Merge pull request #90 from tendermint/endpoints

rpc endpoint / lists available endpoints
9 years ago · ad70ce4067
--- a/rpc/server/handlers.go
+++ b/rpc/server/handlers.go
@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/binary"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/events"
 	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/types"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/binary"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/events"
 	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/types"
 )

 func RegisterRPCFuncs(mux *http.ServeMux, funcMap map[string]*RPCFunc) {
@ -87,6 +89,14 @@ func makeJSONRPCHandler(funcMap map[string]*RPCFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 		b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)

 		// if its an empty request (like from a browser),
 		// just display a list of functions
 		if len(b) == 0 {
 			writeListOfEndpoints(w, r, funcMap)
 			return
 		}

 		var request RPCRequest
 		err := json.Unmarshal(b, &request)
 		if err != nil {
@ -393,3 +403,43 @@ func unreflectResponse(returns []reflect.Value) (interface{}, error) {
 	}
 	return returns[0].Interface(), nil
 }

 // writes a list of available rpc endpoints as an html page
 func writeListOfEndpoints(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, funcMap map[string]*RPCFunc) {
 	noArgNames := []string{}
 	argNames := []string{}
 	for name, funcData := range funcMap {
 		if len(funcData.args) == 0 {
 			noArgNames = append(noArgNames, name)
 		} else {
 			argNames = append(argNames, name)
 		}
 	}
 	sort.Strings(noArgNames)
 	sort.Strings(argNames)
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	buf.WriteString("<html><body>")
 	buf.WriteString("<br>Available endpoints:<br>")

 	for _, name := range noArgNames {
 		link := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/%s", r.Host, name)
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("<a href=\"%s\">%s</a></br>", link, link))
 	}

 	buf.WriteString("<br>Endpoints that require arguments:<br>")
 	for _, name := range argNames {
 		link := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/%s?", r.Host, name)
 		funcData := funcMap[name]
 		for i, argName := range funcData.argNames {
 			link += argName + "=_"
 			if i < len(funcData.argNames)-1 {
 				link += "&"
 			}
 		}
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("<a href=\"%s\">%s</a></br>", link, link))
 	}
 	buf.WriteString("</body></html>")
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
 	w.WriteHeader(200)
 	w.Write(buf.Bytes())
 }