apiclient: allow not waiting for election creation

Signed-off-by: p4u <[email protected]>

apiclient/election.go

@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ func (c *HTTPclient) NewElectionRaw(process *models.Process) (types.HexBytes, er
 }
 
 // NewElection creates a new election given the election details
-// and returns the ElectionID
-func (c *HTTPclient) NewElection(description *api.ElectionDescription) (types.HexBytes, error) {
+// and returns the ElectionID. If wait is true, it will wait until the election is created.
+func (c *HTTPclient) NewElection(description *api.ElectionDescription, wait bool) (types.HexBytes, error) {
 	if c.account == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no account configured")
 	}
@@ -250,10 +250,12 @@ func (c *HTTPclient) NewElection(description *api.ElectionDescription) (types.He
 	if electionCreate.MetadataURL == "" {
 		log.Warnf("metadata could not be published")
 	}
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*40)
-	defer cancel()
-	if _, err := c.WaitUntilElectionCreated(ctx, electionCreate.ElectionID); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if wait {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*40)
+		defer cancel()
+		if _, err := c.WaitUntilElectionCreated(ctx, electionCreate.ElectionID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return electionCreate.ElectionID, nil

cmd/cli/main.go

@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func electionHandler(cli *VocdoniCLI) error {
 	}
 
 	infoPrint.Printf("creating new election...\n")
-	electionID, err := cli.api.NewElection(&description)
+	electionID, err := cli.api.NewElection(&description, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

cmd/end2endtest/helpers.go

@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func (t *e2eElection) setupElection(ed *vapi.ElectionDescription, nvAccts int, w
 		return err
 	}
 
-	electionID, err := t.api.NewElection(ed)
+	electionID, err := t.api.NewElection(ed, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}