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// Copyright 2015 Canonical Ltd.
// Licensed under the LGPLv3, see LICENCE file for details.

package httprequest

import (
	"bytes"
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"reflect"
	"strings"

	"gopkg.in/errgo.v1"
)

// Doer is implemented by HTTP client packages
// to make an HTTP request. It is notably implemented
// by http.Client and httpbakery.Client.
type Doer interface {
	Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
}

// DoerWithContext is implemented by HTTP clients that can use a context
// with the HTTP request.
type DoerWithContext interface {
	DoWithContext(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
}

// Client represents a client that can invoke httprequest endpoints.
type Client struct {
	// BaseURL holds the base URL to use when making
	// HTTP requests.
	BaseURL string

	// Doer holds a value that will be used to actually
	// make the HTTP request. If it is nil, http.DefaultClient
	// will be used instead. If Doer implements DoerWithContext,
	// DoWithContext will be used instead.
	Doer Doer

	// If a request returns an HTTP response that signifies an
	// error, UnmarshalError is used to unmarshal the response into
	// an appropriate error. See ErrorUnmarshaler for a convenient
	// way to create an UnmarshalError function for a given type. If
	// this is nil, DefaultErrorUnmarshaler will be used.
	UnmarshalError func(resp *http.Response) error
}

// Call invokes the endpoint implied by the given params,
// which should be of the form accepted by the ArgT
// argument to a function passed to Handle, and
// unmarshals the response into the given response parameter,
// which should be a pointer to the response value.
//
// If params implements the HeaderSetter interface, its SetHeader method
// will be called to add additional headers to the HTTP request.
//
// If resp is nil, the response will be ignored if the
// request was successful.
//
// If resp is of type **http.Response, instead of unmarshaling
// into it, its element will be set to the returned HTTP
// response directly and the caller is responsible for
// closing its Body field.
//
// Any error that c.UnmarshalError or c.Doer returns will not
// have its cause masked.
//
// If the request returns a response with a status code signifying
// success, but the response could not be unmarshaled, a
// *DecodeResponseError will be returned holding the response. Note that if
// the request returns an error status code, the Client.UnmarshalError
// function is responsible for doing this if desired (the default error
// unmarshal functions do).
func (c *Client) Call(ctx context.Context, params, resp interface{}) error {
	return c.CallURL(ctx, c.BaseURL, params, resp)
}

// CallURL is like Call except that the given URL is used instead of
// c.BaseURL.
func (c *Client) CallURL(ctx context.Context, url string, params, resp interface{}) error {
	rt, err := getRequestType(reflect.TypeOf(params))
	if err != nil {
		return errgo.Mask(err)
	}
	if rt.method == "" {
		return errgo.Newf("type %T has no httprequest.Route field", params)
	}
	reqURL, err := appendURL(url, rt.path)
	if err != nil {
		return errgo.Mask(err)
	}
	req, err := Marshal(reqURL.String(), rt.method, params)
	if err != nil {
		return errgo.Mask(err)
	}
	return c.Do(ctx, req, resp)
}

// Do sends the given request and unmarshals its JSON
// result into resp, which should be a pointer to the response value.
// If an error status is returned, the error will be unmarshaled
// as in Client.Call.
//
// If resp is nil, the response will be ignored if the response was
// successful.
//
// If resp is of type **http.Response, instead of unmarshaling
// into it, its element will be set to the returned HTTP
// response directly and the caller is responsible for
// closing its Body field.
//
// Any error that c.UnmarshalError or c.Doer returns will not
// have its cause masked.
//
// If req.URL does not have a host part it will be treated as relative to
// c.BaseURL. req.URL will be updated to the actual URL used.
//
// If the response cannot by unmarshaled, a *DecodeResponseError
// will be returned holding the response from the request.
// the entire response body.
func (c *Client) Do(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, resp interface{}) error {
	if req.URL.Host == "" {
		var err error
		req.URL, err = appendURL(c.BaseURL, req.URL.String())
		if err != nil {
			return errgo.Mask(err)
		}
	}
	doer := c.Doer
	if doer == nil {
		doer = http.DefaultClient
	}
	var httpResp *http.Response
	var err error
	if ctxDoer, ok := doer.(DoerWithContext); ok {
		httpResp, err = ctxDoer.DoWithContext(ctx, req)
	} else {
		httpResp, err = doer.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
	}
	if err != nil {
		return errgo.Mask(urlError(err, req), errgo.Any)
	}
	return c.unmarshalResponse(httpResp, resp)
}

// Get is a convenience method that uses c.Do to issue a GET request to
// the given URL. If the given URL does not have a host part then it will
// be treated as relative to c.BaseURL.
func (c *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, url string, resp interface{}) error {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return errgo.Notef(err, "cannot make request")
	}
	return c.Do(ctx, req, resp)
}

