Emporter - a saviour for exposing localhost to web

TLDR: Emporter is a simple tool using which you can expose your localhost to web in realtime. It's free and no complex configuration.

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So the requirement was I wanted to work on the responsiveness of a web application but I wanted for a specific device and a real device because I wanted to test the "Reachability" mode on iOS.

I tried multiple solutions from stackoverflow and few youtube videos as well. I will give the examples because I know when someone visits this article they might already have the knowledge of other tools. If not they will have with this info :)

The below are the solutions which I have tried.

1. access localhost from mac to iPhone using network/sharing settings and connecting cable
   Initially I thought it's a simple solution but may be because the laptop was provided by my organisation (network settings). I am not very sure though. Ideally it should have been worked with a simple solution like this

2. ngrok - I was unable to install it because it was a third party tool and my mac doesn't allow me.

3. Port2 app for mac - It was not free and the only one session it provided didn't work for me. It shows undefined url and simply didn't work

Then I found this mac app from app store and it worked like a charm.

How to use

• Once you install this app, you will see the icon on the top menu bar. Once you click on that you will see there are no connections.
  

• Click on the '+' icon
  
  

Because it's a premium version, it will generate a random url instead of the given name. You can click on the connection and "Reveal in browser". It's live and it's realtime.

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