[http_proxy_over_p2p]

cmd/ipfs/daemon.go

@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ func serveHTTPGateway(req *cmds.Request, cctx *oldcmds.Context) (<-chan error, e
 		corehttp.CommandsROOption(*cctx),
 	}
 
+	if cfg.Experimental.P2pHttpProxy {
+		opts = append(opts, corehttp.ProxyOption())
+	}
+
 	if len(cfg.Gateway.RootRedirect) > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, corehttp.RedirectOption("", cfg.Gateway.RootRedirect))
 	}

core/corehttp/proxy.go

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package corehttp
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+
+	core "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
+
+	protocol "gx/ipfs/QmZNkThpqfVXs9GNbexPrfBbXSLNYeKrE7jwFM2oqHbyqN/go-libp2p-protocol"
+	p2phttp "gx/ipfs/QmcLYfmHLsaVRKGMZQovwEYhHAjWtRjg1Lij3pnzw5UkRD/go-libp2p-http"
+)
+
+// ProxyOption is an endpoint for proxying a HTTP request to another ipfs peer
+func ProxyOption() ServeOption {
+	return func(ipfsNode *core.IpfsNode, _ net.Listener, mux *http.ServeMux) (*http.ServeMux, error) {
+		mux.HandleFunc("/p2p/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+			// parse request
+			parsedRequest, err := parseRequest(request)
+			if err != nil {
+				handleError(w, "failed to parse request", err, 400)
+				return
+			}
+
+			request.Host = "" // Let URL's Host take precedence.
+			request.URL.Path = parsedRequest.httpPath
+			target, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("libp2p://%s", parsedRequest.target))
+			if err != nil {
+				handleError(w, "failed to parse url", err, 400)
+				return
+			}
+
+			rt := p2phttp.NewTransport(ipfsNode.PeerHost, p2phttp.ProtocolOption(parsedRequest.name))
+			proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target)
+			proxy.Transport = rt
+			proxy.ServeHTTP(w, request)
+		})
+		return mux, nil
+	}
+}
+
+type proxyRequest struct {
+	target   string
+	name     protocol.ID
+	httpPath string // path to send to the proxy-host
+}
+
+// from the url path parse the peer-ID, name and http path
+// /p2p/$peer_id/http/$http_path
+// or
+// /p2p/$peer_id/x/$protocol/http/$http_path
+func parseRequest(request *http.Request) (*proxyRequest, error) {
+	path := request.URL.Path
+
+	split := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 5)
+	if len(split) < 5 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid request path '%s'", path)
+	}
+
+	if split[3] == "http" {
+		return &proxyRequest{split[2], protocol.ID("/http"), split[4]}, nil
+	}
+
+	split = strings.SplitN(path, "/", 7)
+	if split[3] != "x" || split[5] != "http" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid request path '%s'", path)
+	}
+
+	return &proxyRequest{split[2], protocol.ID("/x/" + split[4] + "/http"), split[6]}, nil
+}
+
+func handleError(w http.ResponseWriter, msg string, err error, code int) {
+	w.WriteHeader(code)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s: %s\n", msg, err)
+	log.Warningf("http proxy error: %s: %s", err)
+}

core/corehttp/proxy_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package corehttp
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/assert"
+
+	protocol "gx/ipfs/QmZNkThpqfVXs9GNbexPrfBbXSLNYeKrE7jwFM2oqHbyqN/go-libp2p-protocol"
+)
+
+type TestCase struct {
+	urlprefix string
+	target    string
+	name      string
+	path      string
+}
+
+var validtestCases = []TestCase{
+	{"http://localhost:5001", "QmT8JtU54XSmC38xSb1XHFSMm775VuTeajg7LWWWTAwzxT", "/http", "path/to/index.txt"},
+	{"http://localhost:5001", "QmT8JtU54XSmC38xSb1XHFSMm775VuTeajg7LWWWTAwzxT", "/x/custom/http", "path/to/index.txt"},
+	{"http://localhost:5001", "QmT8JtU54XSmC38xSb1XHFSMm775VuTeajg7LWWWTAwzxT", "/x/custom/http", "http/path/to/index.txt"},
+}
+
+func TestParseRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range validtestCases {
+		url := tc.urlprefix + "/p2p/" + tc.target + tc.name + "/" + tc.path
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, strings.NewReader(""))
+
+		parsed, err := parseRequest(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		assert.True(parsed.httpPath == tc.path, t, "proxy request path")
+		assert.True(parsed.name == protocol.ID(tc.name), t, "proxy request name")
+		assert.True(parsed.target == tc.target, t, "proxy request peer-id")
+	}
+}
+
+var invalidtestCases = []string{
+	"http://localhost:5001/p2p/http/foobar",
+	"http://localhost:5001/p2p/QmT8JtU54XSmC38xSb1XHFSMm775VuTeajg7LWWWTAwzxT/x/custom/foobar",
+}
+
+func TestParseRequestInvalidPath(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range invalidtestCases {
+		url := tc
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, strings.NewReader(""))
+
+		_, err := parseRequest(req)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fail()
+		}
+	}
+}

