chore: implementation for /external handler for RPC

src/httprpc.cpp

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static bool RPCAuthorized(const std::string& strAuth, std::string& strAuthUserna
     return multiUserAuthorized(strUserPass);
 }
 
-static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(const CoreContext& context, HTTPRequest* req)
+static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(const CoreContext& context, HTTPRequest* req, bool external = false)
 {
     // JSONRPC handles only POST
     if (req->GetRequestMethod() != HTTPRequest::POST) {
@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ static bool HTTPReq_JSONRPC(const CoreContext& context, HTTPRequest* req)
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (jreq.authUser == gArgs.GetArg("-rpcexternaluser", "") && !jreq.authUser.empty()) {
+        if (!external) {
+            LogPrintf("RPC User '%s' is allowed to call rpc only by path /external\n", jreq.authUser);
+            req->WriteReply(HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
+            return false;
+        }
+        LogPrintf("RPC user '%s' is external\n", jreq.authUser);
+    }
     try {
         // Parse request
         UniValue valRequest;
@@ -298,10 +306,12 @@ bool StartHTTPRPC(const CoreContext& context)
         return false;
 
     auto handle_rpc = [&context](HTTPRequest* req, const std::string&) { return HTTPReq_JSONRPC(context, req); };
-    RegisterHTTPHandler("/", true, handle_rpc);
+    auto handle_rpc_external = [&context](HTTPRequest* req, const std::string&) { return HTTPReq_JSONRPC(context, req, true); };
+    RegisterHTTPHandler("/", true, false, handle_rpc);
     if (g_wallet_init_interface.HasWalletSupport()) {
-        RegisterHTTPHandler("/wallet/", false, handle_rpc);
+        RegisterHTTPHandler("/wallet/", false, false, handle_rpc);
     }
+    RegisterHTTPHandler("/external", true, true, handle_rpc_external);
     struct event_base* eventBase = EventBase();
     assert(eventBase);
     httpRPCTimerInterface = std::make_unique<HTTPRPCTimerInterface>(eventBase);
@@ -317,6 +327,7 @@ void InterruptHTTPRPC()
 void StopHTTPRPC()
 {
     LogPrint(BCLog::RPC, "Stopping HTTP RPC server\n");
+    UnregisterHTTPHandler("/external", true);
     UnregisterHTTPHandler("/", true);
     if (g_wallet_init_interface.HasWalletSupport()) {
         UnregisterHTTPHandler("/wallet/", false);

src/httpserver.cpp

@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ class WorkQueue
     std::deque<std::unique_ptr<WorkItem>> queue GUARDED_BY(cs);
     bool running GUARDED_BY(cs);
     const size_t maxDepth;
+    const bool m_is_external;
 
 public:
-    explicit WorkQueue(size_t _maxDepth) : running(true),
-                                 maxDepth(_maxDepth)
+    explicit WorkQueue(size_t _maxDepth, bool is_external) : running(true),
+                                 maxDepth(_maxDepth),
+                                 m_is_external(is_external)
     {
     }
     /** Precondition: worker threads have all stopped (they have been joined).
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ class WorkQueue
                 i = std::move(queue.front());
                 queue.pop_front();
             }
+            if (m_is_external) {
+                LogPrintf("HTTP: Calling handler for external user...\n");
+            }
             (*i)();
         }
     }
@@ -121,12 +126,13 @@ class WorkQueue
 
 struct HTTPPathHandler
 {
-    HTTPPathHandler(std::string _prefix, bool _exactMatch, HTTPRequestHandler _handler):
-        prefix(_prefix), exactMatch(_exactMatch), handler(_handler)
+    HTTPPathHandler(std::string _prefix, bool _exactMatch, bool external, HTTPRequestHandler _handler):
+        prefix(_prefix), exactMatch(_exactMatch), m_external(external), handler(_handler)
     {
     }
     std::string prefix;
     bool exactMatch;
+    bool m_external;
     HTTPRequestHandler handler;
 };
 
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ static struct evhttp* eventHTTP = nullptr;
 static std::vector<CSubNet> rpc_allow_subnets;
 //! Work queue for handling longer requests off the event loop thread
 static std::unique_ptr<WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>> g_work_queue{nullptr};
+static std::unique_ptr<WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>> g_work_queue_external{nullptr};
 //! Handlers for (sub)paths
 static std::vector<HTTPPathHandler> pathHandlers;
 //! Bound listening sockets
@@ -258,9 +265,18 @@ static void http_request_cb(struct evhttp_request* req, void* arg)
 
