Documentation ¶
Overview ¶
Package rpc provides access to the exported methods of an object across a network or other I/O connection. After creating a server instance objects can be registered, making it visible from the outside. Exported methods that follow specific conventions can be called remotely. It also has support for the publish/subscribe pattern.
Methods that satisfy the following criteria are made available for remote access:
- object must be exported
- method must be exported
- method returns 0, 1 (response or error) or 2 (response and error) values
- method argument(s) must be exported or builtin types
- method returned value(s) must be exported or builtin types
An example method:
func (s *CalcService) Div(a, b int) (int, error)
When the returned error isn't nil the returned integer is ignored and the error is send back to the client. Otherwise the returned integer is send back to the client.
The server offers the ServeCodec method which accepts a ServerCodec instance. It will read requests from the codec, process the request and sends the response back to the client using the codec. The server can execute requests concurrently. Responses can be send back to the client out of order.
An example server which uses the JSON codec:
type CalculatorService struct {} func (s *CalculatorService) Add(a, b int) int { return a + b } func (s *CalculatorService Div(a, b int) (int, error) { if b == 0 { return 0, errors.New("divide by zero") } return a/b, nil } calculator := new(CalculatorService) server := NewServer() server.RegisterName("calculator", calculator") l, _ := net.ListenUnix("unix", &net.UnixAddr{Net: "unix", Name: "/tmp/calculator.sock"}) for { c, _ := l.AcceptUnix() codec := v2.NewJSONCodec(c) go server.ServeCodec(codec) }
The package also supports the publish subscribe pattern through the use of subscriptions. A method that is considered eligible for notifications must satisfy the following criteria:
- object must be exported
- method must be exported
- method argument(s) must be exported or builtin types
- method must return the tuple Subscription, error
An example method:
func (s *BlockChainService) Head() (Subscription, error) { sub := s.bc.eventMux.Subscribe(ChainHeadEvent{}) return v2.NewSubscription(sub), nil }
This method will push all raised ChainHeadEvents to subscribed clients. If the client is only interested in every N'th block it is possible to add a criteria.
func (s *BlockChainService) HeadFiltered(nth uint64) (Subscription, error) { sub := s.bc.eventMux.Subscribe(ChainHeadEvent{}) criteria := func(event interface{}) bool { chainHeadEvent := event.(ChainHeadEvent) if chainHeadEvent.Block.NumberU64() % nth == 0 { return true } return false } return v2.NewSubscriptionFiltered(sub, criteria), nil }
Subscriptions are deleted when:
- the user sends an unsubscribe request
- the connection which was used to create the subscription is closed
Index ¶
- Constants
- Variables
- func CreateIPCListener(endpoint string) (net.Listener, error)
- func NewHTTPServer(corsString string, srv *Server) *http.Server
- func NewWSServer(cors string, handler *Server) *http.Server
- func SupportedModules(client Client) (map[string]string, error)
- type API
- type BlockNumber
- type Client
- type HexNumber
- type JSONErrResponse
- type JSONError
- type JSONRequest
- type JSONSuccessResponse
- type Number
- type RPCError
- type RPCService
- type Server
- type ServerCodec
- type Subscription
- type SubscriptionMatcher
- type SubscriptionOutputFormat
Constants ¶
const ( DefaultIPCApis = "admin,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3" DefaultHTTPApis = "eth,net,web3" )
const ( PendingBlockNumber = BlockNumber(-2) LatestBlockNumber = BlockNumber(-1) )
const Admin_JS = `` /* 2219-byte string literal not displayed */
const Debug_JS = `` /* 2655-byte string literal not displayed */
const Eth_JS = `` /* 1075-byte string literal not displayed */
const Miner_JS = `` /* 1098-byte string literal not displayed */
const Net_JS = `` /* 151-byte string literal not displayed */
const Personal_JS = `` /* 538-byte string literal not displayed */
const Shh_JS = `` /* 151-byte string literal not displayed */
const TxPool_JS = `` /* 522-byte string literal not displayed */
Variables ¶
var ( // Holds geth specific RPC extends which can be used to extend web3 WEB3Extensions = map[string]string{ "personal": Personal_JS, "txpool": TxPool_JS, "admin": Admin_JS, "eth": Eth_JS, "miner": Miner_JS, "debug": Debug_JS, "net": Net_JS, } )
Functions ¶
func CreateIPCListener ¶
CreateIPCListener creates an listener, on Unix platforms this is a unix socket, on Windows this is a named pipe
func NewHTTPServer ¶
NewHTTPServer creates a new HTTP RPC server around an API provider.
func NewWSServer ¶
NewWSServer creates a new websocket RPC server around an API provider.
Types ¶
type API ¶
type API struct { Namespace string // namespace under which the rpc methods of Service are exposed Version string // api version for DApp's Service interface{} // receiver instance which holds the methods Public bool // indication if the methods must be considered safe for public use }
API describes the set of methods offered over the RPC interface
type BlockNumber ¶
type BlockNumber int64
func (*BlockNumber) Int64 ¶
func (bn *BlockNumber) Int64() int64
func (*BlockNumber) UnmarshalJSON ¶
func (bn *BlockNumber) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error
UnmarshalJSON parses the given JSON fragement into a BlockNumber. It supports: - "latest", "earliest" or "pending" as string arguments - the block number Returned errors: - an invalid block number error when the given argument isn't a known strings - an out of range error when the given block number is either too little or too large
type Client ¶
type Client interface { // SupportedModules returns the collection of API's the server offers SupportedModules() (map[string]string, error) Send(req interface{}) error Recv(msg interface{}) error Close() }
Client defines the interface for go client that wants to connect to a geth RPC endpoint
func NewHTTPClient ¶
NewHTTPClient create a new RPC clients that connection to a geth RPC server over HTTP.
