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package downloader
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import (
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"context"
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"encoding/json"
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"fmt"
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"io"
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"mime"
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"net"
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"net/http"
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"net/netip"
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"net/url"
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"path/filepath"
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"strings"
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"sync"
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"syscall"
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"time"
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"emperror.dev/errors"
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"github.com/apex/log"
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"github.com/google/uuid"
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"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
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wnet "github.com/pterodactyl/wings/internal/network"
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"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
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)
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var client *http.Client
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func init() {
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dialer := &net.Dialer{
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LocalAddr: nil,
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Timeout: time.Second * 30,
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// Check every address immediately before connecting to it, since the
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// destination is resolved again when dialing.
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ControlContext: checkConnection,
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}
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trnspt := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
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// Always connect directly, so that every destination is checked.
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trnspt.Proxy = nil
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// Store the file exactly as it is served. Asking for a compressed response
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// would also hide the length of the file, which is needed to write it.
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trnspt.DisableCompression = true
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trnspt.DialContext = func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
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host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
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if err != nil {
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return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
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}
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// Refuse the destination if any of its addresses are internal, or if it
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// cannot be resolved.
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ips, err := net.DefaultResolver.LookupNetIP(ctx, "ip", host)
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if err != nil || len(ips) == 0 {
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log.WithField("host", host).WithField("error", err).Debug("downloader: failed to resolve remote file host")
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return nil, errors.WithStack(ErrInvalidIPAddress)
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}
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for _, ip := range ips {
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if isBlocked(host, ip) {
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return nil, errors.WithStack(ErrInternalResolution)
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}
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}
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return dialer.DialContext(context.WithValue(ctx, dialHostKey{}, host), network, addr)
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}
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client = &http.Client{
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Timeout: time.Hour * 2,
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Transport: trnspt,
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// Disallow any redirect on an HTTP call. This is a security requirement: do not modify
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// this logic without first ensuring that the new target location IS NOT within the current
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// instance's local network.
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//
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// This specific error response just causes the client to not follow the redirect and
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// returns the actual redirect response to the caller. Not perfect, but simple and most
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// people won't be using URLs that redirect anyways hopefully?
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//
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// We'll re-evaluate this down the road if needed.
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CheckRedirect: func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
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return http.ErrUseLastResponse
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},
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}
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}
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// dialHostKey is the context key for the host name a connection is being made
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// to, which is checked against the allowlist when the connection is made.
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type dialHostKey struct{}
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// checkConnection is called with the address a connection is about to be made
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// to, and refuses to connect to any internal address.
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func checkConnection(ctx context.Context, _ string, address string, _ syscall.RawConn) error {
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ipStr, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
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if err != nil {
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return errors.WithStack(err)
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}
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ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(ipStr)
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if err != nil {
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return errors.WithStack(ErrInternalResolution)
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}
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host, _ := ctx.Value(dialHostKey{}).(string)
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if isBlocked(host, ip) {
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return errors.WithStack(ErrInternalResolution)
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}
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return nil
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}
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// isBlocked reports whether connecting to the address, resolved from the host,
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// is refused because it is internal and not allowed by the operator.
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func isBlocked(host string, ip netip.Addr) bool {
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return wnet.IsInternal(ip) && !wnet.IsAllowed(config.Get().Api.RemoteDownloadAllowlist, host, ip)
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}
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var instance = &Downloader{
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// Tracks all the active downloads.
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downloadCache: make(map[string]*Download),
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// Tracks all the downloads active for a given server instance. This is
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// primarily used to make things quicker and keep the code a little more
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// legible throughout here.
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serverCache: make(map[string][]string),
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}
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const (
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ErrInternalResolution = errors.Sentinel("downloader: destination resolves to internal network location")
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ErrInvalidIPAddress = errors.Sentinel("downloader: invalid IP address")
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ErrDownloadFailed = errors.Sentinel("downloader: download request failed")
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)
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type Counter struct {
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total int
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onWrite func(total int)
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}
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func (c *Counter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
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n := len(p)
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c.total += n
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c.onWrite(c.total)
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return n, nil
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}
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type DownloadRequest struct {
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Directory string
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URL *url.URL
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FileName string
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UseHeader bool
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}
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type Download struct {
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Identifier string
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path string
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mu sync.RWMutex
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req DownloadRequest
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server *server.Server
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progress float64
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cancelFunc *context.CancelFunc
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}
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// New starts a new tracked download which allows for cancellation later on by calling
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// the Downloader.Cancel function.
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func New(s *server.Server, r DownloadRequest) *Download {
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dl := Download{
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Identifier: uuid.Must(uuid.NewRandom()).String(),
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req: r,
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server: s,
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}
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instance.track(&dl)
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return &dl
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}
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// ByServer returns all the tracked downloads for a given server instance.
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func ByServer(sid string) []*Download {
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instance.mu.Lock()
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defer instance.mu.Unlock()
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var downloads []*Download
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if v, ok := instance.serverCache[sid]; ok {
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for _, id := range v {
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if dl, ok := instance.downloadCache[id]; ok {
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downloads = append(downloads, dl)
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}
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}
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}
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return downloads
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}
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// ByID returns a single Download matching a given identifier. If no download is found
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// the second argument in the response will be false.
