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hyperlocal
Hyper client and server bindings for Unix domain sockets
Hyper is a rock solid [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) HTTP client and server toolkit.
[Unix domain sockets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_domain_socket) provide a mechanism
for host-local interprocess communication. `hyperlocal` builds on and complements Hyper's
interfaces for building Unix domain socket HTTP clients and servers.
This is useful for exposing simple HTTP interfaces for your Unix daemons in cases where you
want to limit access to the current host, in which case, opening and exposing tcp ports is
not needed. Examples of Unix daemons that provide this kind of host local interface include
[Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/misc/), a process container manager.
## Installation
Add the following to your `Cargo.toml` file
```toml
[dependencies]
hyperlocal = "0.8"
```
## Usage
### Servers
A typical server can be built with `hyperlocal::server::UnixServerExt`.
```rust
use std::{error::Error, fs, path::Path};
use hyper::{
service::{make_service_fn, service_fn},
Body, Response, Server,
};
use hyperlocal::UnixServerExt;
const PHRASE: &str = "It's a Unix system. I know this.";
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {
let path = Path::new("/tmp/hyperlocal.sock");
if path.exists() {
fs::remove_file(path)?;
}
let make_service = make_service_fn(|_| async {
Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(service_fn(|_req| async {
Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(Response::new(Body::from(PHRASE)))
}))
});
Server::bind_unix(path)?.serve(make_service).await?;
Ok(())
}
```
To test that your server is working you can use an out of the box tool like `curl`
```sh
$ curl --unix-socket /tmp/hyperlocal.sock localhost
It's a Unix system. I know this.
```
### Clients
`hyperlocal` also provides bindings for writing unix domain socket based HTTP clients using `Hyper`'s native `Client` interface.
Configure your `Hyper` client using `hyper::Client::builder()`.
Hyper's client interface makes it easy to send typical HTTP methods like `GET`, `POST`, `DELETE` with factory
methods, `get`, `post`, `delete`, etc. These require an argument that can be tranformed into a `hyper::Uri`.
Since Unix domain sockets aren't represented with hostnames that resolve to ip addresses coupled with network ports,
your standard over the counter URL string won't do. Instead, use a `hyperlocal::Uri`, which represents both file path to the domain
socket and the resource URI path and query string.
```rust
use std::error::Error;
use hyper::{body::HttpBody, Client};
use hyperlocal::{UnixClientExt, Uri};
use tokio::io::{self, AsyncWriteExt as _};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {
let url = Uri::new("/tmp/hyperlocal.sock", "/").into();
let client = Client::unix();
let mut response = client.get(url).await?;
while let Some(next) = response.data().await {
let chunk = next?;
io::stdout().write_all(&chunk).await?;
}
Ok(())
}
```
Doug Tangren (softprops) 2015-2020
