Pluggable Client Transports / HTTP(S) proxy Support
The client side infrastructure has support to plug different transport mechanisms underneath (the API may still change in the future). A client side transport is represented by an instance of akka.http.scaladsl.ClientTransport
akka.http.javadsl.ClientTransport
:
- Scala
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@ApiMayChange trait ClientTransport { def connectTo(host: String, port: Int, settings: ClientConnectionSettings)(implicit system: ActorSystem): Flow[ByteString, ByteString, Future[OutgoingConnection]] }
- Java
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@ApiMayChange abstract class ClientTransport { def connectTo(host: String, port: Int, settings: ClientConnectionSettings, system: ActorSystem): Flow[ByteString, ByteString, CompletionStage[OutgoingConnection]] }
A transport implementation defines how the client infrastructure should communicate with a given host.
In our model, SSL/TLS runs on top of the client transport, even if you could theoretically see it as part of the transport layer itself.
Configuring Client Transports
A ClientTransport
ClientTransport
can be configured in the ClientConnectionSettings
ClientConnectionSettings
. Right now, this is not possible through config files but only by code. First, use ClientConnectionSettings.withTransport
to configure a transport, then use ConnectionPoolSettings.withConnectionSettings
. ClientConnectionSettings
ClientConnectionSettings
can be passed to all client-side entry points in Http
Http
.
Predefined Transports
TCP
The default transport is ClientTransport.TCP
which simply opens a TCP connection to the target host.
HTTP(S) Proxy
A transport that connects to target servers via an HTTP(S) proxy. An HTTP(S) proxy uses the HTTP CONNECT
method (as specified in RFC 7231 Section 4.3.6) to create tunnels to target servers. The proxy itself should transparently forward data to the target servers so that end-to-end encryption should still work (if TLS breaks, then the proxy might be fussing with your data).
This approach is commonly used to securely proxy requests to HTTPS endpoints. In theory it could also be used to proxy requests targeting HTTP endpoints, but we have not yet found a proxy that in fact allows this.
Instantiate the HTTP(S) proxy transport using ClientTransport.httpsProxy(proxyAddress)
.
The proxy transport can also be setup using ClientTransport.httpsProxy()
or ClientTransport.httpsProxy(basicHttpCredentials)
In order to define the transport as such, you will need to set the proxy host / port in your conf
file like the following.
akka.http.client.proxy {
https {
host = ""
port = 443
}
}
If host is left as ""
and you attempt to setup an httpsProxy transport, an exception will be thrown.
Use HTTP(S) proxy with Http().singleRequest
Http.get(...).singleRequest
To make use of an HTTP proxy when using the singleRequest
API you simply need to configure the proxy and pass the appropriate settings object when calling the single request method.
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import java.net.InetSocketAddress import akka.actor.ActorSystem import akka.http.scaladsl.{ ClientTransport, Http } implicit val system = ActorSystem() val proxyHost = "localhost" val proxyPort = 8888 val httpsProxyTransport = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(proxyHost, proxyPort)) val settings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system) .withConnectionSettings(ClientConnectionSettings(system) .withTransport(httpsProxyTransport)) Http().singleRequest(HttpRequest(uri = "https://google.com"), settings = settings)
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final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create(); ClientTransport proxy = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved("192.168.2.5", 8080)); ConnectionPoolSettings poolSettingsWithHttpsProxy = ConnectionPoolSettings.create(system) .withConnectionSettings(ClientConnectionSettings.create(system).withTransport(proxy)); final CompletionStage<HttpResponse> responseFuture = Http.get(system) .singleRequest( HttpRequest.create("https://github.com"), Http.get(system).defaultClientHttpsContext(), poolSettingsWithHttpsProxy, // <- pass in the custom settings here system.log());
Use HTTP(S) proxy that requires authentication
In order to use an HTTP(S) proxy that requires authentication, you need to provide HttpCredentials
HttpCredentials
that will be used when making the CONNECT request to the proxy:
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import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers val proxyAddress = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(proxyHost, proxyPort) val auth = headers.BasicHttpCredentials("proxy-user", "secret-proxy-pass-dont-tell-anyone") val httpsProxyTransport = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(proxyAddress, auth) val settings = ConnectionPoolSettings(system) .withConnectionSettings(ClientConnectionSettings(system) .withTransport(httpsProxyTransport)) Http().singleRequest(HttpRequest(uri = "http://akka.io"), settings = settings)
- Java
