Run Facebook Flow on a Continuos Integration Meteor application - meteor

Question

I have a Meteor application with Circle CI as continuous integration service.
Facebook Flow is running locally with the following .flowconfig:
[ignore]
.*/node_modules/.*
[options]
module.name_mapper='^\/\(.*\)$' -> '<PROJECT_ROOT>/\1'
module.name_mapper='^meteor\/\(.*\):\(.*\)$' -> '<PROJECT_ROOT>/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/\1_\2'
module.name_mapper='^meteor\/\(.*\)$' -> '<PROJECT_ROOT>/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages/\1'
In CI I get errors like:
client/main.jsx:4
4: import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ meteor/meteor. Required module not found
Flow seems not to find my modules. The rewrite rules do not apply. With SSH access to Circle CI I found ot that the <PROJECT_ROOT>/.meteor/local directory is not present.
Once I run meteor on the CI machine the directory will appear.
Problem: If I run meteor the Meteor server will start up and my test will time out.
As far as I see I need to either
Adapt my .flowconfig or
Find a way to get Meteor to create the directory without running meteor or
Find a way to kill the meteor process once the server is running.

Answer 1

I went with the third option:
bbaja42 shared a script that saves the output of a program and terminates the program once a keyword is reached.
Adapted to my case I have two files:
ci-tests.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Check if the output directory exits. Flow needs the modules there.
if [ ! -d ".meteor/local/build/programs/server/packages" ]; then
echo "Meteor build directory does not exist. Starting Meteor."
# Run Meteor so the output directory is built.
./build-and-kill-meteor.sh
else
echo "Meteor build directory exists"
fi
./node_modules/.bin/flow --json
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
exit 1
fi
build-and-kill-meteor.sh
#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT=/tmp/meteor-launch.log
PROGRAM=meteor
$PROGRAM > $OUTPUT &
PID=$!
echo Program is running under pid: $PID
#Every 10 seconds, check requirements
while true; do
tail -1 $OUTPUT
grep "App running at: http://localhost" $OUTPUT
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
break
fi
sleep 10
done
kill $PID || echo "Killing process with pid $PID failed, try manual kill with -9 argument"

Answer 2

I ran into the same issue and came up with my own derivation based on the OP's answer. I run this script on every CI build to ensure that Meteor will always install any new atmosphere packages that I'm shipping with.
#!/bin/bash
# Install meteor
if [ -d ~/.meteor ]; then sudo ln -s ~/.meteor/meteor /usr/local/bin/meteor; fi
if [ ! -e $HOME/.meteor/meteor ]; then curl https://install.meteor.com | sh; fi
OUTPUT=/tmp/meteor-launch.log
PROGRAM=meteor
$PROGRAM > $OUTPUT &
PID=$!
echo Program is running under pid: $PID
# Start meteor to install atmosphere packages
while true; do
tail -1 $OUTPUT
grep "Your application is crashing." $OUTPUT
# Cancel the program once meteor has started
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
break
fi
sleep 10
done
kill $PID || echo "Killing process with pid $PID failed, try manual kill with -9 argument."