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
// Make directory browse-able.
var directory = options.directory || options.base[options.base.length - 1];
middlewares.push(connect.directory(directory));
return middlewares;
},
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
test: {
options: {
middleware: function (connect, options) {
if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
options.base = [options.base];
}
// Setup the proxy
var middlewares = [require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest];
// Serve static files.
options.base.forEach(function (base) {
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
// Make directory browse-able.
var directory = options.directory || options.base[options.base.length - 1];
middlewares.push(connect.directory(directory));
return middlewares;
},
port: 9001,
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
}
}
grunt.registerTask('e2e', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'configureProxies:server',
'connect:test',
'protractor:run'
]);

Answer 6

This worked for me
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
proxySnippet,
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect().use(
'/app/styles',
connect.static('./app/styles')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},