// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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//
// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see .
package rpc
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"net/url"
"os"
"reflect"
"strconv"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
)
var (
ErrBadResult = errors.New("bad result in JSON-RPC response")
ErrClientQuit = errors.New("client is closed")
ErrNoResult = errors.New("JSON-RPC response has no result")
ErrMissingBatchResponse = errors.New("response batch did not contain a response to this call")
ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow = errors.New("subscription queue overflow")
errClientReconnected = errors.New("client reconnected")
errDead = errors.New("connection lost")
)
// Timeouts
const (
defaultDialTimeout = 10 * time.Second // used if context has no deadline
subscribeTimeout = 10 * time.Second // overall timeout eth_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
)
const (
// Subscriptions are removed when the subscriber cannot keep up.
//
// This can be worked around by supplying a channel with sufficiently sized buffer,
// but this can be inconvenient and hard to explain in the docs. Another issue with
// buffered channels is that the buffer is static even though it might not be needed
// most of the time.
//
// The approach taken here is to maintain a per-subscription linked list buffer
// shrinks on demand. If the buffer reaches the size below, the subscription is
// dropped.
maxClientSubscriptionBuffer = 20000
)
// BatchElem is an element in a batch request.
type BatchElem struct {
Method string
Args []interface{}
// The result is unmarshaled into this field. Result must be set to a
// non-nil pointer value of the desired type, otherwise the response will be
// discarded.
Result interface{}
// Error is set if the server returns an error for this request, or if
// unmarshalling into Result fails. It is not set for I/O errors.
Error error
}
// Client represents a connection to an RPC server.
type Client struct {
idgen func() ID // for subscriptions
isHTTP bool // connection type: http, ws or ipc
services *serviceRegistry
idCounter atomic.Uint32
// This function, if non-nil, is called when the connection is lost.
reconnectFunc reconnectFunc
// config fields
batchItemLimit int
batchResponseMaxSize int
// writeConn is used for writing to the connection on the caller's goroutine. It should
// only be accessed outside of dispatch, with the write lock held. The write lock is
// taken by sending on reqInit and released by sending on reqSent.
writeConn jsonWriter
// for dispatch
close chan struct{}
closing chan struct{} // closed when client is quitting
didClose chan struct{} // closed when client quits
reconnected chan ServerCodec // where write/reconnect sends the new connection
readOp chan readOp // read messages
readErr chan error // errors from read
reqInit chan *requestOp // register response IDs, takes write lock
reqSent chan error // signals write completion, releases write lock
reqTimeout chan *requestOp // removes response IDs when call timeout expires
}
type reconnectFunc func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error)
type clientContextKey struct{}
type clientConn struct {
codec ServerCodec
handler *handler
}
func (c *Client) newClientConn(conn ServerCodec) *clientConn {
ctx := context.Background()
ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, clientContextKey{}, c)
ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, peerInfoContextKey{}, conn.peerInfo())
handler := newHandler(ctx, conn, c.idgen, c.services, c.batchItemLimit, c.batchResponseMaxSize)
return &clientConn{conn, handler}
}
func (cc *clientConn) close(err error, inflightReq *requestOp) {
cc.handler.close(err, inflightReq)
cc.codec.close()
}
type readOp struct {
msgs []*jsonrpcMessage
batch bool
}
// requestOp represents a pending request. This is used for both batch and non-batch
// requests.
type requestOp struct {
ids []json.RawMessage
err error
resp chan []*jsonrpcMessage // the response goes here
sub *ClientSubscription // set for Subscribe requests.
hadResponse bool // true when the request was responded to
}
func (op *requestOp) wait(ctx context.Context, c *Client) ([]*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
// Send the timeout to dispatch so it can remove the request IDs.
if !c.isHTTP {
select {
case c.reqTimeout <- op:
case <-c.closing:
}
}
return nil, ctx.Err()
case resp := <-op.resp:
return resp, op.err
}
}
// Dial creates a new client for the given URL.
//
// The currently supported URL schemes are "http", "https", "ws" and "wss". If rawurl is a
// file name with no URL scheme, a local socket connection is established using UNIX
// domain sockets on supported platforms and named pipes on Windows.
//
// If you want to further configure the transport, use DialOptions instead of this
// function.
//
// For websocket connections, the origin is set to the local host name.
//
// The client reconnects automatically when the connection is lost.
func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
return DialOptions(context.Background(), rawurl)
}
// DialContext creates a new RPC client, just like Dial.
//
// The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
// not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
func DialContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
return DialOptions(ctx, rawurl)
}
// DialOptions creates a new RPC client for the given URL. You can supply any of the
// pre-defined client options to configure the underlying transport.
