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HTTP RPC server supporting calls via uri params, jsonrpc, and jsonrpc over websockets
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# Client Requests
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Suppose we want to expose the rpc function `HelloWorld(name string, num int)`.
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## GET (URI)
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As a GET request, it would have URI encoded parameters, and look like:
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```
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curl 'http://localhost:8008/hello_world?name="my_world"&num=5'
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```
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Note the `'` around the url, which is just so bash doesn't ignore the quotes in `"my_world"`.
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This should also work:
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```
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curl http://localhost:8008/hello_world?name=\"my_world\"&num=5
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```
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A GET request to `/` returns a list of available endpoints.
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For those which take arguments, the arguments will be listed in order, with `_` where the actual value should be.
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## POST (JSONRPC)
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As a POST request, we use JSONRPC. For instance, the same request would have this as the body:
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```
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": "anything",
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"method": "hello_world",
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"params": {
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"name": "my_world",
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"num": 5
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}
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}
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```
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With the above saved in file `data.json`, we can make the request with
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```
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curl --data @data.json http://localhost:8008
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```
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## WebSocket (JSONRPC)
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All requests are exposed over websocket in the same form as the POST JSONRPC.
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Websocket connections are available at their own endpoint, typically `/websocket`,
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though this is configurable when starting the server.
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# Server Definition
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Define some types and routes:
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```
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type ResultStatus struct {
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Value string
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}
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// Define some routes
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var Routes = map[string]*rpcserver.RPCFunc{
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"status": rpcserver.NewRPCFunc(Status, "arg"),
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}
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// an rpc function
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func Status(v string) (*ResultStatus, error) {
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return &ResultStatus{v}, nil
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}
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```
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Now start the server:
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```
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mux := http.NewServeMux()
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rpcserver.RegisterRPCFuncs(mux, Routes)
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wm := rpcserver.NewWebsocketManager(Routes)
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mux.HandleFunc("/websocket", wm.WebsocketHandler)
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logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))
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go func() {
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_, err := rpcserver.StartHTTPServer("0.0.0.0:8008", mux, logger)
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if err != nil {
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panic(err)
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}
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}()
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```
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Note that unix sockets are supported as well (eg. `/path/to/socket` instead of `0.0.0.0:8008`)
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Now see all available endpoints by sending a GET request to `0.0.0.0:8008`.
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Each route is available as a GET request, as a JSONRPCv2 POST request, and via JSONRPCv2 over websockets.
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# Examples
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* [Tendermint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/rpc/core/routes.go)
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* [tm-monitor](https://github.com/tendermint/tools/blob/master/tm-monitor/rpc.go)
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*/
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package rpc
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