a2a_protocol_server/dispatch/jsonrpc/
mod.rs

1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
2// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
3//
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5
6//! JSON-RPC 2.0 dispatcher.
7//!
8//! [`JsonRpcDispatcher`] reads JSON-RPC requests from HTTP bodies, routes
9//! them to the appropriate [`RequestHandler`] method, and serializes the
10//! response (or streams SSE for streaming methods).
11
12mod refusal;
13mod response;
14
15use std::collections::HashMap;
16use std::convert::Infallible;
17use std::sync::Arc;
18
19use bytes::Bytes;
20use http_body_util::combinators::BoxBody;
21use hyper::body::Incoming;
22
23use a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode;
24use a2a_protocol_types::jsonrpc::{JsonRpcError, JsonRpcErrorResponse, JsonRpcId, JsonRpcRequest};
25
26use crate::agent_card::StaticAgentCardHandler;
27use crate::dispatch::cors::CorsConfig;
28use crate::error::ServerError;
29use crate::handler::{RequestHandler, SendMessageResult};
30use crate::serve::Dispatcher;
31use crate::streaming::build_sse_response;
32
33use response::{
34    error_response, error_response_bytes, extract_headers, json_response, parse_params,
35    read_body_limited, success_response, success_response_bytes,
36};
37
38/// JSON-RPC 2.0 request dispatcher.
39///
40/// Routes incoming JSON-RPC requests to the underlying [`RequestHandler`].
41/// Optionally applies CORS headers to all responses.
42///
43/// Also serves the agent card at `GET /.well-known/agent-card.json` so that
44/// JSON-RPC servers can participate in agent card discovery (spec §8.3).
45pub struct JsonRpcDispatcher {
46    handler: Arc<RequestHandler>,
47    card_handler: Option<StaticAgentCardHandler>,
48    cors: Option<CorsConfig>,
49    config: super::DispatchConfig,
50}
51
52impl JsonRpcDispatcher {
53    /// Creates a new dispatcher wrapping the given handler with default
54    /// configuration.
55    #[must_use]
56    pub fn new(handler: Arc<RequestHandler>) -> Self {
57        Self::with_config(handler, super::DispatchConfig::default())
58    }
59
60    /// Creates a new dispatcher with the given configuration.
61    #[must_use]
62    pub fn with_config(handler: Arc<RequestHandler>, config: super::DispatchConfig) -> Self {
63        let card_handler = handler
64            .agent_card
65            .as_ref()
66            .and_then(|card| StaticAgentCardHandler::new(card).ok());
67        Self {
68            handler,
69            card_handler,
70            cors: None,
71            config,
72        }
73    }
74
75    /// Sets CORS configuration for this dispatcher.
76    ///
77    /// When set, all responses will include CORS headers, and `OPTIONS` preflight
78    /// requests will be handled automatically.
79    #[must_use]
80    pub fn with_cors(mut self, cors: CorsConfig) -> Self {
81        self.cors = Some(cors);
82        self
83    }
84
85    /// Dispatches a JSON-RPC request and returns an HTTP response.
86    ///
87    /// For `SendStreamingMessage` and `SubscribeToTask`, the response uses
88    /// SSE (`text/event-stream`). All other methods return JSON.
89    ///
90    /// JSON-RPC errors are always returned as HTTP 200 with an error body.
91    /// For the two streaming methods that includes an error raised before
92    /// the stream starts: it is a plain `application/json` JSON-RPC error
93    /// response, not SSE. The official conformance kit (a2aproject/a2a-tck)
94    /// requires this shape — it treats any `text/event-stream` answer as a
95    /// successful stream (STREAM-SUB-003/004). a2a-go v2.5.0's client reads
96    /// streaming answers only as SSE and so loses these errors; that is
97    /// a2a-go's divergence, pinned by `scripts/go_sdk_interop.sh`.
98    pub async fn dispatch(
99        &self,
100        req: hyper::Request<Incoming>,
101    ) -> hyper::Response<BoxBody<Bytes, Infallible>> {
102        // Handle CORS preflight requests.
103        if req.method() == "OPTIONS" {
104            if let Some(ref cors) = self.cors {
105                return cors.preflight_response();
106            }
107            return json_response(204, Vec::new());
108        }
109
110        // Serve the agent card at the well-known discovery path (spec §8.3).
111        // This must be handled before JSON-RPC body parsing since it's a GET.
112        if req.method() == "GET" && req.uri().path() == "/.well-known/agent-card.json" {
113            let mut resp = self.card_handler.as_ref().map_or_else(
114                || json_response(404, br#"{"error":"agent card not configured"}"#.to_vec()),
115                |h| h.handle(&req).map(http_body_util::BodyExt::boxed),
116            );
117            if let Some(ref cors) = self.cors {
118                cors.apply_headers(&mut resp);
119            }
120            return resp;
121        }
122
123        // Capture the raw A2A-Extensions request header before the request is
124        // consumed, so the activated set can be echoed on the response
125        // (official-SDK convention; lets clients see which requested
126        // extensions the agent honored).
