tape + http local server test scaffolding

test.js

// the two testing modules I like
var test = require('tape')
var spawn = require('tape-spawn')

var execspawn = require('npm-execspawn') // can spawn from require() scope, check it out!

// put this in outer scope so we can kill the local server at the end
var server

test('start test server', function (t) {
  // start a local http-server in the current dir (you can change path if you need to)
  server = execspawn('http-server ./ -p 54321', {cwd: __dirname})
  
  // listen for first output from server
  server.stdout.once('data', function (ch) {
    if (ch.toString().indexOf('Starting up') > -1) t.ok(true, 'server started')
    else t.ok(false, ch) // if it failed print out output
    t.end()
  })
})

// put your tests here

test('stop server', function (t) {
  server.kill()
  t.ok(true, 'sent kill signal')
  t.end()
})