// unmarshalResponse unmarshals an HTTP response into the given value.
func (c *Client) unmarshalResponse(httpResp *http.Response, resp interface{}) error {
	if 200 <= httpResp.StatusCode && httpResp.StatusCode < 300 {
		if respPt, ok := resp.(**http.Response); ok {
			*respPt = httpResp
			return nil
		}
		defer httpResp.Body.Close()
		if err := UnmarshalJSONResponse(httpResp, resp); err != nil {
			return errgo.Mask(urlError(err, httpResp.Request), isDecodeResponseError)
		}
		return nil
	}
	defer httpResp.Body.Close()
	errUnmarshaler := c.UnmarshalError
	if errUnmarshaler == nil {
		errUnmarshaler = DefaultErrorUnmarshaler
	}
	err := errUnmarshaler(httpResp)
	if err == nil {
		err = errgo.Newf("unexpected HTTP response status: %s", httpResp.Status)
	}
	return errgo.Mask(urlError(err, httpResp.Request), errgo.Any)
}

// ErrorUnmarshaler returns a function which will unmarshal error
// responses into new values of the same type as template. The argument
// must be a pointer. A new instance of it is created every time the
// returned function is called.
//
// If the error cannot by unmarshaled, the function will return an
// *HTTPResponseError holding the response from the request.
func ErrorUnmarshaler(template error) func(*http.Response) error {
	t := reflect.TypeOf(template)
	if t.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
		panic(errgo.Newf("cannot unmarshal errors into value of type %T", template))
	}
	t = t.Elem()
	return func(resp *http.Response) error {
		if 300 <= resp.StatusCode && resp.StatusCode < 400 {
			// It's a redirection error.
			loc, _ := resp.Location()
			return newDecodeResponseError(resp, nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected redirect (status %s) from %q to %q", resp.Status, resp.Request.URL, loc))
		}
		errv := reflect.New(t)
		if err := UnmarshalJSONResponse(resp, errv.Interface()); err != nil {
			return errgo.NoteMask(err, fmt.Sprintf("cannot unmarshal error response (status %s)", resp.Status), isDecodeResponseError)
		}
		return errv.Interface().(error)
	}
}

// UnmarshalJSONResponse unmarshals the given HTTP response
// into x, which should be a pointer to the result to be
// unmarshaled into.
//
// If the response cannot be unmarshaled, an error of type
// *DecodeResponseError will be returned.
func UnmarshalJSONResponse(resp *http.Response, x interface{}) error {
	if x == nil {
		return nil
	}
	if !isJSONMediaType(resp.Header) {
		fancyErr := newFancyDecodeError(resp.Header, resp.Body)
		return newDecodeResponseError(resp, fancyErr.body, fancyErr)
	}
	// Read enough data that we can produce a plausible-looking
	// possibly-truncated response body in the error.
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	n, err := io.Copy(&buf, io.LimitReader(resp.Body, int64(maxErrorBodySize)))

	bodyData := buf.Bytes()
	if err != nil {
		return newDecodeResponseError(resp, bodyData, errgo.Notef(err, "error reading response body"))
	}
	if n < int64(maxErrorBodySize) {
		// We've read all the data; unmarshal it.
		if err := json.Unmarshal(bodyData, x); err != nil {
			return newDecodeResponseError(resp, bodyData, err)
		}
		return nil
	}
	// The response is longer than maxErrorBodySize; stitch the read
	// bytes together with the body so that we can still read
	// bodies larger than maxErrorBodySize.
	dec := json.NewDecoder(io.MultiReader(&buf, resp.Body))

	// Try to read all the body so that we can reuse the
	// connection, but don't try *too* hard. Note that the
	// usual number of additional bytes is 1 (a single newline
	// after the JSON).
	defer io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 8*1024))

	if err := dec.Decode(x); err != nil {
		return newDecodeResponseError(resp, bodyData, err)
	}
	return nil
}

// appendURL returns the result of combining the
// given base URL and relative URL.
//
// The path of the relative URL will be appended
// to the base URL, separated by a slash (/) if
// needed.
//
// Any query parameters will be concatenated together.
//
// appendURL will return an error if relURLStr contains
// a host name.
func appendURL(baseURLStr, relURLStr string) (*url.URL, error) {
	b, err := url.Parse(baseURLStr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errgo.Notef(err, "cannot parse %q", baseURLStr)
	}
	r, err := url.Parse(relURLStr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errgo.Notef(err, "cannot parse %q", relURLStr)
	}
	if r.Host != "" {
		return nil, errgo.Newf("relative URL specifies a host")
	}
	if r.Path != "" {
		b.Path = strings.TrimSuffix(b.Path, "/") + "/" + strings.TrimPrefix(r.Path, "/")
	}
	if r.RawQuery != "" {
		if b.RawQuery != "" {
			b.RawQuery += "&" + r.RawQuery
		} else {
			b.RawQuery = r.RawQuery
		}
	}
	return b, nil
}

func urlError(err error, req *http.Request) error {
	_, ok := errgo.Cause(err).(*url.Error)
	if ok {
		// The error is already sufficiently annotated.
		return err
	}
	// Convert the method to mostly lower case to match net/http's behaviour
	// so we don't get silly divergence of messages.
	method := req.Method[:1] + strings.ToLower(req.Method[1:])
	return errgo.NoteMask(err, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", method, req.URL), errgo.Any)
}