feat: add getAvailablePort helper function

test/unit/helpers.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { promises as fs } from "fs"
-import { tmpdir, useEnv } from "../../test/utils/helpers"
+import { getAvailablePort, tmpdir, useEnv } from "../../test/utils/helpers"
 
 /**
  * This file is for testing test helpers (not core code).
@@ -39,3 +39,16 @@ describe("useEnv", () => {
     expect(process.env[envKey]).toEqual("test environment variable")
   })
 })
+
+describe("getAvailablePort", () => {
+  it("should return a valid port", async () => {
+    const port = await getAvailablePort()
+    expect(port).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    expect(port).toBeLessThanOrEqual(65535)
+  })
+  it("should return different ports for different calls", async () => {
+    const portOne = await getAvailablePort()
+    const portTwo = await getAvailablePort()
+    expect(portOne).not.toEqual(portTwo)
+  })
+})

test/unit/proxy.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { HttpCode } from "../../src/common/http"
 import { proxy } from "../../src/node/proxy"
 import * as httpserver from "../utils/httpserver"
 import * as integration from "../utils/integration"
+import { getAvailablePort } from "../utils/helpers"
 
 describe("proxy", () => {
   const nhooyrDevServer = new httpserver.HttpServer()
@@ -166,14 +167,16 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
 // src/node/proxy.ts, you should probably add it to
 // this test suite.
 describe("proxy (standalone)", () => {
-  const PORT = 9003
-  const PROXY_PORT = 8003
-  const URL = `http://localhost:${PORT}`
-  const PROXY_URL = `http://localhost:${PROXY_PORT}`
+  let URL = ""
+  let PROXY_URL = ""
   let testServer: http.Server
   let proxyTarget: http.Server
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
+    const PORT = await getAvailablePort()
+    const PROXY_PORT = await getAvailablePort()
+    URL = `http://localhost:${PORT}`
+    PROXY_URL = `http://localhost:${PROXY_PORT}`
     // Define server and a proxy server
     testServer = http.createServer((req, res) => {
       proxy.web(req, res, {

test/utils/helpers.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { promises as fs } from "fs"
 import * as os from "os"
 import * as path from "path"
+import * as net from "net"
 
 /**
  * Return a mock of @coder/logger.
@@ -61,3 +62,23 @@ export function useEnv(key: string): [(nextValue: string | undefined) => string
 
   return [setValue, resetValue]
 }
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to get a random port.
+ *
+ * Source: https://github.com/sindresorhus/get-port/blob/main/index.js#L23-L33
+ */
+export const getAvailablePort = (options?: net.ListenOptions): Promise<number> =>
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const server = net.createServer()
+    server.unref()
+    server.on("error", reject)
+    server.listen(options, () => {
+      // NOTE@jsjoeio: not a huge fan of the type assertion
+      // but it works for now.
+      const { port } = server.address() as net.AddressInfo
+      server.close(() => {
+        resolve(port)
+      })
+    })
+  })