Added automatic handling of FastAPI debug mode. Use templating more completely to enable project name as env prefix etc.

template/scripts/devserver.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from devutil import (  # type: ignore
     check_ports_free,
     logger,
     ready,
-    setup_fastapi,
     setup_vite,
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +23,9 @@ DEFAULT_VITE_PORT = TEMPLATE_VITE_PORT
 DEFAULT_DEV_PORT = TEMPLATE_DEV_PORT
 
 
-async def run_devserver(frontend: str, backend: str) -> None:
+async def run_devserver(
+    frontend: str, backend: str, extra_args: list[str] | None = None
+) -> None:
     reporoot = Path(__file__).parent.parent
     front = reporoot / "frontend"
     if not (front / "package.json").exists():
@@ -32,18 +33,16 @@ async def run_devserver(frontend: str, backend: str) -> None:
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
     viteurl, npm_install, vite = setup_vite(frontend, DEFAULT_VITE_PORT)
-    backurl, uvicorn = setup_fastapi(
-        backend, "MODULE_NAME.APP_MODULE:APP_VAR", DEFAULT_DEV_PORT
-    )
+    backurl, MODULE_NAME = setup_cli("PROJECT_CLI", backend, DEFAULT_DEV_PORT)
 
     # Tell the everyone where the frontend and backend are (vite proxy, etc)
-    os.environ["FASTAPI_VUE_FRONTEND_URL"] = viteurl
-    os.environ["FASTAPI_VUE_BACKEND_URL"] = backurl
+    os.environ["ENVPREFIX_FRONTEND_URL"] = viteurl
+    os.environ["ENVPREFIX_BACKEND_URL"] = backurl
 
     async with ProcessGroup() as pg:
         npm_i = await pg.spawn(*npm_install, cwd=front)
         await check_ports_free(viteurl, backurl)
-        await pg.spawn(*uvicorn)
+        await pg.spawn(*MODULE_NAME, *(extra_args or []))
         await pg.wait(npm_i, ready(backurl, path="/api/health?from=devserver.py"))
         await pg.spawn(*vite, cwd=front)
 
@@ -65,15 +64,13 @@ def main():
         metavar="host:port",
         help=f"FastAPI backend endpoint (default: localhost:{DEFAULT_DEV_PORT})",
     )
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, extra_args = parser.parse_known_args()
     with suppress(KeyboardInterrupt):
-        asyncio.run(run_devserver(args.frontend, args.backend))
+        asyncio.run(run_devserver(args.frontend, args.backend, extra_args))
 
 
 HELP_EPILOG = """
-  scripts/devserver.py                       # Default ports on localhost
-  scripts/devserver.py 3000                  # Vite on localhost:3000
-  scripts/devserver.py :3000 --backend 8000  # *:3000, localhost:8000
+  scripts/devserver.py [args to PROJECT_CLI]
 
   JS_RUNTIME environment variable can be used to select the JS runtime:
   npm, deno, bun, or full path to the runtime executable (node maps to npm).

template/scripts/fastapi-vue/devutil.py

@@ -188,3 +188,29 @@ def setup_fastapi(
         "--forwarded-allow-ips=*",
     ]
     return f"http://{host}:{port}", cmd
+
+
+def setup_cli(
+    cli: str, endpoint: str, default_port: int = 8000
+) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
+    """Parse backend endpoint and build CLI command.
+
+    Returns (url, cli_cmd).
+    Raises SystemExit(1) on invalid config.
+    """
+    endpoints = parse_endpoint(endpoint, default_port)
+
+    if "uds" in endpoints[0]:
+        logger.warning("Unix sockets not supported with vite devserver")
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+    host = endpoints[0]["host"]
+    port = endpoints[0]["port"]
+
+    cmd = [
+        sys.executable,
+        "-m",
+        cli,
+        f"--listen={host}:{port}",
+    ]
+    return f"http://{host}:{port}", cmd