Spike HTTP(S) proxy implementation for sync client.

docs/reference/features.rst

@@ -166,12 +166,11 @@ Client
     | Perform HTTP Digest Authentication | ❌     | ❌     | ❌     | ❌     |
     | (`#784`_)                          |        |        |        |        |
     +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
-    | Connect via HTTP proxy (`#364`_)   | ❌     | ❌     | —      | ❌     |
+    | Connect via HTTP proxy             | ✅     | ✅     | —      | ❌     |
     +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
     | Connect via SOCKS5 proxy           | ✅     | ✅     | —      | ❌     |
     +------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
 
-.. _#364: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/364
 .. _#784: https://github.com/python-websockets/websockets/issues/784
 
 Known limitations

docs/topics/proxies.rst

@@ -64,3 +64,8 @@ SOCKS proxy is configured in the operating system, python-socks uses SOCKS5h.
 
 python-socks supports username/password authentication for SOCKS5 (:rfc:`1929`)
 but does not support other authentication methods such as GSSAPI (:rfc:`1961`).
+
+HTTP proxies
+------------
+
+TODO

src/websockets/asyncio/client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import socket
+import ssl
 import traceback
 import urllib.parse
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Generator, Sequence
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ class connect:
             to :obj:`None` to disable the proxy or to the address of a proxy
             to override the system configuration. See the :doc:`proxy docs
             <../../topics/proxies>` for details.
+        proxy_ssl: Configuration for enabling TLS on the proxy connection.
+        proxy_server_hostname: Host name for the TLS handshake with the proxy.
+            ``proxy_server_hostname`` overrides the host name from ``proxy``.
         process_exception: When reconnecting automatically, tell whether an
             error is transient or fatal. The default behavior is defined by
             :func:`process_exception`. Refer to its documentation for details.
@@ -255,7 +259,7 @@ class connect:
       the TLS handshake.
 
     * You can set ``host`` and ``port`` to connect to a different host and port
-      from those found in ``uri``. This only changes the destination of the TCP
+      from those found in ``uri``. This only changes the ws_uri of the TCP
       connection. The host name from ``uri`` is still used in the TLS handshake
       for secure connections and in the ``Host`` header.
 
@@ -285,6 +289,8 @@ def __init__(
         additional_headers: HeadersLike | None = None,
         user_agent_header: str | None = USER_AGENT,
         proxy: str | Literal[True] | None = True,
+        proxy_ssl: ssl.SSLContext | None = None,
+        proxy_server_hostname: str | None = None,
         process_exception: Callable[[Exception], Exception | None] = process_exception,
         # Timeouts
         open_timeout: float | None = 10,
@@ -634,6 +640,17 @@ async def connect_socks_proxy(
         raise ImportError("python-socks is required to use a SOCKS proxy")
 
 
+async def connect_http_proxy(
+    proxy: Proxy,
+    ws_uri: WebSocketURI,
+    *,
+    proxy_ssl: ssl.SSLContext | None = None,
+    proxy_server_hostname: str | None = None,
+    **kwargs: Any,
+) -> socket.socket:
+    raise NotImplementedError("HTTP proxy support is not implemented")
+
+
 async def connect_proxy(
     proxy: Proxy,
     ws_uri: WebSocketURI,
@@ -643,5 +660,7 @@ async def connect_proxy(
     # parse_proxy() validates proxy.scheme.
     if proxy.scheme[:5] == "socks":
         return await connect_socks_proxy(proxy, ws_uri, **kwargs)
+    elif proxy.scheme[:4] == "http":
+        return await connect_http_proxy(proxy, ws_uri, **kwargs)
     else:
         raise AssertionError("unsupported proxy")

src/websockets/http11.py

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ def parse(
         read_line: Callable[[int], Generator[None, None, bytes]],
         read_exact: Callable[[int], Generator[None, None, bytes]],
         read_to_eof: Callable[[int], Generator[None, None, bytes]],
+        include_body: bool = True,
     ) -> Generator[None, None, Response]:
         """
         Parse a WebSocket handshake response.
@@ -265,9 +266,12 @@ def parse(
 
         headers = yield from parse_headers(read_line)
 
