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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- HTTP/1.1 client support for the Lua language.
-- LuaSocket 1.5 toolkit.
-- Author: Diego Nehab
-- Conforming to: RFC 2616, LTN7
-- RCS ID: $Id$
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local Public, Private = {}, {}
local socket = _G[LUASOCKET_LIBNAME] -- get LuaSocket namespace
socket.http = Public -- create http sub namespace
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Program constants
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- connection timeout in seconds
Public.TIMEOUT = 60
-- default port for document retrieval
Public.PORT = 80
-- user agent field sent in request
Public.USERAGENT = "LuaSocket 1.5"
-- block size used in transfers
Public.BLOCKSIZE = 8192
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Tries to get a pattern from the server and closes socket on error
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- pattern: pattern to receive
-- Returns
-- received pattern on success
-- nil followed by error message on error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.try_receive(sock, pattern)
local data, err = sock:receive(pattern)
if not data then sock:close() end
return data, err
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Tries to send data to the server and closes socket on error
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- data: data to send
-- Returns
-- err: error message if any, nil if successfull
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.try_send(sock, data)
local sent, err = sock:send(data)
if not sent then sock:close() end
return err
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Computes status code from HTTP status line
-- Input
-- line: HTTP status line
-- Returns
-- code: integer with status code, or nil if malformed line
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.get_statuscode(line)
local code, _
_, _, code = string.find(line, "HTTP/%d*%.%d* (%d%d%d)")
return tonumber(code)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receive server reply messages, parsing for status code
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- Returns
-- code: server status code or nil if error
-- line: full HTTP status line
-- err: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.receive_status(sock)
local line, err
line, err = Private.try_receive(sock)
if not err then return Private.get_statuscode(line), line
else return nil, nil, err end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receive and parse response header fields
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: a table that might already contain headers
-- Returns
-- headers: a table with all headers fields in the form
-- {name_1 = "value_1", name_2 = "value_2" ... name_n = "value_n"}
-- all name_i are lowercase
-- nil and error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.receive_headers(sock, headers)
local line, err
local name, value, _
-- get first line
line, err = Private.try_receive(sock)
if err then return nil, err end
-- headers go until a blank line is found
while line ~= "" do
-- get field-name and value
_,_, name, value = string.find(line, "^(.-):%s*(.*)")
if not name or not value then
sock:close()
return nil, "malformed reponse headers"
end
name = string.lower(name)
-- get next line (value might be folded)
line, err = Private.try_receive(sock)
if err then return nil, err end
-- unfold any folded values
while not err and string.find(line, "^%s") do
value = value .. line
line, err = Private.try_receive(sock)
if err then return nil, err end
end
-- save pair in table
if headers[name] then headers[name] = headers[name] .. ", " .. value
else headers[name] = value end
end
return headers
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives a chunked message body
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: header set in which to include trailer headers
-- receive_cb: function to receive chunks
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.receivebody_bychunks(sock, headers, receive_cb)
local chunk, size, line, err, go, uerr, _
while 1 do
-- get chunk size, skip extention
line, err = Private.try_receive(sock)
if err then
local go, uerr = receive_cb(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
size = tonumber(string.gsub(line, ";.*", ""), 16)
if not size then
err = "invalid chunk size"
sock:close()
go, uerr = receive_cb(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
-- was it the last chunk?
if size <= 0 then break end
-- get chunk
chunk, err = Private.try_receive(sock, size)
if err then
go, uerr = receive_cb(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
-- pass chunk to callback
go, uerr = receive_cb(chunk)
if not go then
sock:close()
return uerr or "aborted by callback"
end
-- skip CRLF on end of chunk
_, err = Private.try_receive(sock)
if err then
go, uerr = receive_cb(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
end
-- the server should not send trailer headers because we didn't send a
-- header informing it we know how to deal with them. we do not risk
-- being caught unprepaired.
