waitforserver

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waitforserver   

package waitforserver provides a function to wait for a server at given address.

Documentation

Overview

package waitforserver provides a function to wait for a server at given address.

Typical usage:

  import (
    "time"

    . "github.com/getlantern/waitforserver"
  )

  func doStuff() {
    // start a server at localhost:5234
    if err := WaitForServer("tcp", "localhost:5234", 10 * time.Second); err != nil {
      // handle failure
    }
  }
}

Index

• func WaitForServer(protocol string, addr string, limit time.Duration) error

Functions

func WaitForServer

func WaitForServer(protocol string, addr string, limit time.Duration) error

WaitForServer waits for a TCP server to start at the given address, waiting up to the given limit and reporting an error if the server didn't start within the time limit.