resolve async call after server starts

src/main/util.ts

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export async function startLocalServer() {
   const server_dir = await getTransformerLabCodeDir();
   const logFilePath = await getLogFilePath();
   const out = fs.openSync(logFilePath, 'a');
-  const err = fs.openSync(logFilePath, 'a');
+  // const err = fs.openSync(logFilePath, 'a');
 
   // Need to call bash script through WSL on Windows
   // Windows will not let you set a UNC directory to cwd
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ export async function startLocalServer() {
     : ['-l', path.join(server_dir, 'run.sh')];
   const options = isPlatformWindows()
     ? {
-        stdio: ['ignore', out, err],
+        // stdio: ['ignore', out, err],
       }
     : {
         cwd: server_dir,
-        stdio: ['ignore', out, err],
+        // stdio: ['ignore', out, err],
         shell: '/bin/bash',
       };
 
@@ -143,9 +143,20 @@ export async function startLocalServer() {
     if (localServer.stderr) {
       localServer.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
         console.error(`stderr: ${data}`);
+        fs.writeSync(out, data);
+
+        if (data.includes('Uvicorn running on')) {
+          console.log('Server is running');
+          resolve({ status: 'success', code: 0 });
+        }
       });
     }
 
+    localServer.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
+      fs.writeSync(out, data);
+    });
+
     localServer.on('error', (error_msg) => {
       console.log(`child process failed: ${error_msg}`);
       err_msg = error_msg;

src/renderer/components/Connect/LocalConnection.tsx

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function setIntervalXTimes(
 ) {
   var x = 0;
   var intervalID = window.setInterval(async function () {
-    console.log(`Testing if ${checkName} ${x} times`);
+    console.log(`Testing if ${checkName} ${x} of ${repetitions} times`);
     const response = await callback();
 
     if (response) {
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ function RunServer({ activeStep, setActiveStep }) {
                         return;
                       }
 
+                      console.log('Starting Server');
                       const start_process =
                         await window.electron.ipcRenderer.invoke(
                           'server:startLocalServer'
@@ -345,7 +346,12 @@ function RunServer({ activeStep, setActiveStep }) {
                         setThinking(false);
                         return;
                       }
-                      // set interval to check if server is running every 2 seconds, 15 times:
+
+                      console.log('Server has started');
+                      console.log(
+                        'Start checking if the server is running after 0.150 seconds, 25 times'
+                      );
+                      // set interval to check if server is running every 1 seconds, 25 times:
                       setIntervalXTimes(
                         'Server is Running on Port 8000',
                         async () => {
@@ -364,7 +370,7 @@ function RunServer({ activeStep, setActiveStep }) {
                           );
                           setThinking(false);
                         },
-                        1000,
+                        150,
                         25
                       );
                     }}