headers, err = Private.receive_headers(sock, headers)
if err then
go, uerr = receive_cb(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
-- let callback know we are done
go, uerr = receive_cb("")
return uerr
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives a message body by content-length
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- length: message body length
-- receive_cb: function to receive chunks
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.receivebody_bylength(sock, length, receive_cb)
local uerr, go
while length > 0 do
local size = math.min(Public.BLOCKSIZE, length)
local chunk, err = sock:receive(size)
if err then
go, uerr = receive_cb(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
go, uerr = receive_cb(chunk)
if not go then
sock:close()
return uerr or "aborted by callback"
end
length = length - size
end
go, uerr = receive_cb("")
return uerr
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives a message body by content-length
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- receive_cb: function to receive chunks
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.receivebody_untilclosed(sock, receive_cb)
local err, go, uerr
while 1 do
local chunk, err = sock:receive(Public.BLOCKSIZE)
if err == "closed" or not err then
go, uerr = receive_cb(chunk)
if not go then
sock:close()
return uerr or "aborted by callback"
end
if err == "closed" then break end
else
go, uerr = callback(nil, err)
return uerr or err
end
end
go, uerr = receive_cb("")
return uerr
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives HTTP response body
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: response header fields
-- receive_cb: function to receive chunks
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.receive_body(sock, headers, receive_cb)
local te = headers["transfer-encoding"]
if te and te ~= "identity" then
-- get by chunked transfer-coding of message body
return Private.receivebody_bychunks(sock, headers, receive_cb)
elseif tonumber(headers["content-length"]) then
-- get by content-length
local length = tonumber(headers["content-length"])
return Private.receivebody_bylength(sock, length, receive_cb)
else
-- get it all until connection closes
return Private.receivebody_untilclosed(sock, receive_cb)
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Drop HTTP response body
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: response header fields
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.drop_body(sock, headers)
return Private.receive_body(sock, headers, function (c, e) return 1 end)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends data comming from a callback
-- Input
-- data: data connection
-- send_cb: callback to produce file contents
-- chunk, size: first callback return values
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull, or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.send_indirect(data, send_cb, chunk, size)
local total, sent, err
total = 0
while 1 do
if type(chunk) ~= "string" or type(size) ~= "number" then
data:close()
if not chunk and type(size) == "string" then return size
else return "invalid callback return" end
end
sent, err = data:send(chunk)
if err then
data:close()
return err
end
total = total + sent
if total >= size then break end
chunk, size = send_cb()
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends mime headers
-- Input
-- sock: server socket
-- headers: table with mime headers to be sent
-- Returns
-- err: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.send_headers(sock, headers)
local err
headers = headers or {}
-- send request headers
for i, v in headers do
err = Private.try_send(sock, i .. ": " .. v .. "\r\n")
if err then return err end
end
-- mark end of request headers
return Private.try_send(sock, "\r\n")
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends a HTTP request message through socket
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- method: request method to be used
-- uri: request uri
-- headers: request headers to be sent
-- body_cb: callback to send request message body
-- Returns
-- err: nil in case of success, error message otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.send_request(sock, method, uri, headers, body_cb)
local chunk, size, done, err
-- send request line
err = Private.try_send(sock, method .. " " .. uri .. " HTTP/1.1\r\n")
if err then return err end
-- if there is a request message body, add content-length header
if body_cb then
chunk, size = body_cb()
if type(chunk) == "string" and type(size) == "number" then
headers["content-length"] = tostring(size)
else
sock:close()
if not chunk and type(size) == "string" then return size
else return "invalid callback return" end
end
end
-- send request headers
err = Private.send_headers(sock, headers)
if err then return err end
-- send request message body, if any
if body_cb then
return Private.send_indirect(sock, body_cb, chunk, size)
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Determines if we should read a message body from the server response
-- Input
-- request: a table with the original request information
-- response: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- 1 if a message body should be processed, nil otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.has_body(request, response)
if request.method == "HEAD" then return nil end
