feat(util/http_client): Adds generic HTTP client

Supports retries with exponential backoff as well as connection
timeouts and the ability to skip SSL/TLS verification.

This commit also refactors datasource and initialize packages
in order to use the new HTTP client.
This commit is contained in:
Camilo Aguilar
2014-05-21 13:13:20 -04:00
parent 5fa2ad8dfd
commit 3e00a37ef5
7 changed files with 154 additions and 122 deletions

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package util
import (
"crypto/tls"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"math"
"net"
"net/http"
neturl "net/url"
"strings"
"time"
)
const (
HTTP_2xx = 2
HTTP_4xx = 4
)
type HttpClient struct {
// Maximum exp backoff duration. Defaults to 5 seconds
MaxBackoff time.Duration
// Maximum amount of connection retries. Defaults to 15
MaxRetries int
// HTTP client timeout, this is suggested to be low since exponential
// backoff will kick off too. Defaults to 2 seconds
Timeout time.Duration
//Whether or not to skip TLS verification. Defaults to false
SkipTLS bool
}
func NewHttpClient() *HttpClient {
return &HttpClient{
MaxBackoff: time.Second * 5,
MaxRetries: 15,
Timeout: time.Duration(2) * time.Second,
SkipTLS: false,
}
}
// Fetches a given URL with support for exponential backoff and maximum retries
func (h *HttpClient) Get(rawurl string) ([]byte, error) {
if h == nil {
return nil, nil
}
if rawurl == "" {
return nil, errors.New("URL is empty. Skipping.")
}
url, err := neturl.Parse(rawurl)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Unfortunately, url.Parse is too generic to throw errors if a URL does not
// have a valid HTTP scheme. So, we have to do this extra validation
if !strings.HasPrefix(url.Scheme, "http") {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("URL %s does not have a valid HTTP scheme. Skipping.", rawurl)
}
dataURL := url.String()
// We need to create our own client in order to add timeout support.
// TODO(c4milo) Replace it once Go 1.3 is officially used by CoreOS
// More info: https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=ada6f2d5f99f
transport := &http.Transport{
TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
InsecureSkipVerify: h.SkipTLS,
},
Dial: func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
deadline := time.Now().Add(h.Timeout)
c, err := net.DialTimeout(network, addr, h.Timeout)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
c.SetDeadline(deadline)
return c, nil
},
}
client := &http.Client{
Transport: transport,
}
for retry := 1; retry <= h.MaxRetries; retry++ {
log.Printf("Fetching data from %s. Attempt #%d", dataURL, retry)
resp, err := client.Get(dataURL)
if err == nil {
defer resp.Body.Close()
status := resp.StatusCode / 100
if status == HTTP_2xx {
return ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
}
if status == HTTP_4xx {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not found. HTTP status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
}
log.Printf("Server error. HTTP status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
} else {
log.Printf("Unable to fetch data: %s", err.Error())
}
duration := time.Millisecond * time.Duration((math.Pow(float64(2), float64(retry)) * 100))
if duration > h.MaxBackoff {
duration = h.MaxBackoff
}
time.Sleep(duration)
}
return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to fetch data. Maximum retries reached: %d", h.MaxRetries)
}

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package util
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/http/httptest"
"testing"
)
var expBackoffTests = []struct {
count int
body string
}{
{0, "number of attempts: 0"},
{1, "number of attempts: 1"},
{2, "number of attempts: 2"},
}
// Test exponential backoff and that it continues retrying if a 5xx response is
// received
func TestFetchURLExpBackOff(t *testing.T) {
client := NewHttpClient()
for i, tt := range expBackoffTests {
mux := http.NewServeMux()
count := 0
mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
if count == tt.count {
io.WriteString(w, fmt.Sprintf("number of attempts: %d", count))
return
}
count++
http.Error(w, "", 500)
})
ts := httptest.NewServer(mux)
defer ts.Close()
data, err := client.Get(ts.URL)
if err != nil {
t.Errorf("Test case %d produced error: %v", i, err)
}
if count != tt.count {
t.Errorf("Test case %d failed: %d != %d", i, count, tt.count)
}
if string(data) != tt.body {
t.Errorf("Test case %d failed: %s != %s", i, tt.body, data)
}
}
}
// Test that it stops retrying if a 4xx response comes back
func TestFetchURL4xx(t *testing.T) {
client := NewHttpClient()
retries := 0
ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
retries++
http.Error(w, "", 404)
}))
defer ts.Close()
_, err := client.Get(ts.URL)
if err == nil {
t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot: %s\nwant: %s", err.Error(), "Not found. HTTP status code: 404")
}
if retries > 1 {
t.Errorf("Number of retries:\n%d\nExpected number of retries:\n%s", retries, 1)
}
}
// Test that it fetches and returns user-data just fine
func TestFetchURL2xx(t *testing.T) {
var cloudcfg = `
#cloud-config
coreos:
oem:
id: test
name: CoreOS.box for Test
version-id: %VERSION_ID%+%BUILD_ID%
home-url: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-cloudinit
bug-report-url: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-cloudinit
update:
reboot-strategy: best-effort
`
client := NewHttpClient()
ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Fprint(w, cloudcfg)
}))
defer ts.Close()
data, err := client.Get(ts.URL)
if err != nil {
t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot: %v\nwant: %v", err, nil)
}
if string(data) != cloudcfg {
t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot: %s\nwant: %s", string(data), cloudcfg)
}
}
// Test attempt to fetching using malformed URL
func TestFetchURLMalformed(t *testing.T) {
client := NewHttpClient()
var tests = []struct {
url string
want string
}{
{"boo", "URL boo does not have a valid HTTP scheme. Skipping."},
{"mailto://boo", "URL mailto://boo does not have a valid HTTP scheme. Skipping."},
{"ftp://boo", "URL ftp://boo does not have a valid HTTP scheme. Skipping."},
{"", "URL is empty. Skipping."},
}
for _, test := range tests {
_, err := client.Get(test.url)
if err == nil || err.Error() != test.want {
t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot: %v\nwant: %v", err, test.want)
}
}
}