ttfb 1.6.0

Library + CLI-Tool to measure the TTFB (time to first byte) of HTTP(S) requests. Additionally, this crate measures the times of DNS lookup, TCP connect, and TLS handshake.
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//! Library + CLI-Tool to measure the TTFB (time to first byte) of HTTP(S) requests.
//! Additionally, this crate measures the times of DNS lookup, TCP connect, and
//! TLS handshake. This crate currently only supports HTTP/1.1. It can cope with
//! TLS 1.2 and 1.3.LICENSE.
//!
//! See [`ttfb`] which is the main function of the public interface.
//!
//! ## Cross Platform
//! CLI + lib work on Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

#![deny(
    clippy::all,
    clippy::cargo,
    clippy::nursery,
    // clippy::restriction,
    // clippy::pedantic
)]
// now allow a few rules which are denied by the above statement
// --> they are ridiculous and not necessary
#![allow(
    clippy::suboptimal_flops,
    clippy::redundant_pub_crate,
    clippy::fallible_impl_from
)]
// I can't do anything about this; fault of the dependencies
#![allow(clippy::multiple_crate_versions)]
// allow: required because of derive macro.. :(
#![allow(clippy::use_self)]
#![deny(missing_docs)]
#![deny(missing_debug_implementations)]
#![deny(rustdoc::all)]
#![allow(rustdoc::missing_doc_code_examples)]

pub use error::{InvalidUrlError, ResolveDnsError, TtfbError};
pub use outcome::TtfbOutcome;

use native_tls::TlsConnector;
use regex::Regex;
use std::io::{Read as IoRead, Write as IoWrite};
use std::net::{IpAddr, TcpStream};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
use trust_dns_resolver::Resolver as DnsResolver;
use url::Url;

mod error;
mod outcome;

const CRATE_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");

trait IoReadAndWrite: IoWrite + IoRead {}

impl<T: IoRead + IoWrite> IoReadAndWrite for T {}

/// Common super trait for TCP-Stream or `TLS<TCP>`-Stream.
trait TcpWithMaybeTlsStream: IoWrite + IoRead {}

/// Takes a URL and connects to it via http/1.1. Measures time for
/// DNS lookup, TCP connection start, TLS handshake, and TTFB (Time to First Byte)
/// of HTML content.
///
/// ## Parameters
/// - `input`: Url. Can be one of
///   - `phip1611.de` (defaults to `http://`)
///   - `http://phip1611.de`
///   - `https://phip1611.de`
///   - `https://phip1611.de?foo=bar`
///   - `https://sub.domain.phip1611.de?foo=bar`
///   - `http://12.34.56.78/foobar`
///   - `https://1.1.1.1`
///   - `12.34.56.78/foobar` (defaults to `http://`)
///   - `12.34.56.78` (defaults to `http://`)
/// - `allow_insecure_certificates`: if illegal certificates (untrusted, expired) should be accepted
///                                  when https is used. Similar to `-k/--insecure` in `curl`.
///
/// ## Return value
/// [`TtfbOutcome`] or [`TtfbError`].
pub fn ttfb(input: String, allow_insecure_certificates: bool) -> Result<TtfbOutcome, TtfbError> {
    if input.is_empty() {
        return Err(TtfbError::InvalidUrl(InvalidUrlError::MissingInput));
    }
    let input = prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary(input);
    let url = parse_input_as_url(&input)?;
    assert_scheme_is_allowed(&url)?;

    let (addr, dns_duration) = resolve_dns_if_necessary(&url)?;
    let port = url.port_or_known_default().unwrap();
    let (tcp, tcp_connect_duration) = tcp_connect(addr, port)?;
    // Does TLS handshake if necessary: returns regular TCP stream if regular HTTP is used.
    // We can write to the "tcp" trait object whatever content we want to. The underlying
    // implementation will either send plain text or encrypt it for TLS.
    let (mut tcp, tls_handshake_duration) =
        tls_handshake_if_necessary(tcp, &url, allow_insecure_certificates)?;
    let (http_get_send_duration, http_ttfb_duration) = execute_http_get(&mut tcp, &url)?;

    Ok(TtfbOutcome::new(
        input,
        addr,
        port,
        dns_duration,
        tcp_connect_duration,
        tls_handshake_duration,
        http_get_send_duration,
        http_ttfb_duration,
        // http_content_download_duration,
    ))
}

/// Initializes the TCP connection to the IP address. Measures the duration.
fn tcp_connect(addr: IpAddr, port: u16) -> Result<(TcpStream, Duration), TtfbError> {
    let addr_w_port = (addr, port);
    let now = Instant::now();
    let mut tcp = TcpStream::connect(addr_w_port).map_err(TtfbError::CantConnectTcp)?;
    tcp.flush().map_err(TtfbError::OtherStreamError)?;
    let tcp_connect_duration = now.elapsed();
    Ok((tcp, tcp_connect_duration))
}

