beast/example/http/server/awaitable/http_server_awaitable.cpp

//
// Copyright (c) 2022 Klemens D. Morgenstern (klemens dot morgenstern at gmx dot net)
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// Official repository: https://github.com/boostorg/beast
//

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Example: HTTP server, coroutine
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <boost/asio/awaitable.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/co_spawn.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/core.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/http.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
#include <boost/config.hpp>

#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <thread>
#include <vector>

#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_CO_AWAIT)

namespace beast = boost::beast;
namespace http  = beast::http;
namespace net   = boost::asio;

// Return a reasonable mime type based on the extension of a file.
beast::string_view
mime_type(beast::string_view path)
{
    using beast::iequals;
    auto const ext = [&path]
    {
        auto const pos = path.rfind(".");
        if(pos == beast::string_view::npos)
            return beast::string_view{};
        return path.substr(pos);
    }();
    if(iequals(ext, ".htm"))  return "text/html";
    if(iequals(ext, ".html")) return "text/html";
    if(iequals(ext, ".php"))  return "text/html";
    if(iequals(ext, ".css"))  return "text/css";
    if(iequals(ext, ".txt"))  return "text/plain";
    if(iequals(ext, ".js"))   return "application/javascript";
    if(iequals(ext, ".json")) return "application/json";
    if(iequals(ext, ".xml"))  return "application/xml";
    if(iequals(ext, ".swf"))  return "application/x-shockwave-flash";
    if(iequals(ext, ".flv"))  return "video/x-flv";
    if(iequals(ext, ".png"))  return "image/png";
    if(iequals(ext, ".jpe"))  return "image/jpeg";
    if(iequals(ext, ".jpeg")) return "image/jpeg";
    if(iequals(ext, ".jpg"))  return "image/jpeg";
    if(iequals(ext, ".gif"))  return "image/gif";
    if(iequals(ext, ".bmp"))  return "image/bmp";
    if(iequals(ext, ".ico"))  return "image/vnd.microsoft.icon";
    if(iequals(ext, ".tiff")) return "image/tiff";
    if(iequals(ext, ".tif"))  return "image/tiff";
    if(iequals(ext, ".svg"))  return "image/svg+xml";
    if(iequals(ext, ".svgz")) return "image/svg+xml";
    return "application/text";
}

// Append an HTTP rel-path to a local filesystem path.
// The returned path is normalized for the platform.
std::string
path_cat(
    beast::string_view base,
    beast::string_view path)
{
    if(base.empty())
        return std::string(path);
    std::string result(base);
#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
    char constexpr path_separator = '\\';
    if(result.back() == path_separator)
        result.resize(result.size() - 1);
    result.append(path.data(), path.size());
    for(auto& c : result)
        if(c == '/')
            c = path_separator;
#else
    char constexpr path_separator = '/';
    if(result.back() == path_separator)
        result.resize(result.size() - 1);
    result.append(path.data(), path.size());
#endif
    return result;
}

// Return a response for the given request.
//
// The concrete type of the response message (which depends on the
// request), is type-erased in message_generator.
template <class Body, class Allocator>
http::message_generator
handle_request(
    beast::string_view doc_root,
    http::request<Body, http::basic_fields<Allocator>>&& req)
{
    // Returns a bad request response
    auto const bad_request =
    [&req](beast::string_view why)
    {
        http::response<http::string_body> res{http::status::bad_request, req.version()};
        res.set(http::field::server, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
        res.set(http::field::content_type, "text/html");
        res.keep_alive(req.keep_alive());
        res.body() = std::string(why);
        res.prepare_payload();
        return res;
    };

    // Returns a not found response
    auto const not_found =
    [&req](beast::string_view target)
    {
        http::response<http::string_body> res{http::status::not_found, req.version()};
        res.set(http::field::server, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
        res.set(http::field::content_type, "text/html");
        res.keep_alive(req.keep_alive());
        res.body() = "The resource '" + std::string(target) + "' was not found.";
        res.prepare_payload();
        return res;
    };

    // Returns a server error response
    auto const server_error =
    [&req](beast::string_view what)
    {
        http::response<http::string_body> res{http::status::internal_server_error, req.version()};
        res.set(http::field::server, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
        res.set(http::field::content_type, "text/html");
        res.keep_alive(req.keep_alive());
        res.body() = "An error occurred: '" + std::string(what) + "'";
        res.prepare_payload();
        return res;
    };

    // Make sure we can handle the method
    if( req.method() != http::verb::get &&
        req.method() != http::verb::head)
        return bad_request("Unknown HTTP-method");