     // Dispatch to worker thread
     if (i != iend) {
-        auto item{std::make_unique<HTTPWorkItem>(std::move(hreq), path, i->handler)};
+        auto item{std::make_unique<HTTPWorkItem>(std::move(hreq), path, i->handler)}; /// this handler!
         assert(g_work_queue);
-        if (g_work_queue->Enqueue(item.get())) {
+
+        // We have queue created only if RPC arg 'rpcexternaluser' is specified
+        if (i->m_external && g_work_queue_external) {
+            if (g_work_queue_external->Enqueue(item.get())) {
+                item.release();
+            } else {
+                LogPrintf("WARNING: request rejected because http work queue depth of externals exceeded, it can be increased with the -rpcexternalworkqueue= setting\n");
+                item->req->WriteReply(HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "Work queue depth of externals exceeded");
+            }
+        } else if (g_work_queue->Enqueue(item.get())) {
             item.release(); /* if true, queue took ownership */
         } else {
             LogPrintf("WARNING: request rejected because http work queue depth exceeded, it can be increased with the -rpcworkqueue= setting\n");
@@ -393,9 +409,14 @@ bool InitHTTPServer()
 
     LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Initialized HTTP server\n");
     int workQueueDepth = std::max((long)gArgs.GetArg("-rpcworkqueue", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE), 1L);
+    int workQueueDepthExternal = std::max((long)gArgs.GetArg("-rpcexternalworkqueue", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE), 1L);
     LogPrintf("HTTP: creating work queue of depth %d\n", workQueueDepth);
 
-    g_work_queue = std::make_unique<WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>>(workQueueDepth);
+    g_work_queue = std::make_unique<WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>>(workQueueDepth, false);
+    if (!gArgs.GetArg("-rpcexternaluser", "").empty()) {
+        LogPrintf("HTTP: creating external work queue of depth %d\n", workQueueDepthExternal);
+        g_work_queue_external = std::make_unique<WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>>(workQueueDepthExternal, true);
+    }
     // transfer ownership to eventBase/HTTP via .release()
     eventBase = base_ctr.release();
     eventHTTP = http_ctr.release();
@@ -423,12 +444,18 @@ void StartHTTPServer()
 {
     LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Starting HTTP server\n");
     int rpcThreads = std::max((long)gArgs.GetArg("-rpcthreads", DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS), 1L);
+    int rpcThreadsExternals = std::max((long)gArgs.GetArg("-rpcexternalthreads", DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS), 1L);
     LogPrintf("HTTP: starting %d worker threads\n", rpcThreads);
     g_thread_http = std::thread(ThreadHTTP, eventBase);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < rpcThreads; i++) {
         g_thread_http_workers.emplace_back(HTTPWorkQueueRun, g_work_queue.get(), i);
     }
+    if (g_work_queue_external) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < rpcThreadsExternals; i++) {
+            g_thread_http_workers.emplace_back(HTTPWorkQueueRun, g_work_queue_external.get(), i);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void InterruptHTTPServer()
@@ -438,6 +465,9 @@ void InterruptHTTPServer()
         // Reject requests on current connections
         evhttp_set_gencb(eventHTTP, http_reject_request_cb, nullptr);
     }
+    if (g_work_queue_external) {
+        g_work_queue_external->Interrupt();
+    }
     if (g_work_queue) {
         g_work_queue->Interrupt();
     }
@@ -446,6 +476,9 @@ void InterruptHTTPServer()
 void StopHTTPServer()
 {
     LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Stopping HTTP server\n");
+    if (g_work_queue_external) {
+        g_work_queue_external->Interrupt();
+    }
     if (g_work_queue) {
         LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Waiting for HTTP worker threads to exit\n");
         for (auto& thread : g_thread_http_workers) {
@@ -471,6 +504,7 @@ void StopHTTPServer()
         event_base_free(eventBase);
         eventBase = nullptr;
     }
+    g_work_queue_external.reset();
     g_work_queue.reset();
     LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Stopped HTTP server\n");
 }
@@ -639,10 +673,10 @@ HTTPRequest::RequestMethod HTTPRequest::GetRequestMethod() const
     }
 }
 