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func ByID(dlid string) *Download {
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return instance.find(dlid)
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}
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func (dl *Download) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
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return json.Marshal(struct {
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Identifier string
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Progress float64
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}{
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Identifier: dl.Identifier,
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Progress: dl.Progress(),
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})
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}
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// Execute executes a given download for the server and begins writing the file to the disk. Once
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// completed the download will be removed from the cache.
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func (dl *Download) Execute() error {
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ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Hour*12)
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dl.cancelFunc = &cancel
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defer dl.Cancel()
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// At this point we have verified the destination is not within the local network, so we can
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// now make a request to that URL and pull down the file, saving it to the server's data
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// directory.
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req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, dl.req.URL.String(), nil)
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if err != nil {
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return errors.WrapIf(err, "downloader: failed to create request")
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}
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req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Pterodactyl Panel (https://pterodactyl.io)")
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res, err := client.Do(req)
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if err != nil {
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if IsDownloadError(err) {
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return err
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}
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return errors.WithStack(fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrDownloadFailed, err))
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}
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defer res.Body.Close()
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if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
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return errors.New("downloader: got bad response status from endpoint: " + res.Status)
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}
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if res.ContentLength < 1 {
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return errors.New("downloader: request is missing ContentLength")
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}
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if dl.req.UseHeader {
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if contentDisposition := res.Header.Get("Content-Disposition"); contentDisposition != "" {
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_, params, err := mime.ParseMediaType(contentDisposition)
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if err != nil {
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return errors.WrapIf(err, "downloader: invalid \"Content-Disposition\" header")
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}
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// Only use the name of the file, so that it is saved in the
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// directory that was asked for.
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if v, ok := params["filename"]; ok {
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if name := filepath.Base(filepath.Clean("/" + v)); name != "/" && name != "." {
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dl.path = name
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}
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}
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}
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}
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if dl.path == "" {
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if dl.req.FileName != "" {
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dl.path = dl.req.FileName
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} else {
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parts := strings.Split(dl.req.URL.Path, "/")
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dl.path = parts[len(parts)-1]
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}
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}
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if err := dl.server.Filesystem().IsIgnored(p); err != nil {
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return err
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}
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dl.server.Log().WithField("path", p).Debug("writing remote file to disk")
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// Write the file while tracking the progress, Write will check that the
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// size of the file won't exceed the disk limit.
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r := io.TeeReader(res.Body, dl.counter(res.ContentLength))
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if err := dl.server.Filesystem().Write(p, r, res.ContentLength, 0o644); err != nil {
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return errors.WrapIf(err, "downloader: failed to write file to server directory")
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}
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return nil
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}
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// Cancel cancels a running download and frees up the associated resources. If a file is being
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// written a partial file will remain present on the disk.
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func (dl *Download) Cancel() {
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if dl.cancelFunc != nil {
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(*dl.cancelFunc)()
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}
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instance.remove(dl.Identifier)
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}
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// BelongsTo checks if the given download belongs to the provided server.
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func (dl *Download) BelongsTo(s *server.Server) bool {
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return dl.server.ID() == s.ID()
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}
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// Progress returns the current progress of the download as a float value between 0 and 1 where
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func (dl *Download) Progress() float64 {
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dl.mu.RLock()
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defer dl.mu.RUnlock()
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return dl.progress
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}
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func (dl *Download) Path() string {
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return filepath.Join(dl.req.Directory, dl.path)
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}
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// Handles a write event by updating the progress completed percentage and firing off
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// events to the server websocket as needed.
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func (dl *Download) counter(contentLength int64) *Counter {
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onWrite := func(t int) {
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dl.mu.Lock()
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defer dl.mu.Unlock()
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}
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return &Counter{
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}
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}
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// Downloader represents a global downloader that keeps track of all currently processing downloads
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// for the machine.
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type Downloader struct {
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mu sync.RWMutex
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downloadCache map[string]*Download
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serverCache map[string][]string
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}
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// track tracks a download in the internal cache for this instance.
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func (d *Downloader) track(dl *Download) {
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d.mu.Lock()
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defer d.mu.Unlock()
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sid := dl.server.ID()
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if _, ok := d.downloadCache[dl.Identifier]; !ok {
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d.downloadCache[dl.Identifier] = dl
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if _, ok := d.serverCache[sid]; !ok {
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d.serverCache[sid] = []string{}
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}
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d.serverCache[sid] = append(d.serverCache[sid], dl.Identifier)
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}
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}
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// find finds a given download entry using the provided ID and returns it.
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func (d *Downloader) find(dlid string) *Download {
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d.mu.RLock()
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defer d.mu.RUnlock()
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if entry, ok := d.downloadCache[dlid]; ok {
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return entry
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}
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}
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// remove removes the given download reference from the cache storing them. This also updates
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// the slice of active downloads for a given server to not include this download.
