protocol. The main benefit of using it is to avoid the cost of starting up a new _Black_
process every time you want to blacken a file.
+```{warning}
+`blackd` should not be run as a publicly accessible server as there are no security
+precautions in place to prevent abuse. **It is intended for local use only**.
+```
+
## Usage
`blackd` is not packaged alongside _Black_ by default because it has additional
-dependencies. You will need to execute `pip install black[d]` to install it.
+dependencies. You will need to execute `pip install 'black[d]'` to install it.
You can start the server on the default port, binding only to the local interface by
running `blackd`. You will see a single line mentioning the server's version, and the
`blackd` provides even less options than _Black_. You can see them by running
`blackd --help`:
-```text
-Usage: blackd [OPTIONS]
+```{program-output} blackd --help
-Options:
- --bind-host TEXT Address to bind the server to.
- --bind-port INTEGER Port to listen on
- --version Show the version and exit.
- -h, --help Show this message and exit.
```
There is no official `blackd` client tool (yet!). You can test that blackd is working
command line flag. If present and its value is not the empty string, no string
normalization will be performed.
- `X-Skip-Magic-Trailing-Comma`: corresponds to the `--skip-magic-trailing-comma`
- command line flag. If present and its value is not the empty string, trailing commas
+ command line flag. If present and its value is not an empty string, trailing commas
will not be used as a reason to split lines.
+- `X-Preview`: corresponds to the `--preview` command line flag. If present and its
+ value is not an empty string, experimental and potentially disruptive style changes
+ will be used.
- `X-Fast-Or-Safe`: if set to `fast`, `blackd` will act as _Black_ does when passed the
`--fast` command line flag.
- `X-Python-Variant`: if set to `pyi`, `blackd` will act as _Black_ does when passed the