tests are passing and getting close now. Need to test the live update flow along with more thorough testing for everything

shared/testutils.go

@@ -5,8 +5,21 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"os/exec"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
+func ResetLocalState(t *testing.T) {
+	homedir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve homedir: %v", err)
+	}
+	
+	os.Remove(path.Join(homedir, HISHTORY_PATH, DB_PATH))
+	os.Remove(path.Join(homedir, HISHTORY_PATH, CONFIG_PATH))
+}
+
 func BackupAndRestore(t *testing.T) func() {
 	homedir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -21,6 +34,52 @@ func BackupAndRestore(t *testing.T) func() {
 	}
 }
 
+func buildServer(t *testing.T) {
+	err := os.Chdir("/home/david/code/hishtory/")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to chdir: %v", err)
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", "/tmp/server","server/server.go")	
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start to build server: %v, stderr=%#v, stdout=%#v", err, stderr.String(), stdout.String())
+	}
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to build server: %v, stderr=%#v, stdout=%#v", err, stderr.String(), stdout.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func RunTestServer(t *testing.T) func() {
+	os.Setenv("HISHTORY_SERVER" ,"http://localhost:8080")
+	buildServer(t)
+	cmd := exec.Command( "/tmp/server" )
+		var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+    err := cmd.Start()
+    if err != nil {
+        t.Fatalf("failed to start server: %v", err)
+    }
+	time.Sleep(time.Second*3)
+    go func() { 
+        cmd.Wait()
+    }()
+	return func() {
+		err := cmd.Process.Kill()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to kill process: %v", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("stderr=%#v, stdout=%#v", stderr.String(), stdout.String()))
+	}
+
+}
+
 func Check(t *testing.T, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)