/** @file
Parser: WebSocket (RFC 6455) support: handshake and frames.
Copyright (c) 2001-2026 Art. Lebedev Studio (https://www.artlebedev.com)
Authors: Konstantin Morshnev <moko@design.ru>
*/
#include "pa_websocket.h"
#include "pa_base64.h"
#include "pa_sha1.h"
#include "../lib/pcre/pa_pcre_internal.h"
volatile const char * IDENT_PA_WEBSOCKET_C="$Id: pa_websocket.C,v 1.4 2026/10/17 23:11:25 moko Exp $" IDENT_PA_WEBSOCKET_H;
#define MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD 125
#define MIN_READ_SIZE 4096
/* ********************************************************** */
static bool has_token(const char *list, const char *token) {
size_t token_length=strlen(token);
while(*list){
while(*list==' ' || *list=='\t' || *list==',')
list++;
const char *end=list;
while(*end && !(*end==' ' || *end=='\t' || *end==','))
end++;
if((size_t)(end-list)==token_length && !strncasecmp(list, token, token_length))
return true;
list=end;
}
return false;
}
const char* pa_websocket_accept_key(const char* method, const char* upgrade, const char* connection, const char* key, const char* version) {
if(!method || strcmp(method, "GET"))
throw Exception("websocket.handshake", 0, "request method must be GET");
if(!upgrade || !has_token(upgrade, "websocket"))
throw Exception("websocket.handshake", 0, "Upgrade header must be websocket");
if(!connection || !has_token(connection, "upgrade"))
throw Exception("websocket.handshake", 0, "Connection header must be Upgrade");
if(!version || strcmp(version, "13"))
throw Exception("websocket.handshake", 0, "Sec-WebSocket-Version must be 13");
// 16 bytes in base64
char *decoded;
if(!key || strlen(key)!=24 || key[22]!='=' || key[23]!='=' || pa_base64_decode(key, 24, decoded, Base64Options(false))!=16)
throw Exception("websocket.handshake", 0, "Sec-WebSocket-Key must be base64 encoded 16 bytes");
const char *guid="258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11";
PA_SHA1_CTX c;
unsigned char digest[20];
pa_SHA1Reset(&c);
pa_SHA1Input(&c, (const unsigned char*)key, 24);
pa_SHA1Input(&c, (const unsigned char*)guid, strlen(guid));
pa_SHA1ReadDigest(digest, &c);
return pa_base64_encode((const char*)digest, sizeof(digest), Base64Options(false));
}
/* ********************************************************** */
// text messages and the reason of Close must be UTF-8 (RFC 3629)
static bool valid_utf8(const char *data, size_t size) {
int offset;
return !pa_pcre_valid_utf((unsigned char *)data, size, &offset);
}
void WebSocket::Buffer::fit(size_t room) {
if(pos==size)
pos=size=0;
if(allocated-size>=room)
return;
if(pos){ // moving the unread bytes to the start
memmove(data, data+pos, size-pos);
size-=pos;
pos=0;
if(allocated-size>=room)
return;
}
allocated=max(allocated+allocated/4, size+room);
data=data ? (char *)pa_realloc(data, allocated) : (char *)pa_malloc_atomic(allocated);
}
void WebSocket::Buffer::append(const char *bytes, size_t length) {
if(!length)
return;
fit(length);
memcpy(data+size, bytes, length);
size+=length;
}
void WebSocket::Message::set(Opcode aopcode, const char *adata, size_t asize, int acode) {
opcode=aopcode;
data=adata;
size=asize;
code=acode;
}
bool WebSocket::valid_status(int code) {
return (code>=1000 && code<=1003) || (code>=1007 && code<=1014) || (code>=3000 && code<=4999);
}
WebSocket::WebSocket(HTTPD_Connection &aconnection) :
accepted(false), closed(false),
connection(aconnection), max_message_size(0),
need(0), eof(false),
msg_opcode(0),
close_sent(false), error_code(0), error_reason("") {}
void WebSocket::start(size_t amax_message_size) {
max_message_size=amax_message_size;
accepted=true;