if response.code == 204 or response.code == 304 then return nil end
if response.code >= 100 and response.code < 200 then return nil end
return 1
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Converts field names to lowercase and adds a few needed headers
-- Input
-- headers: request header fields
-- parsed: parsed request URL
-- Returns
-- lower: a table with the same headers, but with lowercase field names
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.fill_headers(headers, parsed)
local lower = {}
headers = headers or {}
-- set default headers
lower["user-agent"] = Public.USERAGENT
-- override with user values
for i,v in headers do
lower[string.lower(i)] = v
end
lower["host"] = parsed.host
-- this cannot be overriden
lower["connection"] = "close"
return lower
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Decides wether we should follow retry with authorization formation
-- Input
-- request: a table with the original request information
-- parsed: parsed request URL
-- response: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- 1 if we should retry, nil otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.should_authorize(request, parsed, response)
-- if there has been an authorization attempt, it must have failed
if request.headers["authorization"] then return nil end
-- if we don't have authorization information, we can't retry
if parsed.user and parsed.password then return 1
else return nil end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Returns the result of retrying a request with authorization information
-- Input
-- request: a table with the original request information
-- parsed: parsed request URL
-- response: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- response: result of target redirection
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.authorize(request, parsed, response)
request.headers["authorization"] = "Basic " ..
socket.code.base64(parsed.user .. ":" .. parsed.password)
local authorize = {
redirects = request.redirects,
method = request.method,
url = request.url,
body_cb = request.body_cb,
headers = request.headers
}
return Public.request_cb(authorize, response)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Decides wether we should follow a server redirect message
-- Input
-- request: a table with the original request information
-- response: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- 1 if we should redirect, nil otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.should_redirect(request, response)
local follow = not request.stay
follow = follow and (response.code == 301 or response.code == 302)
follow = follow and (request.method == "GET" or request.method == "HEAD")
follow = follow and not (request.redirects and request.redirects >= 5)
return follow
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Returns the result of a request following a server redirect message.
-- Input
-- request: a table with the original request information
-- response: a table with the following fields:
-- body_cb: response method body receive-callback
-- Returns
-- response: result of target redirection
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.redirect(request, response)
local redirects = request.redirects or 0
redirects = redirects + 1
local redirect = {
redirects = redirects,
method = request.method,
-- the RFC says the redirect URL has to be absolute, but some
-- servers do not respect that
url = socket.url.absolute(request.url, response.headers["location"]),
body_cb = request.body_cb,
headers = request.headers
}
local response = Public.request_cb(redirect, response)
-- we pass the location header as a clue we tried to redirect
if response.headers then response.headers.location = redirect.url end
return response
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Computes the request URI from the parsed request URL
-- Input
-- parsed: parsed URL
-- Returns
-- uri: request URI for parsed URL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.request_uri(parsed)
local uri = ""
if parsed.path then uri = uri .. parsed.path end
if parsed.params then uri = uri .. ";" .. parsed.params end
if parsed.query then uri = uri .. "?" .. parsed.query end
if parsed.fragment then uri = uri .. "#" .. parsed.fragment end
return uri
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Builds a request table from a URL or request table
-- Input
-- url_or_request: target url or request table (a table with the fields:
-- url: the target URL
-- user: account user name
-- password: account password)
-- Returns
-- request: request table
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Private.build_request(data)
local request = {}
if type(data) == "table" then for i, v in data do request[i] = v end
else request.url = data end
return request
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends a HTTP request and retrieves the server reply using callbacks to
-- send the request body and receive the response body
-- Input
-- request: a table with the following fields
-- method: "GET", "PUT", "POST" etc (defaults to "GET")
-- url: target uniform resource locator
-- user, password: authentication information
-- headers: request headers to send, or nil if none
-- body_cb: request message body send-callback, or nil if none
-- stay: should we refrain from following a server redirect message?
