throw error if MailDev doesn't run

also allow calling in multiple file

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/shared/utils/miscs/email.ts b/shared/utils/miscs/email.ts
index 21accd09d..108f7d3d9 100644
--- a/shared/utils/miscs/email.ts
+++ b/shared/utils/miscs/email.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,55 @@
-import * as MailDev from 'maildev'
-
-function mockSmtpServer (emailsCollection: object[]) {
-  const maildev = new MailDev({
-    ip: '127.0.0.1',
-    smtp: 1025,
-    disableWeb: true,
-    silent: true
-  })
-  maildev.on('new', email => emailsCollection.push(email))
-
-  return new Promise((res, rej) => {
-    maildev.listen(err => {
-      if (err) return rej(err)
-
-      return res()
+import * as child from 'child_process'
+
+class MockSmtpServer {
+
+  private static instance: MockSmtpServer
+  private started = false
+  private emailChildProcess: child.ChildProcess
+  private emails: object[]
+
+  private constructor () {
+    this.emailChildProcess = child.fork(`${__dirname}/email-child-process`, [], { silent: true })
+    this.emailChildProcess.on('message', (msg) => {
+      if (msg.email) {
+        return this.emails.push(msg.email)
+      }
+    })
+    process.on('exit', () => {
+      this.emailChildProcess.kill()
     })
-  })
+  }
+
+  collectEmails (emailsCollection: object[]) {
+    return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+      if (this.started) {
+        this.emails = emailsCollection
+        return res()
+      }
+
+      // ensure maildev isn't started until
+      // unexpected exit can be reported to test runner
+      this.emailChildProcess.send({ start: true })
+      this.emailChildProcess.on('exit', () => {
+        return rej(new Error('maildev exited unexpectedly, confirm port not in use'))
+      })
+      this.emailChildProcess.on('message', (msg) => {
+        if (msg.err) {
+          return rej(new Error(msg.err))
+        }
+        this.started = true
+        this.emails = emailsCollection
+        return res()
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  static get Instance () {
+    return this.instance || (this.instance = new this())
+  }
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export {
-  mockSmtpServer
+  MockSmtpServer
 }