127        let requested_extensions = req
128            .headers()
129            .get(a2a_protocol_types::A2A_EXTENSIONS_HEADER)
130            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
131            .map(str::to_owned);
132
133        // Boxed on clippy's own recommendation: the dispatch future is ~16 KiB,
134        // and moving that much state around on the stack per request costs
135        // more than one allocation. It crossed the `large_futures` threshold
136        // when `InMemoryQueueReader` gained its reattach hook (STREAM-SUB-002).
137        let mut resp = Box::pin(self.dispatch_inner(req, std::time::Instant::now())).await;
138        if let Some(hval) = self
139            .handler
140            .activated_extensions_header_value(requested_extensions.as_deref())
141            && let Ok(v) = hyper::header::HeaderValue::from_str(&hval)
142        {
143            resp.headers_mut()
144                .insert(a2a_protocol_types::A2A_EXTENSIONS_HEADER, v);
145        }
146        if let Some(ref cors) = self.cors {
147            cors.apply_headers(&mut resp);
148        }
149        resp
150    }
151
152    /// Inner dispatch logic (separated to allow CORS wrapping).
153    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
154    async fn dispatch_inner(
155        &self,
156        req: hyper::Request<Incoming>,
157        started: std::time::Instant,
158    ) -> hyper::Response<BoxBody<Bytes, Infallible>> {
159        // Validate Content-Type if present.
160        if let Some(ct) = req.headers().get("content-type") {
161            let ct_str = ct.to_str().unwrap_or("");
162            if !ct_str.starts_with("application/json")
163                && !ct_str.starts_with(a2a_protocol_types::A2A_CONTENT_TYPE)
164            {
165                // Spec §5.4 maps an unsupported media type to
166                // ContentTypeNotSupportedError (-32005), not ParseError
167                // (-32700): the body was never parsed, so "parse error" both
168                // misreports the cause and denies the client the machine-
169                // readable `CONTENT_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED` reason. Routing it
170                // through `error_response` also attaches the §10.6 ErrorInfo
171                // detail like every other A2A error.
172                return self.refuse(
173                    started,
174                    &ServerError::Protocol(
175                        a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aError::content_type_not_supported(format!(
176                            "unsupported Content-Type: {ct_str}; expected application/json or application/a2a+json"
177                        )),
178                    ),
179                );
180            }
181        }
182
183        // Validate the A2A-Version header per spec §3.6.2: an absent or
184        // empty value is interpreted as protocol 0.3 and rejected under the
185        // strict default (reference-SDK parity); any 1.x is accepted.
186        let version_value = req
187            .headers()
188            .get(a2a_protocol_types::A2A_VERSION_HEADER)
189            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok());
190        if let Err(err) =
191            super::validate_version_header(version_value, self.config.require_version_header)
192        {
193            return self.refuse(started, &ServerError::Protocol(err));
194        }
195
196        // Extract HTTP headers BEFORE consuming the body.
197        let mut headers = extract_headers(req.headers());
198        // What `PathSegmentTenantResolver` reads; a real header cannot carry
199        // this name, so a client cannot supply it.
200        headers.insert(":path".to_owned(), req.uri().path().to_owned());
201
202        // Read body with size limit (default 4 MiB).
203        let body_bytes = match read_body_limited(
204            req.into_body(),
205            self.config.max_request_body_size,
206            self.config.body_read_timeout,
207        )
208        .await
209        {
210            Ok(bytes) => bytes,
211            Err(msg) => return self.refuse_unparsed(started, &msg),
212        };
213
214        // JSON-RPC 2.0 §6.3: detect batch (array) vs single (object) request.
215        let raw: serde_json::Value = match serde_json::from_slice(&body_bytes) {
216            Ok(v) => v,
217            Err(e) => return self.refuse_unparsed(started, &e.to_string()),
218        };
219
220        // Batch request: take ownership of the array to avoid per-item clones.
221        if let serde_json::Value::Array(items) = raw {
222            if items.is_empty() {
223                return self.refuse_invalid(started, "empty batch request");
224            }
225            // FIX(M8): Reject oversized batches to prevent resource exhaustion.
