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start a service and test it example from heroku
const { spawn } = require('child_process');
const request = require('request');
const test = require('tape');
// Start the app
const env = Object.assign({}, process.env, {PORT: 5000});
const child = spawn('node', ['index.js'], {env});
test('responds to requests', (t) => {
t.plan(4);
// Wait until the server is ready
child.stdout.on('data', _ => {
// Make a request to our app
request('http://127.0.0.1:5000', (error, response, body) => {
// stop the server
child.kill();
// No error
t.false(error);
// Successful response
t.equal(response.statusCode, 200);
// Assert content checks
t.notEqual(body.indexOf("<title>Node.js Getting Started on Heroku</title>"), -1);
t.notEqual(body.indexOf("Getting Started with Node on Heroku"), -1);
});
});
});
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