The hyde web server is a simple bare-bones webserver based on the python Simple HTTP Request Handler.

The following command starts the built in webserver:

hyde serve

You can access your website now at http://localhost:8080.

The webserver regenerates the necessary files to serve your request. So, you can make your changes and simply refresh your browser to view them.

Special Parameters

The hyde webserver supports just one special parameter. refresh.

If you add ?refresh to the url, the server regenerates the site completely and refreshes your browser. Note that for larger sites, this may take a few seconds to complete.

Dependencies

Information about dependencies between pages are stored in your site root directory in the .hyde_deps file. If regeneration is not consistent with your expectations, you can simply delete this file and hyde will build the dependency tree again.