226            if items.len() > self.config.max_batch_size {
227                return self.refuse_invalid(
228                    started,
229                    &format!(
230                        "batch too large: {} requests exceeds {} limit",
231                        items.len(),
232                        self.config.max_batch_size
233                    ),
234                );
235            }
236            let mut responses: Vec<serde_json::Value> = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
237            for item in items {
238                let rpc_req: JsonRpcRequest = match serde_json::from_value(item) {
239                    Ok(r) => r,
240                    Err(e) => {
241                        // An item that is JSON but not a Request object:
242                        // Invalid Request (-32600), per JSON-RPC 2.0 §6's own
243                        // example `[1]`. Parse error (-32700) is for a body
244                        // that is not JSON, and this one parsed.
245                        self.record_unrouted(started, ErrorCode::InvalidRequest);
246                        let err_resp = JsonRpcErrorResponse::new(
247                            None,
248                            JsonRpcError::new(
249                                a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode::InvalidRequest.as_i32(),
250                                format!("Invalid Request: {e}"),
251                            ),
252                        );
253                        if let Ok(v) = serde_json::to_value(&err_resp) {
254                            responses.push(v);
255                        }
256                        continue;
257                    }
258                };
259                let resp_body = self.dispatch_single_request(&rpc_req, &headers).await;
260                if let Ok(v) = serde_json::from_slice::<serde_json::Value>(&resp_body) {
261                    responses.push(v);
262                }
263            }
264            let body = serde_json::to_vec(&responses).unwrap_or_default();
265            json_response(200, body)
266        } else {
267            // Single request.
268            let rpc_req: JsonRpcRequest = match serde_json::from_value(raw) {
269                Ok(r) => r,
270                // JSON, but not a Request object — no `method`, a number, a
271                // string: Invalid Request (ACTS CORE-ERR-006).
272                Err(e) => return self.refuse_invalid(started, &e.to_string()),
273            };
274            self.dispatch_single_request_http(&rpc_req, &headers).await
275        }
276    }
277
278    /// The span one JSON-RPC call runs in (ADR 0013).
279    fn rpc_span(
280        &self,
281        rpc_req: &JsonRpcRequest,
282        headers: &HashMap<String, String>,
283    ) -> crate::rpc_span::ServerSpan {
284        crate::rpc_span::ServerSpan::open(
285            &self.handler,
286            crate::rpc_span::RpcSystem::JsonRpc,
287            &rpc_req.method,
288            Some(headers),
289        )
290    }
291
292    /// Dispatches a single JSON-RPC request and returns an HTTP response.
293    ///
294    /// For streaming methods, the response is SSE. For non-streaming, JSON.
295    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
296    async fn dispatch_single_request_http(
297        &self,
298        rpc_req: &JsonRpcRequest,
299        headers: &HashMap<String, String>,
300    ) -> hyper::Response<BoxBody<Bytes, Infallible>> {
301        let id = rpc_req.id.to_response_id();
302        trace_info!(method = %rpc_req.method, "dispatching JSON-RPC request");
303
304        // Streaming methods return SSE, not JSON.
305        match rpc_req.method.as_str() {
306            "SendStreamingMessage" => {
307                let call = async {
308                    let params =
309                        parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::MessageSendParams>(rpc_req)?;
310                    self.handler
311                        .on_send_message(params, true, Some(headers))
312                        .await
313                };
314                self.rpc_span(rpc_req, headers)
315                    .run_with(call, |out| match out {
316                        Ok(SendMessageResult::Response(resp)) => success_response(id, &resp),
317                        Ok(SendMessageResult::Stream(reader)) => build_sse_response(
318                            reader,
319                            Some(self.config.sse_keep_alive_interval),
320                            Some(self.config.sse_channel_capacity),
321                            // JSON-RPC envelope echoing the request id per Section 9.4.2.
322                            Some(id),
323                        ),
324                        Err(e) => error_response(id, &e),
325                    })
326                    .await
327            }
328            "SubscribeToTask" => {
329                let call = async {
330                    let params = parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::TaskIdParams>(rpc_req)?;
331                    self.handler.on_resubscribe(params, Some(headers)).await
332                };
333                self.rpc_span(rpc_req, headers)
334                    .run_with(call, |out| match out {
335                        Ok(reader) => build_sse_response(
336                            reader,
337                            Some(self.config.sse_keep_alive_interval),
338                            Some(self.config.sse_channel_capacity),
339                            // JSON-RPC envelope echoing the request id
340                            // per Section 9.4.2.
341                            Some(id),
342                        ),
343                        Err(e) => error_response(id, &e),
344                    })
345                    .await
346            }
347            // Not `dispatch_single_request`, which answers bytes: a single
348            // call's HTTP status can carry a refused credential (N36), a
349            // batch's cannot, since one batch answers many calls.
350            _ => match self
351                .rpc_span(rpc_req, headers)
352                .run(self.call(id.clone(), rpc_req, headers))
353                .await
354            {
355                Ok(body) => json_response(200, body),
356                Err(e) => error_response(id, &e),
357            },
358        }
359    }
360
361    /// Dispatches a single JSON-RPC request and returns the response body bytes.
362    ///
363    /// Used for both single and batch requests. The call runs in its
364    /// `SERVER` span and is recorded with the error code it answers with.
365    async fn dispatch_single_request(
366        &self,
367        rpc_req: &JsonRpcRequest,
368        headers: &HashMap<String, String>,
369    ) -> Vec<u8> {
370        let id = rpc_req.id.to_response_id();
371        self.rpc_span(rpc_req, headers)
372            .run(self.call(id.clone(), rpc_req, headers))
373            .await
374            .unwrap_or_else(|e| error_response_bytes(id, &e))
375    }
376
377    /// One non-streaming call: the success body, or the error to answer with.
378    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
379    async fn call(
380        &self,
381        id: JsonRpcId,
382        rpc_req: &JsonRpcRequest,
383        headers: &HashMap<String, String>,
384    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ServerError> {
385        let headers = Some(headers);
386        match rpc_req.method.as_str() {
387            "SendMessage" => {
388                let params =
389                    parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::MessageSendParams>(rpc_req)?;
390                match self.handler.on_send_message(params, false, headers).await? {
391                    SendMessageResult::Response(resp) => Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &resp)),
392                    // Shouldn't happen in non-streaming mode.
393                    SendMessageResult::Stream(_) => {
394                        Err(ServerError::Internal("unexpected stream response".into()))
395                    }
396                }
397            }
398            // In batch context, streaming is not supported.
399            "SendStreamingMessage" => Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(
400                "SendStreamingMessage not supported in batch requests".into(),
401            )),
402            "SubscribeToTask" => Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(
403                "SubscribeToTask not supported in batch requests".into(),
404            )),
405            "GetTask" => {
406                let params = parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::TaskQueryParams>(rpc_req)?;
407                let task = self.handler.on_get_task(params, headers).await?;
408                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &task))
409            }
410            "ListTasks" => {
411                let params = parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::ListTasksParams>(rpc_req)?;
412                let tasks = self.handler.on_list_tasks(params, headers).await?;
413                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &tasks))
414            }
415            "CancelTask" => {
416                let params = parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::CancelTaskParams>(rpc_req)?;
417                let task = self.handler.on_cancel_task(params, headers).await?;
418                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &task))
419            }
420            "CreateTaskPushNotificationConfig" => {
421                let params =
422                    parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::push::TaskPushNotificationConfig>(rpc_req)?;
423                let config = self.handler.on_set_push_config(params, headers).await?;
424                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &config))
425            }
426            "GetTaskPushNotificationConfig" => {
427                let params =
428                    parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::GetPushConfigParams>(rpc_req)?;
429                let config = self.handler.on_get_push_config(params, headers).await?;
430                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &config))
431            }
432            "ListTaskPushNotificationConfigs" => {
433                let params =
434                    parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::ListPushConfigsParams>(rpc_req)?;
435                let configs = self
436                    .handler
437                    .on_list_push_configs(&params.task_id, params.tenant.as_deref(), headers)
438                    .await?;
439                let resp = a2a_protocol_types::responses::ListPushConfigsResponse {
440                    configs,
441                    next_page_token: None,
442                };
443                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &resp))
444            }
445            "DeleteTaskPushNotificationConfig" => {
446                let params =
447                    parse_params::<a2a_protocol_types::params::DeletePushConfigParams>(rpc_req)?;
448                self.handler.on_delete_push_config(params, headers).await?;
449                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &serde_json::json!({})))
450            }
451            "GetExtendedAgentCard" => {
452                let card = self.handler.on_get_extended_agent_card(headers).await?;
453                Ok(success_response_bytes(id, &card))
454            }
455            other => Err(ServerError::MethodNotFound(other.to_owned())),
456        }
457    }
458}
459
460impl std::fmt::Debug for JsonRpcDispatcher {
461    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
462        f.debug_struct("JsonRpcDispatcher").finish()
463    }
464}
465
466// ── Dispatcher impl ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
467
468impl Dispatcher for JsonRpcDispatcher {
469    fn dispatch(
470        &self,
471        req: hyper::Request<Incoming>,
472    ) -> std::pin::Pin<
473        Box<dyn std::future::Future<Output = crate::serve::DispatchResponse> + Send + '_>,
474    > {
475        Box::pin(self.dispatch(req))
476    }
477
478    fn request_handler(&self) -> Option<&Arc<RequestHandler>> {
479        Some(&self.handler)
480    }
481}
a2a_protocol_server/dispatch/jsonrpc/mod.rs

a2a_protocol_server/dispatch/jsonrpc/
mod.rs
