Directory Observer

Description

Ever wanted your application to respond to file system changes? Directory Observer makes it really to do just that, simply give it a path url to the directory that you want notification from.

The public API couldn't be simpler, just initialize and provide a closure that will be invoked when there is a change in the filesystem for the target path.

Usage

let directoryObserver = DirectoryObserver(URL: url) {
  /// Respond to filesystem change.
}

Example usecases

• Manipulating locally recorded JSON payloads and have your application pick up the change without having to restart the application
• Reloading file-based configurations such as .env files
• Creating trigger features in your application that is based on processing files inside a directory or notifying users about a change

These are just some examples but it is really the imagination that is stopping the usefulness of this tiny framework.

Author

Christoffer Winterkvist, [email protected]

License

DirectoryObserver is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.