Add http_buffer to "http" mode

Allows servers such as Swoole which do not implement the whole
HTTP spec to be used with of-watchdog. Apply this setting when
Transfer-Encoding: chunked is not compatible with your http
server in http mode.

Tested with netcat "nc" outside of a Docker container to see
the output either sent with a content-length when turned on
or without one when in chunked mode.

Signed-off-by: Alex Ellis (VMware) <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -140,14 +140,16 @@ Environmental variables:
 
 | Option                 | Implemented | Usage             |
 |------------------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
-| `function_process`     | Yes          | The process to invoke for each function call function process (alias - fprocess). This must be a UNIX binary and accept input via STDIN and output via STDOUT.  |
+| `function_process`     | Yes          | Process to execute a server in `http` mode or to be executed for each request in the other modes. For non `http` mode the process must accept input via STDIN and print output via STDOUT. Alias: `fprocess` |
 | `read_timeout`         | Yes          | HTTP timeout for reading the payload from the client caller (in seconds) |
 | `write_timeout`        | Yes          | HTTP timeout for writing a response body from your function (in seconds)  |
 | `exec_timeout`         | Yes          | Exec timeout for process exec'd for each incoming request (in seconds). Disabled if set to 0. |
-| `port`                 | Yes          | Specify an alternative TCP port for testing |
-| `write_debug`          | No           | Write all output, error messages, and additional information to the logs. Default is false. |
+| `port`                 | Yes          | Specify an alternative TCP port for testing. Default: `8080` |
+| `write_debug`          | No           | Write all output, error messages, and additional information to the logs. Default is `false`. |
 | `content_type`         | Yes          | Force a specific Content-Type response for all responses - only in forking/serializing modes. |
-| `suppress_lock`        | Yes           | The watchdog will attempt to write a lockfile to /tmp/ for swarm healthchecks - set this to true to disable behaviour. |
-| `upstream_url`         | Yes          | `http` mode only - where to forward requests i.e. 127.0.0.1:5000 |
+| `suppress_lock`        | Yes           | When set to `false` the watchdog will attempt to write a lockfile to /tmp/ for healthchecks. Default `false` |
+| `upstream_url`         | Yes          | `http` mode only - where to forward requests i.e. `127.0.0.1:5000` |
+| `buffer_http`     | Yes               | `http` mode only - buffers request body to memory before fowarding. Use if your upstream HTTP server does not accept `Transfer-Encoding: chunked` Default: `false` |
+
 
 > Note: the .lock file is implemented for health-checking, but cannot be disabled yet. You must create this file in /tmp/.

config/config.go

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ type WatchdogConfig struct {
 	OperationalMode  int
 	SuppressLock     bool
 	UpstreamURL      string
+
+	// BufferHTTPBody buffers the HTTP body in memory
+	// to prevent transfer type of chunked encoding
+	// which some servers do not support.
+	BufferHTTPBody bool
 }
 
 // Process returns a string for the process and a slice for the arguments from the FunctionProcess.
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ func New(env []string) (WatchdogConfig, error) {
 		ContentType:      contentType,
 		SuppressLock:     getBool(envMap, "suppress_lock"),
 		UpstreamURL:      upstreamURL,
+		BufferHTTPBody:   getBool(envMap, "buffer_http"),
 	}
 
 	if val := envMap["mode"]; len(val) > 0 {

config/config_test.go

@@ -22,6 +22,33 @@ func Test_OperationalMode_Default(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Want %s. got: %s", WatchdogMode(ModeStreaming), WatchdogMode(defaults.OperationalMode))
 	}
 }
+func Test_BufferHttpModeDefaultsToFalse(t *testing.T) {
+	env := []string{}
+
+	actual, err := New(env)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no errors")
+	}
+	want := false
+	if actual.BufferHTTPBody != want {
+		t.Errorf("Want %v. got: %v", want, actual.BufferHTTPBody)
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_BufferHttpMode_CanBeSetToTrue(t *testing.T) {
+	env := []string{
+		"buffer_http=true",
+	}
+
+	actual, err := New(env)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no errors")
+	}
+	want := true
+	if actual.BufferHTTPBody != want {
+		t.Errorf("Want %v. got: %v", want, actual.BufferHTTPBody)
+	}
+}
 
 func Test_OperationalMode_AfterBurn(t *testing.T) {
 	env := []string{
@@ -36,7 +63,6 @@ func Test_OperationalMode_AfterBurn(t *testing.T) {
 	if actual.OperationalMode != ModeAfterBurn {
 		t.Errorf("Want %s. got: %s", WatchdogMode(ModeAfterBurn), WatchdogMode(actual.OperationalMode))
 	}
-
 }
 
 func Test_ContentType_Default(t *testing.T) {

executor/http_runner.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package executor
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -12,25 +13,24 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
-	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
 
 // HTTPFunctionRunner creates and maintains one process responsible for handling all calls
 type HTTPFunctionRunner struct {
-	ExecTimeout  time.Duration // ExecTimeout the maxmium duration or an upstream function call
-	ReadTimeout  time.Duration
-	WriteTimeout time.Duration
-	Process      string
-	ProcessArgs  []string
-	Command      *exec.Cmd
-	StdinPipe    io.WriteCloser
-	StdoutPipe   io.ReadCloser
-	Stderr       io.Writer
-	Mutex        sync.Mutex
-	Client       *http.Client
-	UpstreamURL  *url.URL
+	ExecTimeout    time.Duration // ExecTimeout the maxmium duration or an upstream function call
+	ReadTimeout    time.Duration
+	WriteTimeout   time.Duration
+	Process        string
+	ProcessArgs    []string
+	Command        *exec.Cmd
+	StdinPipe      io.WriteCloser
+	StdoutPipe     io.ReadCloser
+	Stderr         io.Writer
+	Client         *http.Client
+	UpstreamURL    *url.URL
+	BufferHTTPBody bool
 }
 
 // Start forks the process used for processing incoming requests
@@ -108,7 +108,15 @@ func (f *HTTPFunctionRunner) Run(req FunctionRequest, contentLength int64, r *ht
 		upstreamURL += r.RequestURI
 	}
 
-	request, _ := http.NewRequest(r.Method, upstreamURL, r.Body)
+	var body io.Reader
+	if f.BufferHTTPBody {
+		reqBody, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		body = bytes.NewReader(reqBody)
+	} else {
+		body = r.Body
+	}
+
+	request, _ := http.NewRequest(r.Method, upstreamURL, body)
 	for h := range r.Header {
 		request.Header.Set(h, r.Header.Get(h))
 	}

main.go

@@ -278,9 +278,10 @@ func getEnvironment(r *http.Request) []string {
 func makeHTTPRequestHandler(watchdogConfig config.WatchdogConfig) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
 	commandName, arguments := watchdogConfig.Process()
 	functionInvoker := executor.HTTPFunctionRunner{
-		ExecTimeout: watchdogConfig.ExecTimeout,
-		Process:     commandName,
-		ProcessArgs: arguments,
+		ExecTimeout:    watchdogConfig.ExecTimeout,
+		Process:        commandName,
+		ProcessArgs:    arguments,
+		BufferHTTPBody: watchdogConfig.BufferHTTPBody,
 	}
 
 	if len(watchdogConfig.UpstreamURL) == 0 {