Gulpfile: eliminate gulp connect dependency (#13284)

* core: remove gulp-connect server

* update package-lock

* Update package-lock.json

* Update package-lock.json

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Co-authored-by: Chris Huie <[email protected]>

Author: patmmccann

gulpfile.js

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var argv = require('yargs').argv;
 var gulp = require('gulp');
 var PluginError = require('plugin-error');
 var fancyLog = require('fancy-log');
-var connect = require('gulp-connect');
+var express = require('express');
+var http = require('http');
 var webpack = require('webpack');
 var webpackStream = require('webpack-stream');
 var gulpClean = require('gulp-clean');
@@ -101,12 +102,9 @@ function viewCoverage(done) {
   var coveragePort = 1999;
   var mylocalhost = (argv.host) ? argv.host : 'localhost';
 
-  connect.server({
-    port: coveragePort,
-    root: 'build/coverage/lcov-report',
-    livereload: false,
-    debug: true
-  });
+  const app = express();
+  app.use(express.static('build/coverage/lcov-report'));
+  http.createServer(app).listen(coveragePort);
   opens('http://' + mylocalhost + ':' + coveragePort);
   done();
 };
@@ -173,8 +171,7 @@ function makeDevpackPkg(config = webpackConfig) {
       .forEach((use) => use.options = Object.assign({}, use.options, babelConfig));
 
     return prebidSource(cloned)
-      .pipe(gulp.dest('build/dev'))
-      .pipe(connect.reload());
+      .pipe(gulp.dest('build/dev'));
   }
 }
 
@@ -480,28 +477,17 @@ function startIntegServer(dev = false) {
 }
 
 function startLocalServer(options = {}) {
-  connect.server({
-    https: argv.https,
-    port: port,
-    host: INTEG_SERVER_HOST,
-    root: './',
-    livereload: options.livereload,
-    middleware: function () {
-      return [
-        function (req, res, next) {
-          res.setHeader('Ad-Auction-Allowed', 'True');
-          next();
-        }
-      ];
-    }
+  const app = express();
+  app.use(function (req, res, next) {
+    res.setHeader('Ad-Auction-Allowed', 'True');
+    next();
   });
+  app.use(express.static('./'));
+  http.createServer(app).listen(port, INTEG_SERVER_HOST);
 }
 
 // Watch Task with Live Reload
 function watchTaskMaker(options = {}) {
-  if (options.livereload == null) {
-    options.livereload = true;
-  }
   options.alsoWatch = options.alsoWatch || [];
 
   return function watch(done) {
@@ -513,15 +499,15 @@ function watchTaskMaker(options = {}) {
       'modules/**/*.js',
     ].concat(options.alsoWatch));
 
-    startLocalServer(options);
+    startLocalServer();
 
     mainWatcher.on('all', options.task());
     done();
   }
 }
 
 const watch = watchTaskMaker({alsoWatch: ['test/**/*.js'], task: () => gulp.series(clean, gulp.parallel(lint, 'build-bundle-dev', test))});
-const watchFast = watchTaskMaker({livereload: false, task: () => gulp.series('build-bundle-dev')});
+const watchFast = watchTaskMaker({task: () => gulp.series('build-bundle-dev')});
 
 // support tasks
 gulp.task(lint);

integrationExamples/gpt/amp/gulpfile.js

@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
  */
 
 var gulp = require('gulp');
-var connect = require('gulp-connect');
+var express = require('express');
+var http = require('http');
 var port = 5000;
 
 gulp.task('serve', function() {
-  connect.server({
-    port: port,
-    root: './',
-    livereload: true,
-    https: true
-  });
+  var app = express();
+  app.use(express.static('./'));
+  http.createServer(app).listen(port);
 });