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Not specifing localIdentifier fails with another process running error #99

Description

@adriaandotcom

When starting the app (see example below) without localIdentifier is fails to load:

const bs_local_args = {
  key: "***",
  // localIdentifier: "testing"
}

Expected Behavior

It just loads.

Actual Behavior

It fails with LocalError: Either another browserstack local client is running on your machine or some server is listening on port 45691
Error: LocalError: Either another browserstack local client is running on your machine or some server is listening on port 45691
    at /Users/Adriaan/node_modules/browserstack-local/lib/Local.js:65:20
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:286:7)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:283:5) {
  name: 'LocalError',
  message: 'Either another browserstack local client is running on your machine or some server is listening on port 45691',
  extra: undefined

Platform details

  1. browserstack-local-nodejs version: 1.4.5
  2. node version: 12.14.0
  3. os type and version: mac os x Catalina

Details

This is a minimal version of the bug:

const browserstack = require("browserstack-local");
const url = require("url");
const http = require("http");
const PORT = 8080;

(async () => {
  http
    .createServer(req => {
      const { pathname } = url.parse(req.url);
      console.log("Request:", pathname);
    })
    .listen(PORT, () => {
      console.log("Started node server");
    });

  const bs_local = new browserstack.Local();

  const bs_local_args = {
    key: "***",
    // localIdentifier: "testing"
  };

  bs_local.start(bs_local_args, function(error) {
    if (error) return console.error("Error:", error);
    console.log("Running BrowserStackLocal", bs_local.isRunning());
    bs_local.stop(function() {
      console.log("Stopped BrowserStackLocal");
    });
  });
})();

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