startServer() — vite Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the startServer() function in index.ts from the vite codebase.

Function typescript ViteCore ConfigEngine calls 1 called by 1

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  b0471d7e_bd66_5836_5a82_7b67d010354d["startServer()"]
  a423a1ed_f7d8_0eb5_9b8f_ddfa7fa8147e["index.ts"]
  b0471d7e_bd66_5836_5a82_7b67d010354d -->|defined in| a423a1ed_f7d8_0eb5_9b8f_ddfa7fa8147e
  24ecf2a1_3c09_d451_76f3_9485b4e993f8["_createServer()"]
  24ecf2a1_3c09_d451_76f3_9485b4e993f8 -->|calls| b0471d7e_bd66_5836_5a82_7b67d010354d
  de8a40a8_9bd5_6c8d_7e7e_82549c3ddf5f["httpServerStart()"]
  b0471d7e_bd66_5836_5a82_7b67d010354d -->|calls| de8a40a8_9bd5_6c8d_7e7e_82549c3ddf5f
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Source Code

packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts lines 1040–1068

async function startServer(
  server: ViteDevServer,
  hostname: Hostname,
  inlinePort?: number,
): Promise<void> {
  const httpServer = server.httpServer
  if (!httpServer) {
    throw new Error('Cannot call server.listen in middleware mode.')
  }

  const options = server.config.server
  const configPort = inlinePort ?? options.port
  // When using non strict port for the dev server, the running port can be different from the config one.
  // When restarting, the original port may be available but to avoid a switch of URL for the running
  // browser tabs, we enforce the previously used port, expect if the config port changed.
  const port =
    (!configPort || configPort === server._configServerPort
      ? server._currentServerPort
      : configPort) ?? DEFAULT_DEV_PORT
  server._configServerPort = configPort

  const serverPort = await httpServerStart(httpServer, {
    port,
    strictPort: options.strictPort,
    host: hostname.host,
    logger: server.config.logger,
  })
  server._currentServerPort = serverPort
}