-- response: a table with the following fields:
-- body_cb: response method body receive-callback
-- Returns
-- response: a table with the following fields:
-- headers: response header fields received, or nil if failed
-- status: server response status line, or nil if failed
-- code: server status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message, or nil if successfull
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Public.request_cb(request, response)
local parsed = socket.url.parse(request.url, {
host = "",
port = Public.PORT,
path ="/",
scheme = "http"
})
if parsed.scheme ~= "http" then
response.error = string.format("unknown scheme '%s'", parsed.scheme)
return response
end
-- explicit authentication info overrides that given by the URL
parsed.user = request.user or parsed.user
parsed.password = request.password or parsed.password
-- default method
request.method = request.method or "GET"
-- fill default headers
request.headers = Private.fill_headers(request.headers, parsed)
-- try to connect to server
local sock
sock, response.error = socket.connect(parsed.host, parsed.port)
if not sock then return response end
-- set connection timeout so that we do not hang forever
sock:timeout(Public.TIMEOUT)
-- send request message
response.error = Private.send_request(sock, request.method,
Private.request_uri(parsed), request.headers, request.body_cb)
if response.error then return response end
-- get server response message
response.code, response.status, response.error =
Private.receive_status(sock)
if response.error then return response end
-- deal with 1xx status
if response.code == 100 then
response.headers, response.error = Private.receive_headers(sock, {})
if response.error then return response end
response.code, response.status, response.error =
Private.receive_status(sock)
if response.error then return response end
end
-- receive all headers
response.headers, response.error = Private.receive_headers(sock, {})
if response.error then return response end
-- decide what to do based on request and response parameters
if Private.should_redirect(request, response) then
Private.drop_body(sock, response.headers)
sock:close()
return Private.redirect(request, response)
elseif Private.should_authorize(request, parsed, response) then
Private.drop_body(sock, response.headers)
sock:close()
return Private.authorize(request, parsed, response)
elseif Private.has_body(request, response) then
response.error = Private.receive_body(sock, response.headers,
response.body_cb)
if response.error then return response end
sock:close()
return response
end
sock:close()
return response
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends a HTTP request and retrieves the server reply
-- Input
-- request: a table with the following fields
-- method: "GET", "PUT", "POST" etc (defaults to "GET")
-- url: request URL, i.e. the document to be retrieved
-- user, password: authentication information
-- headers: request header fields, or nil if none
-- body: request message body as a string, or nil if none
-- stay: should we refrain from following a server redirect message?
-- Returns
-- response: a table with the following fields:
-- body: response message body, or nil if failed
-- headers: response header fields, or nil if failed
-- status: server response status line, or nil if failed
-- code: server response status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Public.request(request)
local response = {}
if request.body then
request.body_cb = function()
return request.body, string.len(request.body)
end
end
local cat = socket.concat.create()
response.body_cb = function(chunk, err)
if chunk then cat:addstring(chunk) end
return 1
end
response = Public.request_cb(request, response)
response.body = cat:getresult()
response.body_cb = nil
return response
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Retrieves a URL by the method "GET"
-- Input
-- url_or_request: target url or request table (a table with the fields:
-- url: the target URL
-- user: account user name
-- password: account password)
-- Returns
-- body: response message body, or nil if failed
-- headers: response header fields received, or nil if failed
-- code: server response status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Public.get(url_or_request)
local request = Private.build_request(url_or_request)
request.method = "GET"
local response = Public.request(request)
return response.body, response.headers,
response.code, response.error
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Retrieves a URL by the method "POST"
-- Input
-- url_or_request: target url or request table (a table with the fields:
-- url: the target URL
-- body: request message body
-- user: account user name
-- password: account password)
-- body: request message body, or nil if none
-- Returns
-- body: response message body, or nil if failed
-- headers: response header fields received, or nil if failed
-- code: server response status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message, or nil if successfull
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Public.post(url_or_request, body)
local request = Private.build_request(url_or_request)
request.method = "POST"
request.body = request.body or body
local response = Public.request(request)
return response.body, response.headers,
response.code, response.error
end
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