Option to change the livereload host

README.rst

@@ -28,23 +28,27 @@ Add ``'livereload.middleware.LiveReloadScript'`` to the
         'livereload.middleware.LiveReloadScript',
     )
 
+This will inject the ``livereload.js`` script into your webpages if ``DEBUG`` setting is on.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
-If you need the livereload server to use a different port than the default 35729,
-specify it by setting ``LIVERELOAD_PORT`` in ``settings.py``.
+If you need the livereload server to use a different host and port than the default 127.0.0.1 and 35729,
+specify them by setting ``LIVERELOAD_HOST`` and ``LIVERELOAD_PORT`` in ``settings.py``.
 
 Usage
 -----
 Start the livereload server with: ::
 
   $ ./manage.py livereload
 
-Extra files and/or paths to watch for changes can be added as positional arguments.
+Extra files and/or paths to watch for changes can be added as positional arguments. Host and port can be overridden with
+``--host`` and ``port`` options.
 
-Start the development server as usual with ``./manage.py runserver``. The command now accepts two additional
+Start the development server as usual with ``./manage.py runserver``. The command now accepts three additional
 options:
 
 * ``--nolivereload`` to disable livereload functionality
+* ``--livereload-host`` to override both default and settings file specified host address
 * ``--livereload-port`` to override both default and settings file specified port
 
 Background

livereload/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """django-livereload"""
-__version__ = '0.2.1'
+__version__ = '0.2.2'
 __license__ = 'BSD License'
 
 __author__ = 'Tomas Walch'
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ def livereload_port():
     from django.conf import settings
     return int(getattr(settings, 'LIVERELOAD_PORT', 35729))
 
+
+def livereload_host():
+    from django.conf import settings
+    return getattr(settings, 'LIVERELOAD_HOST', '127.0.0.1')

livereload/management/commands/livereload.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-from ... import livereload_port, server as S
+from ... import livereload_port, server as S, livereload_host
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
             help='Extra files or directories to watch',
         )
         parser.add_argument(
-            '--host', dest='host', default='127.0.0.1', help='Host address for livereload sever.'
+            '--host', dest='host', default=livereload_host(), help='Host address for livereload sever.'
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--port', dest='port', default=livereload_port(), help='Listening port for livereload sever.'
         )
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
@@ -40,6 +43,6 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
             server.watch(os.path.join(app_config.path, 'templates'))
 
         server.serve(
-            host=options.get('host', '127.0.0.1'),
-            liveport=livereload_port(),
+            host=options['host'],
+            liveport=options['port'],
         )

livereload/management/commands/runserver.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     from django.core.management.commands.runserver import \
         Command as RunserverCommand
 
-from livereload import livereload_port
+from livereload import livereload_port, livereload_host
 
 
 class Command(RunserverCommand):
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ class Command(RunserverCommand):
                    ('--livereload-port',
                     {'action': 'store', 'dest': 'livereload_port', 'type': int,
                      'default': livereload_port(),
-                     'help': 'Port where LiveReload listen.'})]
+                     'help': 'Port where LiveReload listens.'}),
+                   ('--livereload-host',
+                    {'action': 'store', 'dest': 'livereload_host', 'type': str,
+                     'default': livereload_host(),
+                     'help': 'Address to LiveReload server.'})
+                   ]
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         super(Command, self).add_arguments(parser)
@@ -51,7 +56,10 @@ def livereload_request(self, **options):
         """
         style = color_style()
         verbosity = int(options['verbosity'])
-        host = 'localhost:%s' % options['livereload_port']
+        host = '%s:%d' % (
+            options['livereload_host'],
+            options['livereload_port'],
+        )
         try:
             urlopen('http://%s/forcereload' % host)
             self.message('LiveReload request emitted.\n',

livereload/middleware.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 from django.conf import settings
-from livereload import livereload_port
+from livereload import livereload_port, livereload_host
 
 
 class LiveReloadScript(object):
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
             'html.parser',
         )
 
-        if not getattr(soup, 'head', None):
+        head = getattr(soup, 'head', None)
+        if not head:
             return response
 
         script = soup.new_tag(
-            'script', src='http://localhost:%d/livereload.js' % livereload_port(),
+            'script', src='http://%s:%d/livereload.js' % (
+                livereload_host(),
+                livereload_port(),
+            )
         )
-        soup.head.append(script)
+        head.append(script)
 
         response.content = str(soup)