pause until timeout

pause_spec.rb

      describe "with arguments" do
        before :all do
          @url_stub = "http://not.there.com:88/"
        end
        context 'the web server is not running' do
          it "should wait for the given URL to respond with the expected code" do
            pause_for_url_response( 3, @stub_url, '200', 1).should raise_error Timeout::Error
          end
        end
        context 'the web server is now running' do
          it "should wait for the given URL to respond with the expected code" do
            pause_for_url_response( 3, @stub_url, '200', 1).should_not raise_error Timeout::Error
          end
        end
      end

pause_timeout.rb

      def pause_for_url_response(seconds,url,code, interval = 60)
        begin
          Timeout::timeout(seconds) do
            response = nil
            while response.nil? || response.code != '200' do
              response = ::Faraday.get url rescue Faraday::Error::ConnectionFailed
              pp response
              sleep(interval)
            end

          end

        rescue Timeout::Error => e
          raise e
        end
      end