gistfile1.rb

require "net/http"

module Sunspot
  class BlockingServer < ::Sunspot::Rails::Server
    def start
      @started = Time.now
      super
      up
    rescue ::Sunspot::Server::AlreadyRunningError
      # do nothing
    end

    private
    def uri
      "http://0.0.0.0:#{port}/solr/"
    end

    def up
      while starting
        puts "Sunspot server is starting..."
      end
      puts "Sunspot server took #{'%.2f' % (Time.now - @started)} sec. to get up and running."
    end

    def starting
      begin
        sleep(1)
        request = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(uri))
        false
      rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
        true
      end
    end
  end
end