Is there a program to update the database in real time for real time previews

[Ahidada]

We want a way so that you can rebuild the database in real time so that we get real time previews.

Simplest approach is probably to use https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar to watch the markdown folders and rebuild some json files (with these files being watched by nextjs or whatever tool you are using). this at least is a first pass.

This probably depends on the JSON output option.

Acceptance

• Instructions for how to run this in watch mode so that that the markdowndb files are regularly rebuilt
• You can use the CLI flag --watch to toggle the watch feature on or off. #45 , Implement hot-reloading #90
• Documentation https://github.com/datopian/markdowndb?tab=readme-ov-file#watching-for-changes

[rufuspollock]

@Ahidada we know exactly what you want - we need to add a watch function to rebuild. This is on our roadmap but is not there atm.

You could hack this right now by running the rebuild script with a watch function on your content folder.

[rufuspollock]

@mohamedsalem401 could you put some info about how this was resolved and where it is documented ...

[mohamedsalem401]

@rufuspollock
Fixed here: #90
Basically, by using the --watch flag on the command line (mddb ./content --watch). And no, we didn't add a documentation page back then.

[rufuspollock]

@mohamedsalem401 can we add something to README briefly about this functionality.

[mohamedsalem401]

@rufuspollock
Here's the section in Readme.md about the watch flag
https://github.com/datopian/markdowndb?tab=readme-ov-file#watching-for-changes