func NewIPCClient ¶
NewIPCClient create a new IPC client that will connect on the given endpoint. Messages are JSON encoded and encoded. On Unix it assumes the endpoint is the full path to a unix socket, and Windows the endpoint is an identifier for a named pipe.
func NewInProcRPCClient ¶
NewInProcRPCClient creates an in-process buffer stream attachment to a given RPC server.
func NewWSClient ¶
NewWSClientj creates a new RPC client that communicates with a RPC server that is listening on the given endpoint using JSON encoding.
type HexNumber ¶
HexNumber serializes a number to hex format using the "%#x" format
func NewHexNumber ¶
func NewHexNumber(val interface{}) *HexNumber
NewHexNumber creates a new hex number instance which will serialize the given val with `%#x` on marshal.
func (*HexNumber) MarshalJSON ¶
MarshalJSON serialize the hex number instance to a hex representation.
func (*HexNumber) UnmarshalJSON ¶
type JSONErrResponse ¶
type JSONErrResponse struct { Version string `json:"jsonrpc"` Id *int64 `json:"id,omitempty"` Error JSONError `json:"error"` }
JSON-RPC error response
type JSONError ¶
type JSONError struct { Code int `json:"code"` Message string `json:"message"` Data interface{} `json:"data,omitempty"` }
JSON-RPC error object
type JSONRequest ¶
type JSONRequest struct { Method string `json:"method"` Version string `json:"jsonrpc"` Id *int64 `json:"id,omitempty"` Payload json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"` }
JSON-RPC request
type JSONSuccessResponse ¶
type JSONSuccessResponse struct { Version string `json:"jsonrpc"` Id int64 `json:"id"` Result interface{} `json:"result"` }
JSON-RPC response
type RPCError ¶
RPCError implements RPC error, is add support for error codec over regular go errors
type RPCService ¶
type RPCService struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
RPCService gives meta information about the server. e.g. gives information about the loaded modules.
func (*RPCService) Modules ¶
func (s *RPCService) Modules() map[string]string
Modules returns the list of RPC services with their version number
type Server ¶
type Server struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
Server represents a RPC server
func NewServer ¶
func NewServer() *Server
NewServer will create a new server instance with no registered handlers.
func (*Server) RegisterName ¶
RegisterName will create an service for the given rcvr type under the given name. When no methods on the given rcvr match the criteria to be either a RPC method or a subscription an error is returned. Otherwise a new service is created and added to the service collection this server instance serves.
func (*Server) ServeCodec ¶
func (s *Server) ServeCodec(codec ServerCodec)
ServeCodec reads incoming requests from codec, calls the appropriate callback and writes the response back using the given codec. It will block until the codec is closed or the server is stopped. In either case the codec is closed.
This server will: 1. allow for asynchronous and parallel request execution 2. supports notifications (pub/sub) 3. supports request batches
func (*Server) ServeSingleRequest ¶
func (s *Server) ServeSingleRequest(codec ServerCodec)
ServeSingleRequest reads and processes a single RPC request from the given codec. It will not close the codec unless a non-recoverable error has occurred.
type ServerCodec ¶
type ServerCodec interface { // Read next request ReadRequestHeaders() ([]rpcRequest, bool, RPCError) // Parse request argument to the given types ParseRequestArguments([]reflect.Type, interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, RPCError) // Assemble success response CreateResponse(int64, interface{}) interface{} // Assemble error response CreateErrorResponse(*int64, RPCError) interface{} // Assemble error response with extra information about the error through info CreateErrorResponseWithInfo(id *int64, err RPCError, info interface{}) interface{} // Create notification response CreateNotification(string, interface{}) interface{} // Write msg to client. Write(interface{}) error // Close underlying data stream Close() // Closed when underlying connection is closed Closed() <-chan interface{} }
ServerCodec implements reading, parsing and writing RPC messages for the server side of a RPC session. Implementations must be go-routine safe since the codec can be called in multiple go-routines concurrently.
func NewJSONCodec ¶
func NewJSONCodec(rwc io.ReadWriteCloser) ServerCodec
NewJSONCodec creates a new RPC server codec with support for JSON-RPC 2.0
type Subscription ¶
type Subscription struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
Subscription is used by the server to send notifications to the client
func NewSubscription ¶
func NewSubscription(sub event.Subscription) Subscription
NewSubscription create a new RPC subscription
func NewSubscriptionFiltered ¶
func NewSubscriptionFiltered(sub event.Subscription, match SubscriptionMatcher) Subscription
NewSubscriptionFiltered will create a new subscription. For each raised event the given matcher is called. If it returns true the event is send as notification to the client, otherwise it is ignored.
func NewSubscriptionWithOutputFormat ¶
func NewSubscriptionWithOutputFormat(sub event.Subscription, formatter SubscriptionOutputFormat) Subscription
NewSubscriptionWithOutputFormat create a new RPC subscription which a custom notification output format
func (*Subscription) Chan ¶
func (s *Subscription) Chan() <-chan *event.Event
Chan returns the channel where new events will be published. It's up the user to call the matcher to determine if the events are interesting for the client.
func (*Subscription) Unsubscribe ¶
func (s *Subscription) Unsubscribe()
Unsubscribe will end the subscription and closes the event channel
type SubscriptionMatcher ¶
type SubscriptionMatcher func(interface{}) bool
SubscriptionMatcher returns true if the given value matches the criteria specified by the user
type SubscriptionOutputFormat ¶
type SubscriptionOutputFormat func(interface{}) interface{}
SubscriptionOutputFormat accepts event data and has the ability to format the data before it is send to the client