// the frames of the client can follow the request headers at once
String::C data=connection.unprocessed();
rbuf.append(data.str, data.length);
connection.set_nodelay();
connection.set_send_timeout(pa_httpd_timeout);
}
bool WebSocket::fill(int timeout_ms) {
int ready=pa_sock_ready(connection.sock, false, timeout_ms);
if(ready<0) {
int no=pa_socks_errno();
throw Exception("httpd.read", 0, "error waiting for data: %s (%d)", pa_socks_strerr(no), no);
}
if(!ready)
return false;
size_t room=need>rbuf.unread() ? need-rbuf.unread() : 0;
rbuf.fit(max(room, (size_t)MIN_READ_SIZE));
size_t received=connection.receive(rbuf.data+rbuf.size, rbuf.allocated-rbuf.size);
if(received)
rbuf.size+=received;
else
eof=true;
return true;
}
WebSocket::Parsed WebSocket::invalid(int code, const char *reason) {
error_code=code;
error_reason=reason;
return INVALID;
}
WebSocket::Parsed WebSocket::parse(Frame &frame) {
const unsigned char *p=(const unsigned char *)rbuf.data+rbuf.pos;
size_t available=rbuf.unread();
need=0;
if(available<2)
return INCOMPLETE;
bool fin=(p[0] & 0x80)!=0;
int opcode=p[0] & 0x0F;
bool masked=(p[1] & 0x80)!=0;
uint64_t length=p[1] & 0x7F;
size_t header=2;
if(p[0] & 0x70)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "reserved bits are set");
if(!masked)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "frame of the client is not masked");
if(opcode!=0 && opcode!=TEXT && opcode!=BINARY && opcode!=CLOSE && opcode!=PING && opcode!=PONG)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "unknown opcode");
if(length==126){
header+=2;
if(available<header)
return INCOMPLETE;
length=((uint64_t)p[2]<<8) | p[3];
if(length<126)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "length is not minimal");
} else if(length==127){
header+=8;
if(available<header)
return INCOMPLETE;
length=0;
for(int i=0; i<8; i++)
length=(length<<8) | p[2+i];
if(length>>63)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "length is too big");
if(length<=0xFFFF)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "length is not minimal");
}
if(opcode & 0x08){ // control frame
if(!fin || length>MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD)
return invalid(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "control frame is fragmented or too long");
}
if(length>max_message_size)
return invalid(TOO_BIG, "message is too big");
const unsigned char *key=p+header;
header+=4;
if(available<header+length){
need=header+(size_t)length;
return INCOMPLETE;
}
char *payload=rbuf.data+rbuf.pos+header;
for(size_t i=0; i<(size_t)length; i++)
payload[i]^=key[i & 3];
frame.fin=fin;
frame.opcode=opcode;
frame.payload=payload;
frame.size=(size_t)length;
rbuf.pos+=header+(size_t)length;
return PARSED;
}
bool WebSocket::failed(int code, const char *reason, bool notify, Message &message) {
if(notify){
try {
send_close(code, reason, strlen(reason));
} catch(const Exception&) {
// the connection is broken as well
}
}
closed=true;
msg_opcode=0;
msg.size=0;
message.set(CLOSE, reason, strlen(reason), code);
return true;
}
bool WebSocket::receive(int timeout_ms, Message &message) {
if(closed)
throw Exception("websocket.closed", 0, "connection is closed");
for(;;){
Frame frame;
switch(parse(frame)){
case INCOMPLETE:
if(!fill(timeout_ms))
return false;
if(eof)
return failed(ABNORMAL, "connection is closed by the client", false, message);
continue;
case INVALID:
return failed(error_code, error_reason, true, message);
case PARSED:
break;
}
switch(frame.opcode){
case PING:
write_frame(PONG, frame.payload, frame.size);
continue;
case PONG:
continue;
case CLOSE: {
const unsigned char *payload=(const unsigned char *)frame.payload;
int code=NO_STATUS;