docs/experimental-features.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ the above issue.
 - [BadgerDB datastore](#badger-datastore)
 - [Private Networks](#private-networks)
 - [ipfs p2p](#ipfs-p2p)
+- [p2p http proxy](#p2p-http-proxy)
 - [Circuit Relay](#circuit-relay)
 - [Plugins](#plugins)
 - [Directory Sharding / HAMT](#directory-sharding-hamt)
@@ -382,6 +383,87 @@ with `ssh [user]@127.0.0.1 -p 2222`.
 
 ---
 
+## p2p http proxy
+
+Allows proxying of HTTP requests over p2p streams. This allows serving any standard http app over p2p streams.
+
+### State
+
+Experimental
+
+### In Version
+
+master, 0.4.19
+
+### How to enable
+
+The `p2p` command needs to be enabled in config:
+
+```sh
+> ipfs config --json Experimental.Libp2pStreamMounting true
+```
+
+On the client, the p2p http proxy needs to be enabled in the config:
+
+```sh
+> ipfs config --json Experimental.P2pHttpProxy true
+```
+
+### How to use
+
+**Netcat example:**
+
+First, pick a protocol name for your application. Think of the protocol name as
+a port number, just significantly more user-friendly. In this example, we're
+going to use `/http`.
+
+***Setup:***
+
+1. A "server" node with peer ID `$SERVER_ID`
+2. A "client" node.
+
+***On the "server" node:***
+
+First, start your application and have it listen for TCP connections on
+port `$APP_PORT`.
+
+Then, configure the p2p listener by running:
+
+```sh
+> ipfs p2p listen --allow-custom-protocol /http /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/$APP_PORT
+```
+
+This will configure IPFS to forward all incoming `/http` streams to
+`127.0.0.1:$APP_PORT` (opening a new connection to `127.0.0.1:$APP_PORT` per incoming stream.
+
+***On the "client" node:***
+
+Next, have your application make a http request to `127.0.0.1:8080/p2p/$SERVER_ID/http/$FORWARDED_PATH`. This
+connection will be forwarded to the service running on `127.0.0.1:$APP_PORT` on
+the remote machine (which needs to be a http server!) with path `$FORWARDED_PATH`. You can test it with netcat:
+
+***On "server" node:***
+```sh
+> echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200\nContent-length: 11\n\nIPFS rocks!" | nc -l -p $APP_PORT
+```
+
+***On "client" node:***
+```sh
+> curl http://localhost:8080/p2p/$SERVER_ID/http/
+```
+
+You should now see the resulting http response: IPFS rocks!
+
+### Custom protocol names
+We also support use of protocol names of the form /x/$NAME/http where $NAME doesn't contain any "/"'s
+
+### Road to being a real feature
+- [ ] Needs p2p streams to graduate from experiments
+- [ ] Needs more people to use and report on how well it works / fits use cases
+- [ ] More documentation
+
+---
+
 ## Circuit Relay
 
 Allows peers to connect through an intermediate relay node when there

package.json

@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@
       "hash": "QmTqLBwme9BusYWdACqL62NFb8WV2Q72gXLsQVfC7vmCr4",
       "name": "iptb-plugins",
       "version": "1.0.5"
+    },
+    {
+      "author": "hsanjuan",
+      "hash": "QmcLYfmHLsaVRKGMZQovwEYhHAjWtRjg1Lij3pnzw5UkRD",
+      "name": "go-libp2p-http",
+      "version": "1.1.8"
     }
   ],
   "gxVersion": "0.10.0",