gophernotes/messages.go

package main

import (
	"crypto/hmac"
	"crypto/sha256"
	"encoding/hex"
	"encoding/json"
	zmq "github.com/alecthomas/gozmq"
	uuid "github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid"
)

type MsgHeader struct {
	Msg_id   string `json:"msg_id"`
	Username string `json:"username"`
	Session  string `json:"session"`
	Msg_type string `json:"msg_type"`
}

// ComposedMsg represents an entire message in a high-level structure.
type ComposedMsg struct {
	Header        MsgHeader
	Parent_header MsgHeader
	Metadata      map[string]interface{}
	Content       interface{}
}

// InvalidSignatureError is returned when the signature on a received message does not
// validate.
type InvalidSignatureError struct{}

func (e *InvalidSignatureError) Error() string {
	return "A message had an invalid signature"
}

// WireMsgToComposedMsg translates a multipart ZMQ messages received from a socket into
// a ComposedMsg struct and a slice of return identities. This includes verifying the
// message signature.
func WireMsgToComposedMsg(msgparts [][]byte, signkey []byte) (msg ComposedMsg,
	identities [][]byte, err error) {
	i := 0
	for string(msgparts[i]) != "<IDS|MSG>" {
		i++
	}
	identities = msgparts[:i]
	// msgparts[i] is the delimiter

	// Validate signature
	if len(signkey) != 0 {
		mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, signkey)
		for _, msgpart := range msgparts[i+2 : i+6] {
			mac.Write(msgpart)
		}
		signature := make([]byte, hex.DecodedLen(len(msgparts[i+1])))
		hex.Decode(signature, msgparts[i+1])
		if !hmac.Equal(mac.Sum(nil), signature) {
			return msg, nil, &InvalidSignatureError{}
		}
	}
	json.Unmarshal(msgparts[i+2], &msg.Header)
	json.Unmarshal(msgparts[i+3], &msg.Parent_header)
	json.Unmarshal(msgparts[i+4], &msg.Metadata)
	json.Unmarshal(msgparts[i+5], &msg.Content)
	return
}

// ToWireMsg translates a ComposedMsg into a multipart ZMQ message ready to send, and
// signs it. This does not add the return identities or the delimiter.
func (msg ComposedMsg) ToWireMsg(signkey []byte) (msgparts [][]byte) {
	msgparts = make([][]byte, 5)
	header, _ := json.Marshal(msg.Header)
	msgparts[1] = header
	parent_header, _ := json.Marshal(msg.Parent_header)
	msgparts[2] = parent_header
	if msg.Metadata == nil {
		msg.Metadata = make(map[string]interface{})
	}
	metadata, _ := json.Marshal(msg.Metadata)
	msgparts[3] = metadata
	content, _ := json.Marshal(msg.Content)
	msgparts[4] = content

	// Sign the message
	if len(signkey) != 0 {
		mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, signkey)
		for _, msgpart := range msgparts[1:] {
			mac.Write(msgpart)
		}
		msgparts[0] = make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(mac.Size()))
		hex.Encode(msgparts[0], mac.Sum(nil))
	}
	return
}

// MsgReceipt represents a received message, its return identities, and the sockets for
// communication.
type MsgReceipt struct {
	Msg        ComposedMsg
	Identities [][]byte
	Sockets    SocketGroup
}

// SendResponse sends a message back to return identites of the received message.
func (receipt *MsgReceipt) SendResponse(socket *zmq.Socket, msg ComposedMsg) {
	socket.SendMultipart(receipt.Identities, zmq.SNDMORE)
	socket.Send([]byte("<IDS|MSG>"), zmq.SNDMORE)
	socket.SendMultipart(msg.ToWireMsg(receipt.Sockets.Key), 0)
	logger.Println("<--", msg.Header.Msg_type)
	logger.Printf("%+v\n", msg.Content)
}

// NewMsg creates a new ComposedMsg to respond to a parent message. This includes setting
// up its headers.
func NewMsg(msg_type string, parent ComposedMsg) (msg ComposedMsg) {
	msg.Parent_header = parent.Header
	msg.Header.Session = parent.Header.Session
	msg.Header.Username = parent.Header.Username
	msg.Header.Msg_type = msg_type
	u, _ := uuid.NewV4()
	msg.Header.Msg_id = u.String()
	return
}