const char *reason="";
size_t reason_size=0;
if(frame.size==1)
return failed(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "close frame is too short", true, message);
if(frame.size>=2){
code=(payload[0]<<8) | payload[1];
reason=frame.payload+2;
reason_size=frame.size-2;
if(!valid_status(code))
return failed(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "invalid status of close frame", true, message);
if(!valid_utf8(reason, reason_size))
return failed(INVALID_DATA, "invalid UTF-8 in close frame", true, message);
}
if(!close_sent)
send_close(code, reason, reason_size);
closed=true;
message.set(CLOSE, reason, reason_size, code);
return true;
}
}
// TEXT, BINARY or continuation
if(frame.opcode==0){
if(!msg_opcode)
return failed(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "unexpected continuation frame", true, message);
} else if(msg_opcode)
return failed(PROTOCOL_ERROR, "new message before the end of the fragmented one", true, message);
if(frame.opcode && frame.fin){ // the message in one frame
message.set((Opcode)frame.opcode, frame.payload, frame.size);
} else {
if(frame.opcode){
msg_opcode=frame.opcode;
msg.size=0;
}
if(msg.size+frame.size>max_message_size)
return failed(TOO_BIG, "message is too big", true, message);
msg.append(frame.payload, frame.size);
if(!frame.fin)
continue;
message.set((Opcode)msg_opcode, msg.data, msg.size);
msg_opcode=0;
}
if(message.opcode==TEXT && !valid_utf8(message.data, message.size))
return failed(INVALID_DATA, "invalid UTF-8 in text message", true, message);
return true;
}
}
void WebSocket::write_frame(int opcode, const char *data, size_t size) {
unsigned char header[10];
size_t header_size=0;
header[header_size++]=(unsigned char)(0x80 | opcode);
if(size<126){
header[header_size++]=(unsigned char)size;
} else if(size<=0xFFFF){
header[header_size++]=126;
header[header_size++]=(unsigned char)(size>>8);
header[header_size++]=(unsigned char)size;
} else {
header[header_size++]=127;
uint64_t length=size;
for(int i=7; i>=0; i--)
header[header_size++]=(unsigned char)(length>>(i*8));
}
// the header and the payload go in one packet
char *frame=(char *)pa_malloc_atomic(header_size+size);
memcpy(frame, header, header_size);
if(size)
memcpy(frame+header_size, data, size);
connection.send_body(frame, header_size+size);
}
void WebSocket::send(Opcode opcode, const char *data, size_t size) {
if(closed || close_sent)
throw Exception("websocket.closed", 0, "connection is closed");
write_frame(opcode, data, size);
}
void WebSocket::send_close(int code, const char *reason, size_t size) {
close_sent=true;
if(code==NO_STATUS){
write_frame(CLOSE, 0, 0);
return;
}
if(size>MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD-2)
size=MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD-2;
char payload[MAX_CONTROL_PAYLOAD];
payload[0]=(char)(code>>8);
payload[1]=(char)code;
memcpy(payload+2, reason, size);
write_frame(CLOSE, payload, size+2);
}
void WebSocket::close(int code, const char *reason, size_t reason_size) {
if(closed)
return;
if(!close_sent)
send_close(code, reason, reason_size);
// the closing handshake: waiting for Close of the client as long as for the request, the rest is ignored
for(;;){
Frame frame;
Parsed parsed;
while((parsed=parse(frame))==PARSED)
if(frame.opcode==CLOSE){
closed=true;
return;
}
if(parsed==INVALID || !fill(min(pa_httpd_timeout, 60)*1000) || eof)
break;
}
closed=true;
}
WebSocket::~WebSocket() {
if(accepted && !closed && !close_sent){
try {
send_close(INTERNAL_ERROR, "", 0);
} catch(const Exception&) {
// the connection is broken as well
}
}
}
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