serve-with-hyper

[package]
name = "example-serve-with-hyper"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"
publish = false

[dependencies]
axum = { path = "../../axum" }
hyper = { version = "1.0", features = [] }
hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
tower = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["util"] }
//! Run with
//!
//! ```not_rust
//! cargo run -p example-serve-with-hyper
//! ```
//!
//! This example shows how to run axum using hyper's low level API.
//!
//! The [hyper-util] crate exists to provide high level utilities but it's still in early stages of
//! development.
//!
//! [hyper-util]: https://crates.io/crates/hyper-util

use std::convert::Infallible;
use std::net::SocketAddr;

use axum::extract::ConnectInfo;
use axum::{extract::Request, routing::get, Router};
use hyper::body::Incoming;
use hyper_util::rt::{TokioExecutor, TokioIo};
use hyper_util::server;
use tokio::net::TcpListener;
use tower::{Service, ServiceExt};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    tokio::join!(serve_plain(), serve_with_connect_info());
}

async fn serve_plain() {
    // Create a regular axum app.
    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello!" }));

    // Create a `TcpListener` using tokio.
    let listener = TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();

    // Continuously accept new connections.
    loop {
        // In this example we discard the remote address. See `fn serve_with_connect_info` for how
        // to expose that.
        let (socket, _remote_addr) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();

        // We don't need to call `poll_ready` because `Router` is always ready.
        let tower_service = app.clone();

        // Spawn a task to handle the connection. That way we can handle multiple connections
        // concurrently.
        tokio::spawn(async move {
            // Hyper has its own `AsyncRead` and `AsyncWrite` traits and doesn't use tokio.
            // `TokioIo` converts between them.
            let socket = TokioIo::new(socket);

            // Hyper also has its own `Service` trait and doesn't use tower. We can use
            // `hyper::service::service_fn` to create a hyper `Service` that calls our app through
            // `tower::Service::call`.
            let hyper_service = hyper::service::service_fn(move |request: Request<Incoming>| {
                // We have to clone `tower_service` because hyper's `Service` uses `&self` whereas
                // tower's `Service` requires `&mut self`.
                //
                // We don't need to call `poll_ready` since `Router` is always ready.
                tower_service.clone().call(request)
            });

            // `server::conn::auto::Builder` supports both http1 and http2.
            //
            // `TokioExecutor` tells hyper to use `tokio::spawn` to spawn tasks.
            if let Err(err) = server::conn::auto::Builder::new(TokioExecutor::new())
                // `serve_connection_with_upgrades` is required for websockets. If you don't need
                // that you can use `serve_connection` instead.
                .serve_connection_with_upgrades(socket, hyper_service)
                .await
            {
                eprintln!("failed to serve connection: {err:#}");
            }
        });
    }
}

// Similar setup to `serve_plain` but captures the remote address and exposes it through the
// `ConnectInfo` extractor
async fn serve_with_connect_info() {
    let app = Router::new().route(
        "/",
        get(
            |ConnectInfo(remote_addr): ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>| async move {
                format!("Hello {remote_addr}")
            },
        ),
    );

    let mut make_service = app.into_make_service_with_connect_info::<SocketAddr>();

    let listener = TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3001").await.unwrap();

    loop {
        let (socket, remote_addr) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();

        // We don't need to call `poll_ready` because `IntoMakeServiceWithConnectInfo` is always
        // ready.
        let tower_service = unwrap_infallible(make_service.call(remote_addr).await);

        tokio::spawn(async move {
            let socket = TokioIo::new(socket);

            let hyper_service = hyper::service::service_fn(move |request: Request<Incoming>| {
                tower_service.clone().oneshot(request)
            });

            if let Err(err) = server::conn::auto::Builder::new(TokioExecutor::new())
                .serve_connection_with_upgrades(socket, hyper_service)
                .await
            {
                eprintln!("failed to serve connection: {err:#}");
            }
        });
    }
}

fn unwrap_infallible<T>(result: Result<T, Infallible>) -> T {
    match result {
        Ok(value) => value,
        Err(err) => match err {},
    }
}

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