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InetSocketAddress proxyAddress = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved("192.168.2.5", 8080); HttpCredentials credentials = HttpCredentials.createBasicHttpCredentials("proxy-user", "secret-proxy-pass-dont-tell-anyone"); ClientTransport proxy = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(proxyAddress, credentials); // include credentials ConnectionPoolSettings poolSettingsWithHttpsProxy = ConnectionPoolSettings.create(system) .withConnectionSettings(ClientConnectionSettings.create(system).withTransport(proxy)); final CompletionStage<HttpResponse> responseFuture = Http.get(system) .singleRequest( HttpRequest.create("https://github.com"), Http.get(system).defaultClientHttpsContext(), poolSettingsWithHttpsProxy, // <- pass in the custom settings here system.log());
Use HTTP(S) proxy with Http().singleWebSocketRequestHttp.get(…).singleWebSocketRequest
Making use of an HTTP proxy when using the singleWebSocketRequest
is done like using singleRequest
, except you set ClientConnectionSettings
instead of ConnectionPoolSettings
:
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import java.net.InetSocketAddress import akka.actor.ActorSystem import akka.NotUsed import akka.http.scaladsl.{ ClientTransport, Http } import akka.http.scaladsl.settings.ClientConnectionSettings import akka.http.scaladsl.model.ws._ import akka.stream.scaladsl._ implicit val system = ActorSystem() val flow: Flow[Message, Message, NotUsed] = Flow.fromSinkAndSource( Sink.foreach(println), Source.single(TextMessage("hello world!"))) val proxyHost = "localhost" val proxyPort = 8888 val httpsProxyTransport = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(proxyHost, proxyPort)) val settings = ClientConnectionSettings(system).withTransport(httpsProxyTransport) Http().singleWebSocketRequest(WebSocketRequest(uri = "wss://example.com:8080/some/path"), clientFlow = flow, settings = settings)
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final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create(); final Materializer materializer = SystemMaterializer.get(system).materializer(); final Flow<Message, Message, NotUsed> flow = Flow.fromSinkAndSource( Sink.foreach(System.out::println), Source.single(TextMessage.create("hello world"))); ClientTransport proxy = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved("192.168.2.5", 8080)); ClientConnectionSettings clientSettingsWithHttpsProxy = ClientConnectionSettings.create(system) .withTransport(proxy); Http.get(system) .singleWebSocketRequest( WebSocketRequest.create("wss://example.com:8080/some/path"), flow, Http.get(system).defaultClientHttpsContext(), null, clientSettingsWithHttpsProxy, // <- pass in the custom settings here system.log(), materializer);
Use HTTP(S) proxy that requires authentication for Web Sockets
Here is an example for Web Socket:
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import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers val proxyAddress = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(proxyHost, proxyPort) val auth = headers.BasicHttpCredentials("proxy-user", "secret-proxy-pass-dont-tell-anyone") val httpsProxyTransport = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(proxyAddress, auth) val settings = ClientConnectionSettings(system).withTransport(httpsProxyTransport) Http().singleWebSocketRequest(WebSocketRequest(uri = "wss://example.com:8080/some/path"), clientFlow = flow, settings = settings)
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InetSocketAddress proxyAddress = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved("192.168.2.5", 8080); HttpCredentials credentials = HttpCredentials.createBasicHttpCredentials("proxy-user", "secret-proxy-pass-dont-tell-anyone"); ClientTransport proxy = ClientTransport.httpsProxy(proxyAddress, credentials); // include credentials ClientConnectionSettings clientSettingsWithHttpsProxy = ClientConnectionSettings.create(system) .withTransport(proxy); Http.get(system) .singleWebSocketRequest( WebSocketRequest.create("wss://example.com:8080/some/path"), flow, Http.get(system).defaultClientHttpsContext(), null, clientSettingsWithHttpsProxy, // <- pass in the custom settings here system.log(), materializer);
Custom Host Name Resolution Transport
You can use ClientTransport.withCustomResolver
ClientTransport.withCustomResolver
to customize host name resolution. The given resolution function will be called for every connection attempt to resolve a hostname / port combination (potentially asynchronously) to an InetSocketAddress
.
As a backend to implement the resolution function you can use Akka’s Async DNS Resolution.
Potential use cases:
- in a managed setting this can be used to query for
SRV
DNS records that contain both address and port for a service. - if the DNS server returns multiple addresses, you can implement a load balancing algorithm to select a different target address for each connection
Implementing Custom Transports
Implement ClientTransport.connectTo
to implement a custom client transport.
Here are some ideas for custom (or future predefined) transports:
- SSH tunnel transport: connects to the target host through an SSH tunnel
- Per-host configurable transport: allows choosing transports per target host