    // Request path must be absolute and not contain "..".
    if( req.target().empty() ||
        req.target()[0] != '/' ||
        req.target().find("..") != beast::string_view::npos)
        return bad_request("Illegal request-target");

    // Build the path to the requested file
    std::string path = path_cat(doc_root, req.target());
    if(req.target().back() == '/')
        path.append("index.html");

    // Attempt to open the file
    beast::error_code ec;
    http::file_body::value_type body;
    body.open(path.c_str(), beast::file_mode::scan, ec);

    // Handle the case where the file doesn't exist
    if(ec == beast::errc::no_such_file_or_directory)
        return not_found(req.target());

    // Handle an unknown error
    if(ec)
        return server_error(ec.message());

    // Cache the size since we need it after the move
    auto const size = body.size();

    // Respond to HEAD request
    if(req.method() == http::verb::head)
    {
        http::response<http::empty_body> res{http::status::ok, req.version()};
        res.set(http::field::server, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
        res.set(http::field::content_type, mime_type(path));
        res.content_length(size);
        res.keep_alive(req.keep_alive());
        return res;
    }

    // Respond to GET request
    http::response<http::file_body> res{
        std::piecewise_construct,
        std::make_tuple(std::move(body)),
        std::make_tuple(http::status::ok, req.version())};
    res.set(http::field::server, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
    res.set(http::field::content_type, mime_type(path));
    res.content_length(size);
    res.keep_alive(req.keep_alive());
    return res;
}

// Handles an HTTP server connection
net::awaitable<void>
do_session(
    beast::tcp_stream stream,
    std::shared_ptr<std::string const> doc_root)
{
    // This buffer is required to persist across reads
    beast::flat_buffer buffer;

    for(;;)
    {
        // Set the timeout.
        stream.expires_after(std::chrono::seconds(30));

        // Read a request
        http::request<http::string_body> req;
        co_await http::async_read(stream, buffer, req);

        // Handle the request
        http::message_generator msg = handle_request(*doc_root, std::move(req));

        // Determine if we should close the connection
        bool keep_alive = msg.keep_alive();

        // Send the response
        co_await beast::async_write(stream, std::move(msg));

        if(!keep_alive)
        {
            // This means we should close the connection, usually because
            // the response indicated the "Connection: close" semantic.
            break;
        }
    }

    // Send a TCP shutdown
    stream.socket().shutdown(net::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_send);

    // At this point the connection is closed gracefully
    // we ignore the error because the client might have
    // dropped the connection already.
}

// Accepts incoming connections and launches the sessions
net::awaitable<void>
do_listen(net::ip::tcp::endpoint endpoint, std::shared_ptr<std::string const> doc_root)
{
    auto executor = co_await net::this_coro::executor;
    auto acceptor = net::ip::tcp::acceptor{ executor, endpoint };

    for(;;)
    {
        net::co_spawn(
            executor,
            do_session(
                beast::tcp_stream{ co_await acceptor.async_accept() },
                doc_root),
            [](std::exception_ptr e)
            {
                if(e)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        std::rethrow_exception(e);
                    }
                    catch(std::exception const& e)
                    {
                        std::cerr << "Error in session: " << e.what() << "\n";
                    }
                }
            });
    }
}

int
main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    // Check command line arguments.
    if(argc != 5)
    {
        std::cerr << "Usage: http-server-awaitable <address> <port> <doc_root> <threads>\n"
                    << "Example:\n"
                    << "    http-server-awaitable 0.0.0.0 8080 . 1\n";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    auto const address  = net::ip::make_address(argv[1]);
    auto const port     = static_cast<unsigned short>(std::atoi(argv[2]));
    auto const doc_root = std::make_shared<std::string>(argv[3]);
    auto const threads  = std::max<int>(1, std::atoi(argv[4]));

    // The io_context is required for all I/O
    net::io_context ioc{ threads };

    // Spawn a listening port
    net::co_spawn(
        ioc,
        do_listen(net::ip::tcp::endpoint{ address, port }, doc_root),
        [](std::exception_ptr e)
        {
            if(e)
            {
                try
                {
                    std::rethrow_exception(e);
                }
                catch(std::exception const& e)
                {
                    std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
                }
            }
        });

    // Run the I/O service on the requested number of threads
    std::vector<std::thread> v;
    v.reserve(threads - 1);
    for(auto i = threads - 1; i > 0; --i)
        v.emplace_back([&ioc] { ioc.run(); });
    ioc.run();

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

#else

int
main(int, char*[])
{
    std::printf("awaitables require C++20\n");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

#endif