//
// The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
// not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
//
// The client reconnects automatically when the connection is lost.
func DialOptions(ctx context.Context, rawurl string, options ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
u, err := url.Parse(rawurl)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
cfg := new(clientConfig)
for _, opt := range options {
opt.applyOption(cfg)
}
var reconnect reconnectFunc
switch u.Scheme {
case "http", "https":
reconnect = newClientTransportHTTP(rawurl, cfg)
case "ws", "wss":
rc, err := newClientTransportWS(rawurl, cfg)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
reconnect = rc
case "stdio":
reconnect = newClientTransportIO(os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
case "":
reconnect = newClientTransportIPC(rawurl)
default:
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no known transport for URL scheme %q", u.Scheme)
}
return newClient(ctx, cfg, reconnect)
}
// ClientFromContext retrieves the client from the context, if any. This can be used to perform
// 'reverse calls' in a handler method.
func ClientFromContext(ctx context.Context) (*Client, bool) {
client, ok := ctx.Value(clientContextKey{}).(*Client)
return client, ok
}
func newClient(initctx context.Context, cfg *clientConfig, connect reconnectFunc) (*Client, error) {
conn, err := connect(initctx)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
c := initClient(conn, new(serviceRegistry), cfg)
c.reconnectFunc = connect
return c, nil
}
func initClient(conn ServerCodec, services *serviceRegistry, cfg *clientConfig) *Client {
_, isHTTP := conn.(*httpConn)
c := &Client{
isHTTP: isHTTP,
services: services,
idgen: cfg.idgen,
batchItemLimit: cfg.batchItemLimit,
batchResponseMaxSize: cfg.batchResponseLimit,
writeConn: conn,
close: make(chan struct{}),
closing: make(chan struct{}),
didClose: make(chan struct{}),
reconnected: make(chan ServerCodec),
readOp: make(chan readOp),
readErr: make(chan error),
reqInit: make(chan *requestOp),
reqSent: make(chan error, 1),
reqTimeout: make(chan *requestOp),
}
// Set defaults.
if c.idgen == nil {
c.idgen = randomIDGenerator()
}
// Launch the main loop.
if !isHTTP {
go c.dispatch(conn)
}
return c
}
// RegisterName creates a service for the given receiver type under the given name. When no
// methods on the given receiver match the criteria to be either a RPC method or a
// subscription an error is returned. Otherwise a new service is created and added to the
// service collection this client provides to the server.
func (c *Client) RegisterName(name string, receiver interface{}) error {
return c.services.registerName(name, receiver)
}
func (c *Client) nextID() json.RawMessage {
id := c.idCounter.Add(1)
return strconv.AppendUint(nil, uint64(id), 10)
}
// SupportedModules calls the rpc_modules method, retrieving the list of
// APIs that are available on the server.
func (c *Client) SupportedModules() (map[string]string, error) {
var result map[string]string
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), subscribeTimeout)
defer cancel()
err := c.CallContext(ctx, &result, "rpc_modules")
return result, err
}
// Close closes the client, aborting any in-flight requests.
func (c *Client) Close() {
if c.isHTTP {
return
}
select {
case c.close <- struct{}{}:
<-c.didClose
case <-c.didClose:
}
}
// SetHeader adds a custom HTTP header to the client's requests.
// This method only works for clients using HTTP, it doesn't have
// any effect for clients using another transport.
func (c *Client) SetHeader(key, value string) {
if !c.isHTTP {
return
}
conn := c.writeConn.(*httpConn)
conn.mu.Lock()
conn.headers.Set(key, value)
conn.mu.Unlock()
}
// Call performs a JSON-RPC call with the given arguments and unmarshals into
// result if no error occurred.
//
// The result must be a pointer so that package json can unmarshal into it. You
// can also pass nil, in which case the result is ignored.
func (c *Client) Call(result interface{}, method string, args ...interface{}) error {
ctx := context.Background()
return c.CallContext(ctx, result, method, args...)
}
// CallContext performs a JSON-RPC call with the given arguments. If the context is
// canceled before the call has successfully returned, CallContext returns immediately.
//
// The result must be a pointer so that package json can unmarshal into it. You
// can also pass nil, in which case the result is ignored.
func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method string, args ...interface{}) error {
if result != nil && reflect.TypeOf(result).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
return fmt.Errorf("call result parameter must be pointer or nil interface: %v", result)
}
msg, err := c.newMessage(method, args...)
if err != nil {
return err
}
op := &requestOp{
ids: []json.RawMessage{msg.ID},
resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
}
if c.isHTTP {
err = c.sendHTTP(ctx, op, msg)
} else {
err = c.send(ctx, op, msg)
}
if err != nil {
return err
}
// dispatch has accepted the request and will close the channel when it quits.
batchresp, err := op.wait(ctx, c)
if err != nil {
return err
}
resp := batchresp[0]
switch {
case resp.Error != nil:
return resp.Error
case len(resp.Result) == 0:
return ErrNoResult
default:
if result == nil {
return nil
}
return json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, result)
}
}
// BatchCall sends all given requests as a single batch and waits for the server
// to return a response for all of them.
