Can You See Me

Simple terminal command to launch a webserver and punch a connection through your firewall.

Run from NPMJS

npx canyouseeme

Run from GITHUB

npx github:dgzn/canyouseeme

Global Install (npm or yarn)

npm

npm i -g canyouseeme

yarn

yarn add global canyouseeme

Test

npm test

Troubleshoot

If the runtime hangs and you can't start a web server try the following

Check for open ports and processes

Mac

netstat -vanp tcp | grep 8080 or sudo lsof -i tcp:8080 

CentOS / Ubuntu

netstat -vanp --tcp | grep 8080

Windows

tasklist | findstr node
tasklist | findstr ngrok

Kill Open Processes

Mac

killall node
killall ngrok

CentOS / Ubuntu

pkill node
pkill ngrok

Windows

taskkill /F /IM node.exe
taskkill /F /IM ngrok.exe

To run the windows commands you have to be in an elevated shell (right click -> Run as administrator)

Todo

• Error handling
• Allow cli paramters for host, port, etc