def start_test_server(self, host='localhost', port=None):
"""Creates a live test server object (instance of WSGIServer)."""
if not port:
for port in xrange(8001, 8050):
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
try:
s.bind((host, port))
except socket.error:
port = None
continue
else:
break
finally:
s.close()
if not port:
raise socket.error('Unable to find an open port to bind server')
self._orig_remote_url = settings.REMOTE_URL
settings.REMOTE_URL = ['http://%s:%s/store/' % (host, port)]
self.server_thread = TestServerThread(self, host, port)
self.server_thread.start()
self.server_thread.started.wait()
if self.server_thread.error:
raise self.server_thread.error
