minitest "server gets a post" example with timeout and server thread

test.rb

require 'minitest/autorun'
require 'httpclient'
require 'socket'
require 'timeout'

describe 'server gets post' do

  it 'gets a post' do

    timeout = Timeout.timeout 5 do
      server_thread = Thread.new do
        server = TCPServer.new 8080
        client = server.accept
        it_worked = false
        while line = client.gets do
          it_worked = true if line =~ /POST \/test/
          break if line.chomp.empty?
        end
        client.puts ''
        [client,server].each &:close
        raise unless it_worked
      end
      HTTPClient.new.post 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/test'
      server_thread.join
    end


  end

end