/// If the scheme is "https", this replaces the TCP-Stream with a `TLS<TCP>`-stream.
/// All data will be encrypted using the TLS-functionality of the crate `native-tls`.
/// If TLS is used, it measures the time of the TLS handshake.
fn tls_handshake_if_necessary(
    tcp: TcpStream,
    url: &Url,
    allow_insecure_certificates: bool,
) -> Result<(Box<dyn IoReadAndWrite>, Option<Duration>), TtfbError> {
    if url.scheme() == "https" {
        let tls = TlsConnector::builder()
            .danger_accept_invalid_hostnames(allow_insecure_certificates)
            .danger_accept_invalid_certs(allow_insecure_certificates)
            .build()
            .map_err(TtfbError::CantConnectTls)?;
        let now = Instant::now();
        // hostname not used for DNS, only for certificate validation
        // can also be a IP address, because Certificates can have the IP-Address in
        // the "cert subject alternative name" field.
        let certificate_host = url.host_str().unwrap_or("");
        let mut stream = tls
            .connect(certificate_host, tcp)
            .map_err(TtfbError::CantVerifyTls)?;
        stream.flush().map_err(TtfbError::OtherStreamError)?;
        let tls_handshake_duration = now.elapsed();
        Ok((Box::new(stream), Some(tls_handshake_duration)))
    } else {
        Ok((Box::new(tcp), None))
    }
}

/// Executes the HTTP/1.1 GET-Request on the given socket. This works with TCP or `TLS<TCP>`.
/// Afterwards, it waits for the first byte and measures all the times.
fn execute_http_get(
    tcp: &mut Box<dyn IoReadAndWrite>,
    url: &Url,
) -> Result<(Duration, Duration), TtfbError> {
    let header = build_http11_header(url);
    let now = Instant::now();
    tcp.write_all(header.as_bytes())
        .map_err(TtfbError::CantConnectHttp)?;
    tcp.flush().map_err(TtfbError::OtherStreamError)?;
    let get_request_send_duration = now.elapsed();
    let mut one_byte_buf = [0_u8];
    let now = Instant::now();
    tcp.read_exact(&mut one_byte_buf)
        .map_err(TtfbError::CantConnectHttp)?;
    let http_ttfb_duration = now.elapsed();

    // todo can lead to error, not every server responds with EOF
    // need to parse the request header and get the length from that
    /*tcp.read_to_end(&mut content)
        .map_err(|_| TtfbError::CantConnectHttp)?;
    let http_content_download_duration = now.elapsed();
    println!("http content:\n{}", unsafe {
        String::from_utf8_unchecked(content)
    });*/
    Ok((
        get_request_send_duration,
        http_ttfb_duration,
        // http_content_download_duration,
    ))
}

/// Constructs the header for a HTTP/1.1 GET-Request.
fn build_http11_header(url: &Url) -> String {
    // with gzip, deflate, br we prevent
    format!(
        "GET {path} HTTP/1.1\r\n\
        Host: {host}\r\n\
        User-Agent: ttfb/{version}\r\n\
        Accept: */*\r\n\
        Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br\r\n\
        \r\n",
        path = url.path(),
        host = url.host_str().unwrap(),
        version = CRATE_VERSION
    )
}

/// Parses the string input into an [`Url`] object.
fn parse_input_as_url(input: &str) -> Result<Url, TtfbError> {
    Url::parse(input)
        .map_err(|e| TtfbError::InvalidUrl(InvalidUrlError::WrongFormat(e.to_string())))
}

/// Prepends the default scheme "http://" is necessary. Without a scheme, [`parse_input_as_url`]
/// will fail.
fn prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary(url: String) -> String {
    let regex = Regex::new("^(?P<scheme>.*://)?").unwrap();
    let captures = regex.captures(&url);
    if let Some(captures) = captures {
        if captures.name("scheme").is_some() {
            return url;
        }
    }

    format!("http://{}", url)
}

/// Assert the scheme is on the allow list. Currently, we only allow "http" and "https".
fn assert_scheme_is_allowed(url: &Url) -> Result<(), TtfbError> {
    let allowed_scheme = url.scheme() == "http" || url.scheme() == "https";
    if allowed_scheme {
        Ok(())
    } else {
        Err(TtfbError::InvalidUrl(InvalidUrlError::WrongScheme))
    }
}

/// Checks from the URL if we already have an IP address or not.
/// If the user gave us a domain name, we resolve it using the [`trust-dns-resolver`]
/// crate and measure the time for it.
fn resolve_dns_if_necessary(url: &Url) -> Result<(IpAddr, Option<Duration>), TtfbError> {
    Ok(if url.domain().is_none() {
        let mut ip_str = url.host_str().unwrap();
        // [a::b::c::d::e::f::0::1] => ipv6 address
        if ip_str.starts_with('[') {
            ip_str = &ip_str[1..ip_str.len() - 1];
        }
        let addr = IpAddr::from_str(ip_str)
            .map_err(|e| TtfbError::InvalidUrl(InvalidUrlError::WrongFormat(e.to_string())))?;
        (addr, None)
    } else {
        resolve_dns(url).map(|(addr, dur)| (addr, Some(dur)))?
    })
}

