Starting the HC API during cucumber setup

Author: roschaefer

features/env/hooks.js

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+const {AfterAll, BeforeAll} = require('cucumber');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const waitOn = require('wait-on');
+
+let hcApi;
+
+// Asynchronous Callback
+BeforeAll({timeout: 30*1000}, function (callback) {
+  hcApi = spawn('node', ['server/'], {
+    cwd: './human-connection-api/',
+    env: {
+      'NODE_ENV': 'test'
+    }
+  });
+
+  hcApi.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+    console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
+  });
+
+  hcApi.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+    console.log(`stderr: ${data}`);
+  });
+
+  waitOn({ resources: ['tcp:3030'], timeout: 30000 }, function (err) {
+    if (err) { return handleError(err); }
+    callback();
+  });
+});
+
+// Asynchronous Promise
+AfterAll(function () {
+  // perform some shared teardown
+  hcApi.kill();
+  return Promise.resolve()
+});

features/importPost.feature

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Feature: Import a post from an organization and publish it in Human Connection
 
 
   Background:
-    Given there is an organization in Human Connection with these credentials:
+    Given the Human Connection API is up and running
+    And there is a 3rd party application running, e.g. 'Democracy'
+    And there is an organization in Human Connection with these credentials:
       | Email                    | Password |
       | organization@example.com |     1234 |
 

features/step_definitions/steps.js

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 const { Given, When, Then } = require('cucumber');
 
+Given('the Human Connection API is up and running', function () {
+  // Write code here that turns the phrase above into concrete actions
+  console.log('skipping over starting the Human Connection API');
+});
+
+Given("there is a 3rd party application running, e.g. 'Democracy'", function () {
+  // Write code here that turns the phrase above into concrete actions
+  console.log('skipping over starting the 3rd party API');
+  // return 'pending';
+});
+
 Given('there is an organization in Human Connection with these credentials:', function (dataTable) {
   // Write code here that turns the phrase above into concrete actions
   return 'pending';

index.mjs

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async function main() {
 
 main().catch((err) => {
   console.log(err);
-  if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED'){
+  if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
     console.log('\nProbably a service is not running?\n');
   }
   process.exit(-100);

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     "cucumber": "^4.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-you-dont-need-lodash-underscore": "^6.3.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.5",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.1.2"
+    "node-fetch": "^2.1.2",
+    "wait-on": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "name": "human-connection-api-nodejs-client",
   "version": "1.0.0",