Ever wish you could get feedback from friends or colleagues about a web project without deploying it? Localtunnel helps you do just that! Run the simple proxy and get a web facing url which you can share with anyone.
install
npm install -g localtunnel
Lets say I have a local webserver running on port 8000. I can expose it to the world just by running
$ lt --port 8000
your url is: http://gqgh.localtunnel.me
You can now share http://gqgh.localtunnel.me with anyone. As long as your local instance of lt is running, this url will remain active. Any requests to that url will be routed to your service on port 8000.
uses
Beyond sharing with friends, localtunnel makes a great tool for testing with any service which needs to hit internet visible URLs.
- browserling.com
- twillio testing
- sendgrid web api