/// Actually resolves a domain using the systems default DNS resolver.
/// Helper function for [`resolve_dns_if_necessary`].
fn resolve_dns(url: &Url) -> Result<(IpAddr, Duration), TtfbError> {
    // Construct a new DNS Resolver
    // On Unix/Posix systems, this will read: /etc/resolv.conf
    let resolver = DnsResolver::from_system_conf().unwrap();
    let begin = Instant::now();

    // at least on Linux this gets cached somehow in the background
    // probably the DNS implementation/OS has a DNS cache
    let response = resolver
        .lookup_ip(url.host_str().unwrap())
        .map_err(|err| TtfbError::CantResolveDns(ResolveDnsError::Other(Box::new(err))))?;
    let duration = begin.elapsed();

    let ipv4_addrs = response
        .iter()
        .filter(|addr| addr.is_ipv4())
        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
    let ipv6_addrs = response
        .iter()
        .filter(|addr| addr.is_ipv6())
        .collect::<Vec<_>>();

    if !ipv4_addrs.is_empty() {
        Ok((ipv4_addrs[0], duration))
    } else if !ipv6_addrs.is_empty() {
        Ok((ipv6_addrs[0], duration))
    } else {
        Err(TtfbError::CantResolveDns(ResolveDnsError::NoResults))
    }
}

#[cfg(all(test, not(network_tests)))]
mod tests {
    use crate::parse_input_as_url;

    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_parse_input_as_url() {
        parse_input_as_url("http://google.com").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("https://google.com:443").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("http://google.com:80").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("google.com:80").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("http://google.com/foobar").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("https://google.com:443/foobar").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("https://goo-gle.com:443/foobar").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("https://goo-gle.com:443/foobar?124141").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("https://subdomain.goo-gle.com:443/foobar?124141").expect("to be valid");
        parse_input_as_url("https://192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141").expect("to be valid");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_append_scheme_if_necessary() {
        assert_eq!(
            prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary("phip1611.de".to_owned()),
            "http://phip1611.de"
        );
        assert_eq!(
            prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary("https://phip1611.de".to_owned()),
            "https://phip1611.de"
        );
        assert_eq!(
            prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary("192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141".to_owned()),
            "http://192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141"
        );
        assert_eq!(
            prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary(
                "https://192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141".to_owned()
            ),
            "https://192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141"
        );
        assert_eq!(
            prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary("ftp://192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141".to_owned()),
            "ftp://192.168.1.102:443/foobar?124141"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_check_scheme() {
        assert_scheme_is_allowed(
            &Url::from_str(&prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary(
                "phip1611.de".to_owned(),
            ))
            .unwrap(),
        )
        .expect("must accept http");
        assert_scheme_is_allowed(
            &Url::from_str(&prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary(
                "https://phip1611.de".to_owned(),
            ))
            .unwrap(),
        )
        .expect("must accept http");
        assert_scheme_is_allowed(
            &Url::from_str(&prepend_default_scheme_if_necessary(
                "ftp://phip1611.de".to_owned(),
            ))
            .unwrap(),
        )
        .expect_err("must not accept ftp");
    }
}

/// Tests that rely on an external network connection.
/// Sort of integration tests.
#[cfg(all(test, network_tests))]
mod network_tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_resolve_dns_if_necessary() {
        let url1 = Url::from_str("http://phip1611.de").expect("must be valid");
        let url2 = Url::from_str("https://phip1611.de").expect("must be valid");
        let url3 = Url::from_str("http://192.168.1.102").expect("must be valid");
        let url4 = Url::from_str("http://[2001:0db8:3c4d:0015::1a2f:1a2b]").expect("must be valid");
        let url5 = Url::from_str("http://[2001:0db8:3c4d:0015:0000:0000:1a2f:1a2b]")
            .expect("must be valid");

        resolve_dns_if_necessary(&url1).expect("must be valid");
        resolve_dns_if_necessary(&url2).expect("must be valid");
        resolve_dns_if_necessary(&url3).expect("must be valid");
        resolve_dns_if_necessary(&url4).expect("must be valid");
        resolve_dns_if_necessary(&url5).expect("must be valid");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_against_external_services() {
        let r = ttfb("http://phip1611.de".to_string(), false).unwrap();
        assert!(r.dns_duration_rel().is_some());
        assert!(r.tls_handshake_duration_rel().is_none());
        let r = ttfb("https://phip1611.de".to_string(), false).unwrap();
        assert!(r.dns_duration_rel().is_some());
        assert!(r.tls_handshake_duration_rel().is_some());
        let r = ttfb("https://expired.badssl.com".to_string(), false);
        assert!(r.is_err());
        let r = ttfb("https://expired.badssl.com".to_string(), true).unwrap();
        assert!(r.dns_duration_rel().is_some());
        assert!(r.tls_handshake_duration_rel().is_some());
        let r = ttfb("https://1.1.1.1".to_string(), false).unwrap();
        assert!(
            r.tls_handshake_duration_rel().is_some(),
            "must execute TLS handshake"
        );
    }
}