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| author | elijah <elijah@riseup.net> | 2017-02-24 20:30:55 -0800 |
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| committer | elijah <elijah@riseup.net> | 2017-02-24 20:35:48 -0800 |
| commit | 904e99c658e647a1c9acbb80a1f54c593a57bf61 (patch) | |
| tree | 564941e887b67de442e365d9c089aa0872e75169 /README.rst | |
| parent | 76f2ec8b97d15e45e1fe97dff2317d60d10c5dc1 (diff) | |
[feature] Update bitmask.js to use authtoken
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ The above instructions will install a python package that contains a pre- bundled version of the javascript UI. If you want to modify the javascript UI, then you need to be able to update the -javascript bundle whenever a javascript or CSS source file changes. +javascript bundle whenever a javascript or CSS source file changes. To support +this, we build a python package of the javascript UI and install it in +"development mode" so that changes to the contents of the package are reflected +in bitmaskd immediately. Prerequisites:: @@ -152,22 +155,27 @@ Prerequisites:: Next, run ``dev-install``:: cd ui - make dev-install # install JS code as a python package in "develop" mode. + make dev-install Now you should be able to run the user interface with debugging tools:: bitmaskd - chromium-browser http://localhost:7070 + cd ui + npm run ui + +This command is the same as running: + + chromium-browser "http://localhost:7070/#$(cat ~/.config/leap/authtoken)" Firefox does not work as well, because the UI is only tested with webkit-based browsers. -Chromium is not the best for this, however, because it uses a newer webkit. -Instead, try qupzilla:: +Chromium is not the most ideal, however, because it uses a newer webkit than is +available in Qt. Instead, try qupzilla:: sudo apt install qupzilla bitmaskd - qupzilla -ow http://localhost:7070 + qupzilla -ow "http://localhost:7070/#$(cat ~/.config/leap/authtoken)" If you make a change to any of the CSS or JS source files, you need to rebuild the javascript bundle. You can do this continually as files change like so:: @@ -175,6 +183,9 @@ the javascript bundle. You can do this continually as files change like so:: cd ui node run watch +The new javascript bundle will be used when you refresh the page so long as +``make dev-install`` was previously run. + For more information, see ``ui/README.md``. License |