In SpaServices, add new HotModuleReplacementEndpoint option on HMR config. Fixes #579.

Author: SteveSandersonMS

src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Webpack/WebpackDevMiddleware.cs

@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ public static void UseWebpackDevMiddleware(
             // Ideally, this would be relative to the application's PathBase (so it could work in virtual directories)
             // but it's not clear that such information exists during application startup, as opposed to within the context
             // of a request.
-            var hmrEndpoint = "/__webpack_hmr";
+            var hmrEndpoint = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.HotModuleReplacementEndpoint)
+                ? options.HotModuleReplacementEndpoint
+                : "/__webpack_hmr"; // Matches webpack's built-in default
 
             // Tell Node to start the server hosting webpack-dev-middleware
             var devServerOptions = new

src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Webpack/WebpackDevMiddlewareOptions.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ public class WebpackDevMiddlewareOptions
         /// </summary>
         public bool HotModuleReplacement { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If set, overrides the URL that Webpack's client-side code will connect to when listening for updates.
+        /// This must be a root-relative URL similar to "/__webpack_hmr" (which is the default endpoint).
+        /// </summary>
+        public string HotModuleReplacementEndpoint { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Overrides the internal port number that client-side HMR code will connect to.
         /// </summary>