-        body = yield from read_body(
-            status_code, headers, read_line, read_exact, read_to_eof
-        )
+        if include_body:
+            body = yield from read_body(
+                status_code, headers, read_line, read_exact, read_to_eof
+            )
+        else:
+            body = b""
 
         return cls(status_code, reason, headers, body)
 

src/websockets/sync/client.py

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 from typing import Any, Literal
 
 from ..client import ClientProtocol
-from ..datastructures import HeadersLike
+from ..datastructures import Headers, HeadersLike
+from ..exceptions import InvalidProxyMessage, InvalidProxyStatus
 from ..extensions.base import ClientExtensionFactory
 from ..extensions.permessage_deflate import enable_client_permessage_deflate
-from ..headers import validate_subprotocols
+from ..headers import build_authorization_basic, build_host, validate_subprotocols
 from ..http11 import USER_AGENT, Response
 from ..protocol import CONNECTING, Event
+from ..streams import StreamReader
 from ..typing import LoggerLike, Origin, Subprotocol
 from ..uri import Proxy, WebSocketURI, get_proxy, parse_proxy, parse_uri
 from .connection import Connection
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ def connect(
     additional_headers: HeadersLike | None = None,
     user_agent_header: str | None = USER_AGENT,
     proxy: str | Literal[True] | None = True,
+    proxy_ssl: ssl_module.SSLContext | None = None,
+    proxy_server_hostname: str | None = None,
     # Timeouts
     open_timeout: float | None = 10,
     ping_interval: float | None = 20,
@@ -194,6 +198,9 @@ def connect(
             to :obj:`None` to disable the proxy or to the address of a proxy
             to override the system configuration. See the :doc:`proxy docs
             <../../topics/proxies>` for details.
+        proxy_ssl: Configuration for enabling TLS on the proxy connection.
+        proxy_server_hostname: Host name for the TLS handshake with the proxy.
+            ``proxy_server_hostname`` overrides the host name from ``proxy``.
         open_timeout: Timeout for opening the connection in seconds.
             :obj:`None` disables the timeout.
         ping_interval: Interval between keepalive pings in seconds.
@@ -287,6 +294,8 @@ def connect(
                     parse_proxy(proxy),
                     ws_uri,
                     deadline,
+                    proxy_ssl=proxy_ssl,
+                    proxy_server_hostname=proxy_server_hostname,
                     **kwargs,
                 )
             else:
@@ -431,6 +440,84 @@ def connect_socks_proxy(
         raise ImportError("python-socks is required to use a SOCKS proxy")
 
 
+def connect_http_proxy(
+    proxy: Proxy,
+    ws_uri: WebSocketURI,
+    deadline: Deadline,
+    *,
+    proxy_ssl: ssl_module.SSLContext | None = None,
+    proxy_server_hostname: str | None = None,
+    **kwargs: Any,
+) -> socket.socket:
+    if proxy.scheme[:5] != "https" and proxy_ssl is not None:
+        raise ValueError("proxy_ssl argument is incompatible with an http:// proxy")
+
+    # Connect socket
+
+    kwargs.setdefault("timeout", deadline.timeout())
+    sock = socket.create_connection((proxy.host, proxy.port), **kwargs)
+
+    # Initialize TLS wrapper and perform TLS handshake
+
+    if proxy.scheme[:5] == "https":
+        if proxy_ssl is None:
+            proxy_ssl = ssl_module.create_default_context()
+        if proxy_server_hostname is None:
+            proxy_server_hostname = proxy.host
+        sock.settimeout(deadline.timeout())
+        sock = proxy_ssl.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=proxy_server_hostname)
+        sock.settimeout(None)
+
+    # Send CONNECT request to the proxy.
+
+    proxy_headers = Headers()
+    proxy_headers["Host"] = build_host(ws_uri.host, ws_uri.port, ws_uri.secure)
+    if proxy.username is not None:
+        assert proxy.password is not None  # enforced by parse_proxy
+        proxy_headers["Proxy-Authorization"] = build_authorization_basic(
+            proxy.username,
+            proxy.password,
+        )
+
+    connect_host = build_host(
+        ws_uri.host,
+        ws_uri.port,
+        ws_uri.secure,
+        always_include_port=True,
+    )
+    # We cannot use the Request class because it supports only GET requests.
+    proxy_request = f"CONNECT {connect_host} HTTP/1.1\r\n".encode()
+    proxy_request += proxy_headers.serialize()
+    sock.sendall(proxy_request)
+
+    # Read response from the proxy.
+
+    reader = StreamReader()
+    parser = Response.parse(
+        reader.read_line,
+        reader.read_exact,
+        reader.read_to_eof,
+        include_body=False,
+    )
+    try:
+        while True:
+            sock.settimeout(deadline.timeout())
+            reader.feed_data(sock.recv(4096))
+            next(parser)
+    except StopIteration as exc:
+        response = exc.value
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise InvalidProxyMessage(
+            "did not receive a valid HTTP response from proxy"
+        ) from exc
+    finally:
+        sock.settimeout(None)
+    if not 200 <= response.status_code < 300:
+        raise InvalidProxyStatus(response)
+
+    return sock
+
+
 def connect_proxy(
     proxy: Proxy,
     ws_uri: WebSocketURI,
@@ -441,5 +528,7 @@ def connect_proxy(
     # parse_proxy() validates proxy.scheme.
     if proxy.scheme[:5] == "socks":
         return connect_socks_proxy(proxy, ws_uri, deadline, **kwargs)
+    elif proxy.scheme[:4] == "http":
+        return connect_http_proxy(proxy, ws_uri, deadline, **kwargs)
     else:
         raise AssertionError("unsupported proxy")

