feat: allow <port> <test command> shortcut, close #27

Author: bahmutov

.travis.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ script:
   - npm run demo4
   - npm run demo5
   - npm run demo6
+  - npm run demo7
 after_success:
   - npm run travis-deploy-once "npm run semantic-release"
 branches:

README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ To execute all tests simply run `npm run ci`
 
 You can use either `start-server-and-test` or `server-test` commands in your scripts.
 
+You can use `:` in front of port number like `server-test :8080`.
+
 ### Options
 
 If you use convention and name your scripts "start" and "test" you can simply provide URL
@@ -75,6 +77,18 @@ You can provide first start command, port (or url) and implicit `test` command
 }
 ```
 
+You can provide port number and custom test command, in that case `npm start` is assumed to start the server.
+
+```json
+{
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "npm start",
+        "test-it": "mocha e2e-spec.js",
+        "ci": "server-test :9000 test-it"
+    }
+}
+```
+
 ## Note for webpack-dev-server users
 
 If you are using [webpack-dev-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-dev-server) (directly or via `angular/cli` or other boilerplates) then please use the following URL form to check

bin/start.js

@@ -13,11 +13,19 @@ if (args.length === 1 && utils.isUrlOrPort(args[0])) {
   // passed just single url or port number, for example
   // "start": "http://localhost:8080"
   url = utils.normalizeUrl(args[0])
-} else if (args.length === 2 && utils.isUrlOrPort(args[1])) {
-  // passed start command and url/port
-  // like "start-server 8080"
-  start = args[0]
-  url = utils.normalizeUrl(args[1])
+} else if (args.length === 2) {
+  if (utils.isUrlOrPort(args[0])) {
+    // passed port and custom test command
+    // like ":8080 test-ci"
+    url = utils.normalizeUrl(args[0])
+    test = args[1]
+  }
+  if (utils.isUrlOrPort(args[1])) {
+    // passed start command and url/port
+    // like "start-server 8080"
+    start = args[0]
+    url = utils.normalizeUrl(args[1])
+  }
 } else {
   la(args.length === 3, 'expect: <start script name> <url> <test script name>')
   start = args[0]

package.json

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     "demo4": "node bin/start.js 9000",
     "demo5": "node bin/start.js start-with-child 9000",
     "demo6": "node bin/start.js :9000",
+    "demo7": "node bin/start.js :9000 test2",
     "travis-deploy-once": "travis-deploy-once"
   },
   "devDependencies": {