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defmodule Protein.Client do
@moduledoc """
Calls services in remote systems.
## Usage
Here's how your RPC client module may look like:
defmodule MyProject.RemoteRPC do
use Protein.Client
# then, declare services with a convention driven config
proto :create_user
# ...or with custom proto file name (equivalent of previous call above)
proto Path.expand("./proto/create_user.proto", __DIR__)
# ...or with a completely custom config (equivalent of previous calls above)
service proto: [from: Path.expand("./proto/create_user.proto", __DIR__)],
service_name: "create_user",
proto_mod: __MODULE__.CreateUser
request_mod: __MODULE__.CreateUser.Request,
response_mod: __MODULE__.CreateUser.Response,
mock_mod: __MODULE__.CreateUserMock
end
Make sure to add it to the supervision tree in `application.ex` as follows:
defmodule MyProject.Application do
use Application
def start(_type, _args) do
import Supervisor.Spec
children = [
supervisor(MyProject.Repo, []),
supervisor(MyProject.Web.Endpoint, []),
# ...
supervisor(MyProject.RemoteRPC, []),
]
opts = [strategy: :one_for_one, name: MyProject.Supervisor]
Supervisor.start_link(children, opts)
end
end
Having that, you can call your RPC as follows:
alias MyProject.RemoteRPC
alias MyProject.RemoteRPC.CreateUser.{Request, Response}
request = %Request{}
case RemoteRPC.call(request) do
{:ok, response = %Response{}} ->
# do stuff with response
{:error, errors}
# do stuff with errors
end
# ...or assume that a failure is out of the question
response = RemoteRPC.call!(request)
# ...or issue a push to non-responding service (recognized by lack of Response structure)
RemoteRPC.push(request)
### Macros and functions
By invoking `use Protein.Client`, you include the `Protein.Router` macros in your client as
a means for defining a list of services and transport options. Check out its documentation for
more information.
Also, you get the `call/1`, `call!/1` and `push/1` functions as a means for actually invoking the
client, with each consuming the request structure as argument and the following distinction
between the three of them:
- `call/1` executes a responding service call that is expected to potentially reject the request
- `call!/1` executes a responding service call that is expected never to fail
- `push/1` executes a non-responding service push
### Mocking for tests
You can enable client mocks by adding the following to your `config/test.exs`:
config :protein, mocking_enabled: true
Then, you can add a mock module for your specific service to `test/support`. The module should be
the `mock_mod` on sample above (which by default is a `service_mod` with the `Mock` suffix). For
example, to mock the service sourced from `create_user.proto` on example above, you may implement
the following module:
# test/support/my_project/remote_rpc/create_user_mock.ex
alias MyProject.RemoteRPC.CreateUser.{Request, Response}
defmodule MyProject.RemoteRPC.CreateUserMock do
# with default response
def call(request = %Request{) do
:ok
end
# ...or with specific response
def call(request = %Request{}) do
{:ok, %Response{}}
end
# ...or with default error
def call(request = %Request{}) do
:error
end
# ...or with specific error code
def call(request = %Request{}) do
{:error, :something_happened}
end
# ...or with specific error message
def call(request = %Request{}) do
{:error, "Something went wrong"}
end
# ...or with error related to specific part of the request
def call(request = %Request{}) do
{:error, {:specific_arg_error, struct: "user", struct: "images", repeated: 0}}
end
# ...or with multiple errors (all above syntaxes are supported)
def call(request = %Request{}) do
{:error, [
:something_happened,
"Something went wrong",
{:specific_arg_error, struct: "user", struct: "images", repeated: 0}
]}
end
end
You can define multiple `call` clauses in your mock and use pattern matching to create different
output based on varying input.
Mock bypasses the transport layer (obviously), but it still encodes/decodes your request protobuf
just as regular client does and it still encodes/decodes the response from your mock. This ensures
that your test structures are compilant with specific proto in use.
For non-responding services, mock modules are optional and will be executed only if defined.
Otherwise, the client with mocking mode enabled will still encode the request, but then it will
silently drop it without throwing an error.