tests/asyncio/test_client.py

@@ -578,6 +578,18 @@ async def socks_proxy(self, auth=None):
             with patch_environ({"socks_proxy": proxy_uri}):
                 yield record_flows
 
+    @contextlib.asynccontextmanager
+    async def http_proxy(self, auth=None):
+        if auth:
+            proxyauth = "hello:iloveyou"
+            proxy_uri = "http://hello:iloveyou@localhost:8080"
+        else:
+            proxyauth = None
+            proxy_uri = "http://localhost:8080"
+        async with async_proxy(mode=["regular"], proxyauth=proxyauth) as record_flows:
+            with patch_environ({"https_proxy": proxy_uri}):
+                yield record_flows
+
     async def test_socks_proxy(self):
         """Client connects to server through a SOCKS5 proxy."""
         async with self.socks_proxy() as proxy:
@@ -602,6 +614,15 @@ async def test_authenticated_socks_proxy(self):
                     self.assertEqual(client.protocol.state.name, "OPEN")
         self.assertEqual(len(proxy.get_flows()), 1)
 
+    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    async def test_http_proxy(self):
+        """Client connects to server through a HTTP proxy."""
+        async with self.http_proxy() as proxy:
+            async with serve(*args) as server:
+                async with connect(get_uri(server)) as client:
+                    self.assertEqual(client.protocol.state.name, "OPEN")
+        self.assertEqual(len(proxy.get_flows()), 1)
+
     async def test_explicit_proxy(self):
         """Client connects to server through a proxy set explicitly."""
         async with async_proxy(mode=["socks5"]) as proxy:

tests/sync/test_client.py

@@ -320,6 +320,19 @@ def socks_proxy(self, auth=None):
             with patch_environ({"socks_proxy": proxy_uri}):
                 yield record_flows
 
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def http_proxy(self, auth=None):
+        if auth:
+            proxyauth = "hello:iloveyou"
+            proxy_uri = "http://hello:iloveyou@localhost:8080"
+        else:
+            proxyauth = None
+            proxy_uri = "http://localhost:8080"
+
+        with sync_proxy(mode=["regular"], proxyauth=proxyauth) as record_flows:
+            with patch_environ({"https_proxy": proxy_uri}):
+                yield record_flows
+
     def test_socks_proxy(self):
         """Client connects to server through a SOCKS5 proxy."""
         with self.socks_proxy() as proxy:
@@ -344,6 +357,14 @@ def test_authenticated_socks_proxy(self):
                     self.assertEqual(client.protocol.state.name, "OPEN")
         self.assertEqual(len(proxy.get_flows()), 1)
 
+    def test_http_proxy(self):
+        """Client connects to server through a HTTP proxy."""
+        with self.http_proxy() as proxy:
+            with run_server() as server:
+                with connect(get_uri(server)) as client:
+                    self.assertEqual(client.protocol.state.name, "OPEN")
+        self.assertEqual(len(proxy.get_flows()), 1)
+
     def test_explicit_proxy(self):
         """Client connects to server through a proxy set explicitly."""
         with sync_proxy(mode=["socks5"]) as proxy: