Adding keep-running flag

README.md

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ This starts the command with the following default settings:
 
 - `stop-on-fail`: Stop execution of later test suites if a test suite fails
 
+### Keep running
+
+- `keep-running`: Wait for a keyboard interrupt after each test suite invocation.
+  This can be useful for keeping the HTTP / SMTP server for manual inspection.
+
 ### Configure logging
 
 Per default request and response of a request will be logged on test failure. If you want to see more information you

api_testsuite.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -230,6 +231,22 @@ func (ats *Suite) Run() bool {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if keepRunning { // flag defined in main.go
+		logrus.Info("Waiting until a keyboard interrupt (usually CTRL+C) is received...")
+
+		if ats.HttpServer != nil {
+			logrus.Info("HTTP Server URL:", ats.HttpServer.Addr)
+		}
+		if ats.SmtpServer != nil {
+			logrus.Info("SMTP Server URL:", ats.SmtpServer.Addr)
+		}
+
+		sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+		signal.Notify(sigChan, os.Interrupt)
+
+		<-sigChan
+	}
+
 	return success
 }
 

main.go

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	reportFormat, reportFile, serverURL, httpServerReplaceHost                        string
-	logNetwork, logDatastore, logVerbose, logTimeStamp, logShort, logCurl, stopOnFail bool
-	rootDirectorys, singleTests                                                       []string
-	limitRequest, limitResponse, reportStatsGroups                                    uint
+	reportFormat, reportFile, serverURL, httpServerReplaceHost                                     string
+	keepRunning, logNetwork, logDatastore, logVerbose, logTimeStamp, logShort, logCurl, stopOnFail bool
+	rootDirectorys, singleTests                                                                    []string
+	limitRequest, limitResponse, reportStatsGroups                                                 uint
 	// set via -ldflags during build
 	buildCommit, buildTime, buildVersion string
 )
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ func init() {
 		&logCurl, "curl-bash", false,
 		"Log network output as bash curl command")
 
+	testCMD.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(
+		&keepRunning, "keep-running", false,
+		"Before returning from each test suite, prompt for a keyboard interrupt")
+
 	testCMD.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(
 		&stopOnFail, "stop-on-fail", false,
 		"Stop execution of later test suites if a test suite fails")