add option to capture stdout

client/tests/run.sh

@@ -4,8 +4,23 @@ set -e
 
 trap "exit" INT TERM
 trap "kill 0" EXIT
-STATIC="$(pwd)" ../server/run.sh >/dev/null &
+../server/run.sh --static=$(pwd) >/dev/null &
+
+echo -n "waiting for wisp server to start"
+i=0
+until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head "http://localhost:6001/"); do
+  if [ "$i" = "30" ]; then
+    echo -e "\ntests failed. wisp server failed to start"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo -n "."
+  i=$(($i+1))
+  sleep 1
+done
+echo 
+
 
 sleep 1
-echo "Running tests"
+echo "wisp server ready, running tests"
 python3 tests/run_tests.py