"""
alias Protein.{
CallError,
RequestPayload,
ResponsePayload,
Server,
Transport,
TransportError,
Utils,
}
defmacro __using__(_) do
quote do
use Protein.Router
use Supervisor
alias Protein.{Transport, Utils}
def start_link(_opts \\ []) do
Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, [], name: __MODULE__)
end
def init(_) do
Supervisor.init([], strategy: :one_for_one)
end
defp __transport_client_opts__ do
transport_opts = __transport_opts__()
adapter = Keyword.fetch!(transport_opts, :adapter)
adapter_mod = Utils.resolve_adapter(adapter)
client_mod = Utils.resolve_adapter_client_mod(adapter_mod)
client_name = :"#{__MODULE__}.#{adapter_mod |> Module.split |> List.last}Client"
Keyword.merge(transport_opts, client_mod: client_mod, client_name: client_name)
end
def call(request_struct) do
apply_client(request_struct, :call)
end
def call!(request_struct) do
apply_client(request_struct, :call!)
end
def push(request_struct) do
apply_client(request_struct, :push)
end
defp apply_client(request_struct = %{__struct__: request_mod}, method) do
transport_client_opts = __transport_client_opts__()
service_opts = __service_opts__(request_mod)
ensure_connection_started(transport_client_opts)
apply(Protein.Client, method, [request_struct, service_opts, transport_client_opts])
end
defp ensure_connection_started(transport_client_opts) do
transport_client_mod = Keyword.fetch!(transport_client_opts, :client_mod)
if Code.ensure_loaded?(transport_client_mod) do
pid = Process.whereis(__MODULE__)
spec = worker(transport_client_mod, [transport_client_opts])
case Supervisor.start_child(pid, spec) do
{:ok, _} -> nil
{:error, {:already_started, _}} -> nil
{:error, error} -> raise("Error starting client: #{inspect error}")
end
end
end
end
end
@doc false
def call(request_struct, service_opts, transport_opts) do
service_name = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :service_name)
request_mod = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :request_mod)
response_mod = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :response_mod)
mock_mod = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :mock_mod)
unless Code.ensure_loaded?(response_mod), do: raise "Called to non-responding service"
request_buf = request_mod.encode(request_struct)
result =
call_via_mock(request_buf, request_mod, response_mod, mock_mod)
|| call_via_adapter(service_name, request_buf, transport_opts)
case result do
{:ok, response_buf} ->
{:ok, response_mod.decode(response_buf)}
{:error, errors} ->
{:error, errors}
end
end
@doc false
def call!(request_struct, service_opts, transport_opts) do
request_struct
|> call(service_opts, transport_opts)
|> handle_non_failing_response()
end
defp call_via_mock(request_buf, request_mod, response_mod, mock_mod) do
if Utils.mocking_enabled?() do
Server.process_service(mock_mod, request_buf, request_mod, response_mod)
end
rescue
error -> raise TransportError, adapter: :mock, context: error
end
defp call_via_adapter(service_name, request_buf, opts) do
{adapter, adapter_opts} = Keyword.pop(opts, :adapter)
request_payload = RequestPayload.encode(service_name, request_buf)
response_payload =
adapter
|> Utils.resolve_adapter()
|> apply(:call, [request_payload, adapter_opts])
ResponsePayload.decode(response_payload)
end
defp handle_non_failing_response({:ok, response}), do: response
defp handle_non_failing_response({:error, errors}) do
raise CallError, errors: errors
end
@doc false
def push(request_struct, service_opts, transport_opts) do
service_name = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :service_name)
request_mod = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :request_mod)
response_mod = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :response_mod)
mock_mod = Keyword.fetch!(service_opts, :mock_mod)
if Code.ensure_loaded?(response_mod), do: raise "Pushed to responding service"
request_buf = request_mod.encode(request_struct)
push_via_mock(request_buf, request_mod, mock_mod)
|| push_via_adapter(service_name, request_buf, transport_opts)
:ok
end
defp push_via_mock(request_buf, request_mod, mock_mod) do
if Utils.mocking_enabled?() && Code.ensure_loaded?(mock_mod) do
Server.process_service(mock_mod, request_buf, request_mod)
end
rescue
error -> raise TransportError, adapter: :mock, context: error
end
defp push_via_adapter(service_name, request_buf, opts) do
{adapter, adapter_opts} = Keyword.pop(opts, :adapter)
request_payload = RequestPayload.encode(service_name, request_buf)
adapter
|> Utils.resolve_adapter()
|> apply(:push, [request_payload, adapter_opts])
end
end