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