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func (d *Downloader) remove(dlID string) {
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d.mu.Lock()
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defer d.mu.Unlock()
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if _, ok := d.downloadCache[dlID]; !ok {
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return
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}
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if tracked, ok := d.serverCache[sID]; ok {
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for _, k := range tracked {
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if k != dlID {
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func IsDownloadError(err error) bool {
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package downloader
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import (
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"bytes"
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"compress/gzip"
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"encoding/json"
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"net"
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"net/http"
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"net/http/httptest"
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"net/url"
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"os"
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"path/filepath"
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"strconv"
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"strings"
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"testing"
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"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
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"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/remote"
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"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/server"
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)
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const pullTestServerUuid = "ffffffff-ffff-4fff-8fff-ffffffffffff"
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// newPullTestServer returns a server whose files are stored in a temporary data
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// directory. Loopback is allowed so that the tests can use a local origin.
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func newPullTestServer(t *testing.T) *server.Server {
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t.Helper()
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previous := config.Get()
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t.Cleanup(func() { config.Set(previous) })
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next := *previous
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next.System.Data = t.TempDir()
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next.Api.RemoteDownloadAllowlist = []string{"127.0.0.1"}
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config.Set(&next)
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settings, err := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"uuid": pullTestServerUuid})
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require.NoError(t, err)
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s, err := server.NewEmptyManager(nil).InitServer(pullTestServerUuid, remote.ServerConfigurationResponse{
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Settings: settings,
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ProcessConfiguration: &remote.ProcessConfiguration{},
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})
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require.NoError(t, err)
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require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(s.Filesystem().Path(), 0o755))
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return s
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}
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// A file from a server that compresses responses for clients that accept gzip
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// can be pulled.
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func TestDownloadAcceptsGzipEncodedResponses(t *testing.T) {
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s := newPullTestServer(t)
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payload := []byte(strings.Repeat("pull test payload\n", 4096))
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var compressed bytes.Buffer
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zw := gzip.NewWriter(&compressed)
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_, err := zw.Write(payload)
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require.NoError(t, err)
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require.NoError(t, zw.Close())
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origin := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
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body := payload
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if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
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w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
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body = compressed.Bytes()
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}
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w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
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w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(body)))
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_, _ = w.Write(body)
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}))
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t.Cleanup(origin.Close)
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u, err := url.Parse(origin.URL + "/payload.bin")
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require.NoError(t, err)
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require.NoError(t, New(s, DownloadRequest{Directory: "/", URL: u, FileName: "payload.bin"}).Execute())
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||||||
|
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||||||
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got, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.Filesystem().Path(), "payload.bin"))
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||||||
|
require.NoError(t, err)
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||||||
|
require.Equal(t, payload, got)
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||||||
|
}
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||||||
|
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||||||
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// Only the name of a file from Content-Disposition is used, so the file is saved
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// in the directory that was asked for.
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||||||
|
func TestDownloadFilenameFromHeaderIsSavedInRequestedDirectory(t *testing.T) {
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|
tests := []struct {
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||||||
|
directory string
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||||||
|
want string
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||||||
|
}{
|
||||||
|
{directory: "/chosen/dir", want: "chosen/dir/named.txt"},
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||||||
|
{directory: "chosen/dir", want: "chosen/dir/named.txt"},
|
||||||
|
{directory: "", want: "named.txt"},
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
|
for _, tt := range tests {
|
||||||
|
t.Run(tt.directory, func(t *testing.T) {
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||||||
|
s := newPullTestServer(t)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
origin := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
|
||||||
|
w.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", `attachment; filename="../../named.txt"`)
|
||||||
|
w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "5")
|
||||||
|
_, _ = w.Write([]byte("hello"))
|
||||||
|
}))
|
||||||
|
t.Cleanup(origin.Close)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
u, err := url.Parse(origin.URL + "/file")
|
||||||
|
require.NoError(t, err)
|
||||||
|
require.NoError(t, New(s, DownloadRequest{Directory: tt.directory, URL: u, FileName: "file", UseHeader: true}).Execute())
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
root := s.Filesystem().Path()
|
||||||
|
require.FileExists(t, filepath.Join(root, tt.want))
|
||||||
|
require.NoFileExists(t, filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(root), "named.txt"))
|
||||||
|
})
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
// A download that fails to connect is reported as a failed download.
|
||||||
|
func TestDownloadConnectionFailureIsDownloadError(t *testing.T) {
|
||||||
|
s := newPullTestServer(t)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
|
||||||
|
require.NoError(t, err)
|
||||||
|
addr := l.Addr().String()
|
||||||
|
require.NoError(t, l.Close())
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
u, err := url.Parse("http://" + addr + "/file")
|
||||||
|
require.NoError(t, err)
|
||||||
|
err = New(s, DownloadRequest{Directory: "/", URL: u, FileName: "file"}).Execute()
|
||||||
|
require.Error(t, err)
|
||||||
|
require.True(t, IsDownloadError(err), "got %v", err)
|
||||||
|
require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrDownloadFailed)
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
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