Function http_request_cb

src/httpserver.cpp:214–273

HTTP request callback */

/** HTTP request callback */
static void http_request_cb(struct evhttp_request* req, void* arg)
{
    // Disable reading to work around a libevent bug, fixed in 2.2.0.
    if (event_get_version_number() < 0x02020001) {
        evhttp_connection* conn = evhttp_request_get_connection(req);
        if (conn) {
            bufferevent* bev = evhttp_connection_get_bufferevent(conn);
            if (bev) {
                bufferevent_disable(bev, EV_READ);
            }
        }
    }
    std::unique_ptr<HTTPRequest> hreq(new HTTPRequest(req));

    LogPrint("http", "Received a %s request for %s from %s\n",
             RequestMethodString(hreq->GetRequestMethod()), hreq->GetURI(), hreq->GetPeer().ToString());

    // Early address-based allow check
    if (!ClientAllowed(hreq->GetPeer())) {
        hreq->WriteReply(HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
        return;
    }

    // Early reject unknown HTTP methods
    if (hreq->GetRequestMethod() == HTTPRequest::UNKNOWN) {
        hreq->WriteReply(HTTP_BADMETHOD);
        return;
    }

    // Find registered handler for prefix
    std::string strURI = hreq->GetURI();
    std::string path;
    std::vector<HTTPPathHandler>::const_iterator i = pathHandlers.begin();
    std::vector<HTTPPathHandler>::const_iterator iend = pathHandlers.end();
    for (; i != iend; ++i) {
        bool match = false;
        if (i->exactMatch)
            match = (strURI == i->prefix);
        else
            match = (strURI.substr(0, i->prefix.size()) == i->prefix);
        if (match) {
            path = strURI.substr(i->prefix.size());
            break;
        }
    }

    // Dispatch to worker thread
    if (i != iend) {
        std::unique_ptr<HTTPWorkItem> item(new HTTPWorkItem(std::move(hreq), path, i->handler));
        assert(workQueue);
        if (workQueue->Enqueue(item.get()))
            item.release(); /* if true, queue took ownership */
        else {
            LogPrintf("WARNING: request rejected because http work queue depth exceeded, it can be increased with the -rpcworkqueue= setting\n");
            item->req->WriteReply(HTTP_INTERNAL, "Work queue depth exceeded");
        }
    } else {
        hreq->WriteReply(HTTP_NOTFOUND);