//
// In contrast to Call, BatchCall only returns I/O errors. Any error specific to
// a request is reported through the Error field of the corresponding BatchElem.
//
// Note that batch calls may not be executed atomically on the server side.
func (c *Client) BatchCall(b []BatchElem) error {
ctx := context.Background()
return c.BatchCallContext(ctx, b)
}
// BatchCallContext sends all given requests as a single batch and waits for the server
// to return a response for all of them. The wait duration is bounded by the
// context's deadline.
//
// In contrast to CallContext, BatchCallContext only returns errors that have occurred
// while sending the request. Any error specific to a request is reported through the
// Error field of the corresponding BatchElem.
//
// Note that batch calls may not be executed atomically on the server side.
func (c *Client) BatchCallContext(ctx context.Context, b []BatchElem) error {
var (
msgs = make([]*jsonrpcMessage, len(b))
byID = make(map[string]int, len(b))
)
op := &requestOp{
ids: make([]json.RawMessage, len(b)),
resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
}
for i, elem := range b {
msg, err := c.newMessage(elem.Method, elem.Args...)
if err != nil {
return err
}
msgs[i] = msg
op.ids[i] = msg.ID
byID[string(msg.ID)] = i
}
var err error
if c.isHTTP {
err = c.sendBatchHTTP(ctx, op, msgs)
} else {
err = c.send(ctx, op, msgs)
}
if err != nil {
return err
}
batchresp, err := op.wait(ctx, c)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Wait for all responses to come back.
for n := 0; n < len(batchresp) && err == nil; n++ {
resp := batchresp[n]
if resp == nil {
// Ignore null responses. These can happen for batches sent via HTTP.
continue
}
// Find the element corresponding to this response.
index, ok := byID[string(resp.ID)]
if !ok {
continue
}
delete(byID, string(resp.ID))
// Assign result and error.
elem := &b[index]
switch {
case resp.Error != nil:
elem.Error = resp.Error
case resp.Result == nil:
elem.Error = ErrNoResult
default:
elem.Error = json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, elem.Result)
}
}
// Check that all expected responses have been received.
for _, index := range byID {
elem := &b[index]
elem.Error = ErrMissingBatchResponse
}
return err
}
// Notify sends a notification, i.e. a method call that doesn't expect a response.
func (c *Client) Notify(ctx context.Context, method string, args ...interface{}) error {
op := new(requestOp)
msg, err := c.newMessage(method, args...)
if err != nil {
return err
}
msg.ID = nil
if c.isHTTP {
return c.sendHTTP(ctx, op, msg)
}
return c.send(ctx, op, msg)
}
// EthSubscribe registers a subscription under the "eth" namespace.
func (c *Client) EthSubscribe(ctx context.Context, channel interface{}, args ...interface{}) (*ClientSubscription, error) {
return c.Subscribe(ctx, "eth", channel, args...)
}
// ShhSubscribe registers a subscription under the "shh" namespace.
// Deprecated: use Subscribe(ctx, "shh", ...).
func (c *Client) ShhSubscribe(ctx context.Context, channel interface{}, args ...interface{}) (*ClientSubscription, error) {
return c.Subscribe(ctx, "shh", channel, args...)
}
// Subscribe calls the "_subscribe" method with the given arguments,
// registering a subscription. Server notifications for the subscription are
// sent to the given channel. The element type of the channel must match the
// expected type of content returned by the subscription.
//
// The context argument cancels the RPC request that sets up the subscription but has no
// effect on the subscription after Subscribe has returned.
//
// Slow subscribers will be dropped eventually. Client buffers up to 20000 notifications
// before considering the subscriber dead. The subscription Err channel will receive
// ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow. Use a sufficiently large buffer on the channel or ensure
// that the channel usually has at least one reader to prevent this issue.
func (c *Client) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, namespace string, channel interface{}, args ...interface{}) (*ClientSubscription, error) {
// Check type of channel first.
chanVal := reflect.ValueOf(channel)
if chanVal.Kind() != reflect.Chan || chanVal.Type().ChanDir()&reflect.SendDir == 0 {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("channel argument of Subscribe has type %T, need writable channel", channel))
}
if chanVal.IsNil() {
panic("channel given to Subscribe must not be nil")
}
if c.isHTTP {
return nil, ErrNotificationsUnsupported
}
msg, err := c.newMessage(namespace+subscribeMethodSuffix, args...)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
op := &requestOp{
ids: []json.RawMessage{msg.ID},
resp: make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage, 1),
sub: newClientSubscription(c, namespace, chanVal),
}
// Send the subscription request.
