shrlok: require length before the message

shrlok/shrlok.py

@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""shrlok server: receive text/files from a socket, put them on a Web server.
+
+The server expects messages with the following format to come through the
+socket:
+
+1. a length, as ASCII digits,
+2. a null byte,
+3. a JSON object containing at least the "type" key with a known value,
+4. another null byte,
+5. the text or file itself.
+
+The length is of the JSON object + the null char + the content itself.
+
+Example, with \\0 representing a null byte:
+
+28\\0{"type":"txt"}\\0hello shrlok!
+
+The content is 13 bytes (assuming no LF at the end), the header is 14 bytes,
+plus the null byte it is 13 + 14 + 1 = 28 bytes, thus the prefixed length.
+
+After the content is succesfully retrieved and put on an appropriate location,
+the server will reply the file path through the socket and close the connection.
+"""
 
 import argparse
 import json
@@ -29,11 +52,9 @@ HTML_TEMPLATE = """\
 class Handler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
 
     def handle(self):
-        fragments = []
-        while (chunk := self.request.recv(4096)):
-            fragments.append(chunk)
-        data = b"".join(fragments)
+        data = self.receive_input()
 
+        # Extract header.
         try:
             first_zero = data.index(b"\0")
             header_data, data = data[:first_zero], data[first_zero + 1:]
@@ -42,17 +63,38 @@ class Handler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
             print("Bad header.")
             return
 
+        file_name = None
         if header.get("type") == "txt":
             file_name = write_text(data, title=header.get("title"))
         else:
             print("Unknown type.")
-            return
-
-        if not file_name:
+        if file_name is None:
             return
 
         print(f"{len(data)} bytes — {header} — '{file_name}'.")
+        try:
             self.request.sendall(file_name.encode())
+        except BrokenPipeError:
+            print("Broken pipe.")
+
+    def receive_input(self):
+        length = None
+        data = b""
+        while True:
+            chunk = self.request.recv(4096)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            data += chunk
+            if length is None:
+                try:
+                    first_zero = data.index(b"\0")
+                except ValueError:
+                    return b""
+                length_data, data = data[:first_zero], data[first_zero + 1:]
+                length = int(length_data.decode())
+            if len(data) >= length:  # retrieval completed
+                break
+        return data
 
 
 def write_text(data: bytes, title=None):
@@ -92,6 +134,7 @@ def main():
 
     try:
         with socketserver.UnixStreamServer(socket_path, Handler) as server:
+            os.chmod(socket_path, 0o664)
             server.serve_forever()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("Stopping server.")