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rws_server/middleware/
mod.rs

1//! Composable middleware pipeline.
2//!
3//! [`Middleware`] is a single layer that wraps request dispatch. Implement it
4//! to add cross-cutting behaviour — logging, authentication, rate limiting,
5//! header injection — without editing the inner application.
6//!
7//! [`WithMiddleware`] stacks one or more middleware layers around any
8//! [`Application`]. Layers run in registration order on the way in and in
9//! reverse order on the way out.
10//!
11//! # Example
12//!
13//! ```rust,no_run
14//! # extern crate rws_server as rust_web_server;
15//! use rust_web_server::middleware::{Middleware, WithMiddleware};
16//! use rust_web_server::application::Application;
17//! use rust_web_server::request::Request;
18//! use rust_web_server::response::Response;
19//! use rust_web_server::server::ConnectionInfo;
20//! use rust_web_server::app::App;
21//! use rust_web_server::core::New;
22//!
23//! pub struct LoggingMiddleware;
24//!
25//! impl Middleware for LoggingMiddleware {
26//!     fn handle(
27//!         &self,
28//!         request: &Request,
29//!         connection: &ConnectionInfo,
30//!         next: &dyn Application,
31//!     ) -> Result<Response, String> {
32//!         println!("{} {}", request.method, request.request_uri);
33//!         let response = next.execute(request, connection)?;
34//!         println!("  → {}", response.status_code);
35//!         Ok(response)
36//!     }
37//! }
38//!
39//! let app = WithMiddleware::new(App::new())
40//!     .wrap(LoggingMiddleware);
41//! ```
42
43#[cfg(test)]
44mod tests;
45
46use std::sync::Arc;
47
48use crate::application::Application;
49use crate::request::Request;
50use crate::response::Response;
51use crate::header::Header;
52use crate::server::ConnectionInfo;
53
54/// Built-in middleware that enforces the process-wide rate limit
55/// (configured via `RWS_CONFIG_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS` and
56/// `RWS_CONFIG_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_SECS`).
57///
58/// Returns `429 Too Many Requests` when the sliding-window budget for the
59/// client IP is exhausted; otherwise passes the request to the next layer.
60///
61/// # Example
62///
63/// ```rust,no_run
64/// # extern crate rws_server as rust_web_server;
65/// use rust_web_server::app::App;
66/// use rust_web_server::middleware::{WithMiddleware, RateLimitLayer};
67/// use rust_web_server::core::New;
68///
69/// let app = App::new().wrap(RateLimitLayer);
70/// ```
71pub struct RateLimitLayer;
72
73impl Middleware for RateLimitLayer {
74    /// Headers only: a streamed body passes through untouched.
75    fn accepts_streamed_body(&self, _request: &Request, _connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
76        true
77    }
78
79
80    fn handle(
81        &self,
82        request: &Request,
83        connection: &ConnectionInfo,
84        next: &dyn Application,
85    ) -> Result<Response, String> {
86        use crate::error::{AppError, IntoResponse};
87        let ip = crate::ip_filter::client_ip(request, &connection.client.ip);
88        if crate::rate_limit::global().check(&ip) {
89            next.execute(request, connection)
90        } else {
91            let mut response = AppError::TooManyRequests.into_response();
92            let retry_after = crate::rate_limit::global().retry_after(&ip);
93            response.headers.push(Header {
94                name: Header::_RETRY_AFTER.into(),
95                value: retry_after.to_string().into(),
96            });
97            Ok(response)
98        }
99    }
100
101    /// In-memory only: safe on the event loop.
102    fn runs_inline(&self, _request: &Request, _connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
103        true
104    }
105}
106
107/// A single middleware layer.
108///
109/// Receive the request, call `next.execute(request, connection)` to pass
110/// control to the next layer (or the inner application), and optionally
111/// inspect or transform the resulting response.
112///
113/// Short-circuit by returning a `Response` (or `Err`) without calling `next`.
114pub trait Middleware: Send + Sync {
115    fn handle(
116        &self,
117        request: &Request,
118        connection: &ConnectionInfo,
119        next: &dyn Application,
120    ) -> Result<Response, String>;
121
122    /// `true` when this layer's own work for `request` never blocks (in-memory
123    /// state, atomics, short mutexes) — see [`Application::runs_inline`]. A
124    /// [`WithMiddleware`] stack runs inline only if every layer and the inner
125    /// application agree. Default `false`.
126    fn runs_inline(&self, _request: &Request, _connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
127        false
128    }
129
130    /// `true` when `handle` would do nothing for `request` but call `next`
131    /// (e.g. a rate limit that isn't configured). A [`WithMiddleware`] stack
132    /// offers the inner application's `execute_async` only if every layer
133    /// passes the request through. Default `false`.
134    fn is_passthrough(&self, _request: &Request, _connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
135        false
136    }
137
138    /// `true` when this layer never reads `request.body`, so the inner
139    /// application may receive it as a stream ([`Application::streams_body`]).
140    /// A layer that inspects the body (CSRF tokens in a form, request
141    /// signatures, rewriting) must keep the default `false`: it would see an
142    /// empty body.
143    fn accepts_streamed_body(&self, _request: &Request, _connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
144        false
145    }
146
147    /// `true` when this layer answers `request` itself — it doesn't call
148    /// `next` — and reads its body as a stream (a proxy forwarding it as it
149    /// arrives). The body is then streamed whatever the layers after it and
150    /// the application would say. Requires `accepts_streamed_body`. Since
151    /// 18.3.0.
152    fn answers_streamed_body(&self, _request: &Request, _connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
153        false
154    }
155}
156
157/// An [`Application`] that applies a stack of [`Middleware`] layers before
158/// dispatching to an inner application.
159///
160/// Layers are applied in registration order: the first `.wrap()`ed middleware
161/// runs first on the request path and last on the response path.
162pub struct WithMiddleware<A> {
163    inner: A,
164    /// Built once; shared by every clone (the servers clone the app per
165    /// request, so a `Vec` here was an allocation per request).
166    layers: Arc<[Arc<dyn Middleware>]>,
167}
168
169impl<A: Application> WithMiddleware<A> {
170    /// Wrap `app` with no initial middleware.
171    pub fn new(app: A) -> Self {
172        WithMiddleware { inner: app, layers: Arc::new([]) }
173    }
174
175    /// Add a middleware layer. Layers run in registration order.
176    pub fn wrap(mut self, layer: impl Middleware + 'static) -> Self {
177        let mut layers = self.layers.to_vec();
178        layers.push(Arc::new(layer));
179        self.layers = layers.into();
180        self
181    }
182}
183
184impl<A: Application + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static> WithMiddleware<A> {
185    /// Attach an MCP server that handles `POST /mcp`; all other requests fall
186    /// through to this middleware stack.
187    pub fn mcp(self, name: impl Into<String>, version: impl Into<String>) -> crate::mcp::McpServer {
188        crate::mcp::McpServer::new(name, version).wrap(self)
189    }
190}
191
192impl<A: Clone> Clone for WithMiddleware<A> {
193    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
194        WithMiddleware { inner: self.inner.clone(), layers: Arc::clone(&self.layers) }
195    }
196}
197
198impl<A: Application> Application for WithMiddleware<A> {
199    fn execute(&self, request: &Request, connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> Result<Response, String> {
200        Chain { app: &self.inner, layers: &self.layers, index: 0 }.execute(request, connection)
201    }
202
203    fn runs_inline(&self, request: &Request, connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
204        self.layers.iter().all(|l| l.runs_inline(request, connection)) && self.inner.runs_inline(request, connection)
205    }
206
207    #[cfg(feature = "http2")]
208    fn execute_async<'a>(&'a self, request: &'a Request, connection: &'a ConnectionInfo) -> Option<crate::application::AsyncResponse<'a>> {
209        if self.layers.iter().all(|l| l.is_passthrough(request, connection)) {
210            self.inner.execute_async(request, connection)
211        } else {
212            None
213        }
214    }
215    fn streams_body(&self, request: &Request, connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> bool {
216        for layer in self.layers.iter() {
217            if !layer.accepts_streamed_body(request, connection) {
218                return false;
219            }
220            if layer.answers_streamed_body(request, connection) {
221                return true;
222            }
223        }
224        self.inner.streams_body(request, connection)
225    }
226}
227
228// Internal chain that carries the remaining layers and the final app.
229struct Chain<'a> {
230    app: &'a dyn Application,
231    layers: &'a [Arc<dyn Middleware>],
232    index: usize,
233}
234
235impl<'a> Application for Chain<'a> {
236    fn execute(&self, request: &Request, connection: &ConnectionInfo) -> Result<Response, String> {
237        if self.index < self.layers.len() {
238            let next = Chain { app: self.app, layers: self.layers, index: self.index + 1 };
239            self.layers[self.index].handle(request, connection, &next)
240        } else {
241            self.app.execute(request, connection)
242        }
243    }
244}