// The arrival and validity of the response is signaled on sub.quit.
if err := c.send(ctx, op, msg); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if _, err := op.wait(ctx, c); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return op.sub, nil
}
// SupportsSubscriptions reports whether subscriptions are supported by the client
// transport. When this returns false, Subscribe and related methods will return
// ErrNotificationsUnsupported.
func (c *Client) SupportsSubscriptions() bool {
return !c.isHTTP
}
func (c *Client) newMessage(method string, paramsIn ...interface{}) (*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
msg := &jsonrpcMessage{Version: vsn, ID: c.nextID(), Method: method}
if paramsIn != nil { // prevent sending "params":null
var err error
if msg.Params, err = json.Marshal(paramsIn); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
return msg, nil
}
// send registers op with the dispatch loop, then sends msg on the connection.
// if sending fails, op is deregistered.
func (c *Client) send(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msg interface{}) error {
select {
case c.reqInit <- op:
err := c.write(ctx, msg, false)
c.reqSent <- err
return err
case <-ctx.Done():
// This can happen if the client is overloaded or unable to keep up with
// subscription notifications.
return ctx.Err()
case <-c.closing:
return ErrClientQuit
}
}
func (c *Client) write(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}, retry bool) error {
if c.writeConn == nil {
// The previous write failed. Try to establish a new connection.
if err := c.reconnect(ctx); err != nil {
return err
}
}
err := c.writeConn.writeJSON(ctx, msg, false)
if err != nil {
c.writeConn = nil
if !retry {
return c.write(ctx, msg, true)
}
}
return err
}
func (c *Client) reconnect(ctx context.Context) error {
if c.reconnectFunc == nil {
return errDead
}
if _, ok := ctx.Deadline(); !ok {
var cancel func()
ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultDialTimeout)
defer cancel()
}
newconn, err := c.reconnectFunc(ctx)
if err != nil {
log.Trace("RPC client reconnect failed", "err", err)
return err
}
select {
case c.reconnected <- newconn:
c.writeConn = newconn
return nil
case <-c.didClose:
newconn.close()
return ErrClientQuit
}
}
// dispatch is the main loop of the client.
// It sends read messages to waiting calls to Call and BatchCall
// and subscription notifications to registered subscriptions.
func (c *Client) dispatch(codec ServerCodec) {
var (
lastOp *requestOp // tracks last send operation
reqInitLock = c.reqInit // nil while the send lock is held
conn = c.newClientConn(codec)
reading = true
)
defer func() {
close(c.closing)
if reading {
conn.close(ErrClientQuit, nil)
c.drainRead()
}
close(c.didClose)
}()
// Spawn the initial read loop.
go c.read(codec)
for {
select {
case <-c.close:
return
// Read path:
case op := <-c.readOp:
if op.batch {
conn.handler.handleBatch(op.msgs)
} else {
conn.handler.handleMsg(op.msgs[0])
}
case err := <-c.readErr:
conn.handler.log.Debug("RPC connection read error", "err", err)
conn.close(err, lastOp)
reading = false
// Reconnect:
case newcodec := <-c.reconnected:
log.Debug("RPC client reconnected", "reading", reading, "conn", newcodec.remoteAddr())
if reading {
// Wait for the previous read loop to exit. This is a rare case which
// happens if this loop isn't notified in time after the connection breaks.
// In those cases the caller will notice first and reconnect. Closing the
// handler terminates all waiting requests (closing op.resp) except for
// lastOp, which will be transferred to the new handler.
conn.close(errClientReconnected, lastOp)
c.drainRead()
}
go c.read(newcodec)
reading = true
conn = c.newClientConn(newcodec)
// Re-register the in-flight request on the new handler
// because that's where it will be sent.
conn.handler.addRequestOp(lastOp)
// Send path:
case op := <-reqInitLock:
// Stop listening for further requests until the current one has been sent.
reqInitLock = nil
lastOp = op
conn.handler.addRequestOp(op)
case err := <-c.reqSent:
if err != nil {
// Remove response handlers for the last send. When the read loop
// goes down, it will signal all other current operations.
conn.handler.removeRequestOp(lastOp)
}
// Let the next request in.
reqInitLock = c.reqInit
lastOp = nil
case op := <-c.reqTimeout:
conn.handler.removeRequestOp(op)
}
}
}
// drainRead drops read messages until an error occurs.
func (c *Client) drainRead() {
for {
select {
case <-c.readOp:
case <-c.readErr:
return
}
}
}
// read decodes RPC messages from a codec, feeding them into dispatch.
func (c *Client) read(codec ServerCodec) {
for {
msgs, batch, err := codec.readBatch()
if _, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
msg := errorMessage(&parseError{err.Error()})
codec.writeJSON(context.Background(), msg, true)
}
if err != nil {
c.readErr <- err
return
}
c.readOp <- readOp{msgs, batch}
}
}