-void RegisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch, const HTTPRequestHandler &handler)
+void RegisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch, bool external, const HTTPRequestHandler &handler)
 {
-    LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Registering HTTP handler for %s (exactmatch %d)\n", prefix, exactMatch);
-    pathHandlers.push_back(HTTPPathHandler(prefix, exactMatch, handler));
+    LogPrint(BCLog::HTTP, "Registering HTTP handler for %s (exactmatch %d external %d)\n", prefix, exactMatch, external);
+    pathHandlers.push_back(HTTPPathHandler(prefix, exactMatch, external, handler));
 }
 
 void UnregisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch)

src/httpserver.h

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ typedef std::function<bool(HTTPRequest* req, const std::string &)> HTTPRequestHa
  * If multiple handlers match a prefix, the first-registered one will
  * be invoked.
  */
-void RegisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch, const HTTPRequestHandler &handler);
+void RegisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch, bool external, const HTTPRequestHandler &handler);
 /** Unregister handler for prefix */
 void UnregisterHTTPHandler(const std::string &prefix, bool exactMatch);
 

src/init.cpp

@@ -768,10 +768,13 @@ void SetupServerArgs(NodeContext& node)
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcport=<port>", strprintf("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: %u, testnet: %u, regtest: %u)", defaultBaseParams->RPCPort(), testnetBaseParams->RPCPort(), regtestBaseParams->RPCPort()), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcservertimeout=<n>", strprintf("Timeout during HTTP requests (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcthreads=<n>", strprintf("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
+    argsman.AddArg("-rpcexternalthreads=<n>", strprintf("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls from external consumers (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcuser=<user>", "Username for JSON-RPC connections", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::SENSITIVE, OptionsCategory::RPC);
+    argsman.AddArg("-rpcexternaluser=<user>", "Username for JSON-RPC external connections", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::SENSITIVE, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcwhitelist=<whitelist>", "Set a whitelist to filter incoming RPC calls for a specific user. The field <whitelist> comes in the format: <USERNAME>:<rpc 1>,<rpc 2>,...,<rpc n>. If multiple whitelists are set for a given user, they are set-intersected. See -rpcwhitelistdefault documentation for information on default whitelist behavior.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcwhitelistdefault", "Sets default behavior for rpc whitelisting. Unless rpcwhitelistdefault is set to 0, if any -rpcwhitelist is set, the rpc server acts as if all rpc users are subject to empty-unless-otherwise-specified whitelists. If rpcwhitelistdefault is set to 1 and no -rpcwhitelist is set, rpc server acts as if all rpc users are subject to empty whitelists.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_BOOL, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-rpcworkqueue=<n>", strprintf("Set the depth of the work queue to service RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
+    argsman.AddArg("-rpcexternalworkqueue=<n>", strprintf("Set the depth of the work queue to service external RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
     argsman.AddArg("-server", "Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::RPC);
 
     argsman.AddArg("-statsenabled", strprintf("Publish internal stats to statsd (default: %u)", DEFAULT_STATSD_ENABLE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::STATSD);

src/rest.cpp

@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ void StartREST(const CoreContext& context)
 {
     for (const auto& up : uri_prefixes) {
         auto handler = [&context, up](HTTPRequest* req, const std::string& prefix) { return up.handler(context, req, prefix); };
-        RegisterHTTPHandler(up.prefix, false, handler);
+        RegisterHTTPHandler(up.prefix, false, false, handler);
     }
 }
 

test/functional/rpc_platform_filter.py

@@ -42,18 +42,24 @@ def setup_chain(self):
     def run_test(self):
         url = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
 
-        def test_command(method, params, auth, expexted_status, should_not_match=False):
+        def test_command(method, params, auth, expected_status, should_not_match=False):
+            test_command_helper(method, params, '/', auth, expected_status, should_not_match)
+
+        def test_external_command(method, params, auth, expected_status, should_not_match=False):
+            test_command_helper(method, params, '/external', auth, expected_status, should_not_match)
+
+        def test_command_helper(method, params, path, auth, expected_status, should_not_match):
             conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
             conn.connect()
             body = {"method": method}
             if len(params):
                 body["params"] = params
-            conn.request('POST', '/', json.dumps(body), {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(auth)})
+            conn.request('POST', path, json.dumps(body), {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(auth)})
             resp = conn.getresponse()
             if should_not_match:
-                assert resp.status != expexted_status
+                assert resp.status != expected_status
             else:
-                assert_equal(resp.status, expexted_status)
+                assert_equal(resp.status, expected_status)
             conn.close()
 
         whitelisted = ["getassetunlockstatuses",
@@ -114,5 +120,17 @@ def test_command(method, params, auth, expexted_status, should_not_match=False):
         test_command("debug", ["1"], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
 
 
+        self.log.info("Restart node with /external handler...")
+        test_external_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
+        test_external_command("getblockchaininfo", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 403)
+
+        self.restart_node(0, extra_args=["-rpcexternaluser=platform-user"])
+        test_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 403)
+        test_external_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 200)
+        test_external_command("getblockchaininfo", [], rpcuser_authpair_platform, 403)
+        test_external_command("getbestblockhash", [], rpcuser_authpair_operator, 200)
+
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     HTTPBasicsTest().main()