3

I am developing on Linux/Debian/x86-64 an application which runs a specialized Web server using libonion -an HTTP server library- (FWIW, my application is the MELT monitor, related to the MELT domain specific language to customize GCC).

That application has a web interface, accessible thru http://localhost:8086/

I'm using a recent Firefox (Debian Iceweasel 38.3) and/or Chrome beta 47.0 as my browser.

(I could switch to some other recent HTML5 conformant browser, if it is easier; I need debugging tools in it)

During the debugging phase, I constantly need to restart my application and reload some localhost URL... (e.g. http://localhost:8086/hackc.html for example).

Of course, it is much easy to debug such an application if my web browser is in a clean state (no cached data or state related to localhost:8086).

Is there any way to configure my browser (perhaps thru some addon or whatever extension) so that clearing all its state related to localhost:8086, in particular cookies and file cache, is very easy and convenient? Ideally it would be a button or a menu entry near the browser toolbar! Or perhaps some shell script to clean whatever is relevant inside ~/.mozilla/ ?

Of course I do not want to disturb any other state in my browser (e.g. I certainly don't want to forget cookies logging me to stackoverflow or my corporate webmail...). I only want to clean what is tied to localhost:8086

Improve this question
1
  • Wouldn't it be easier to just run a separate browser instance? Commented Oct 31, 2015 at 23:24

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
1

If you open windows using chrome's incognito mode your cookies and history will be removed when you close all incognito windows. It doesn't mention * file cache*.

Follow the link to the privacy policy to this paragraph:

If you use Chrome in incognito mode or guest mode, it will not transmit any pre-existing cookies to sites that you visit. Sites may deposit new cookies on your system while you are in these modes; these cookies will only be temporarily stored and transmitted to sites while you remain in incognito / guest mode. They will be deleted when you close the browser, close all open incognito windows or exit guest mode.

Improve this answer
0

In Chrome (I believe Firefox is the same) you have the ability to "hard reload" the current page, you can do this with Ctrl + F5.

This will reload the page ignoring cached data, but the cache will remain and any future reloads/page activity will be affected by the cache.
If you really want to permanently flush the cache for the current page Chrome has an option "Empty Cache and hard reload". To do this, you need to:

  • open dev tools (this must be open for it to work)

  • click and hold the reload button enter image description here

  • a menu will appear - select "Empty Cache and hard reload"

Improve this answer
6
  • But that won't work for other pages (i.e. opened tabs) in localhost:8086 ? Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 12:04
  • How do you mean? - do you want to clear cache for all web pages loaded in tabs associated with localhost:8086 in one action? Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 12:12
  • 1
    Yes, clear all related to localhost:8086in one action! Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 12:58
  • I think you would need to give the browser a way to group/associate those tabs to a domain - that way you could just use the browser standard "clear cache for a domain" option. I would create a named host config on your webserver that maps your chosen domain to your web apps file path - and then make an entry for the domain in /etc/hosts/ - Im assuming if your app works with localhost:8086 it would work with a named host too Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 13:06
  • So you mean browsing http://localhost.localdomain:8086/ then clearing the entire .localdomain domain? And how to do that easily without having to open about:config ? Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 13:29

You must log in to answer this question.

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.