Browser-refresh with gitpod

[eldrgeek]

I am running browser-refresh in Gitpod. As a result, it's served over the internet by https not http.

When I try to load the browser-refresh.js script, using the BROWSER_REFRESH_URL it does not work because I am not on localhost and so I get a connection refused.

Gitpod creates a URL that combines a port and a base URL. So with my app served on port 3000, the URL is:
https://3000-fa269f1c-2cab-483e-a100-c003b021d84c.ws-us0.gitpod.io/

The random port assignment for this run is: 41597 so when I synthesized the port that would be the equivalent, I can read the js file at:
https://41597-fa269f1c-2cab-483e-a100-c003b021d84c.ws-us0.gitpod.io/browser-refresh.js

When I plug that in as the source URL (either http or https) I get a message that it's mixed content. I turned off the mixed content error in Chrome but still get a warning and no reloading.

It may be that the architecture does not permit this solution, but it there's a way, I'm willing to help

Here is a gitpod workspace snapshot:
https://gitpod.io#snapshot/e50bc0b6-fa4e-4eec-a9be-6b485f29dd33

It will probably come up with a different websocket port so you would have to open the port (tab next to the console tab)