package digitalocean import ( "fmt" "log" "time" ) // waitForState simply blocks until the droplet is in // a state we expect, while eventually timing out. func waitForDropletState(desiredState string, dropletId uint, client DigitalOceanClient, timeout time.Duration) error { done := make(chan struct{}) defer close(done) result := make(chan error, 1) go func() { attempts := 0 for { attempts += 1 log.Printf("Checking droplet status... (attempt: %d)", attempts) _, status, err := client.DropletStatus(dropletId) if err != nil { result <- err return } if status == desiredState { result <- nil return } // Wait 3 seconds in between time.Sleep(3 * time.Second) // Verify we shouldn't exit select { case <-done: // We finished, so just exit the goroutine return default: // Keep going } } }() log.Printf("Waiting for up to %d seconds for droplet to become %s", timeout/time.Second, desiredState) select { case err := <-result: return err case <-time.After(timeout): err := fmt.Errorf("Timeout while waiting to for droplet to become '%s'", desiredState) return err } }