From: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
To: pdm-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH installer v4 26/40] common: http: allow passing custom headers to post()
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:46:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430124712.1614305-27-c.heiss@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260430124712.1614305-1-c.heiss@proxmox.com>
Add an additional parameter to allow passing in additional headers.
No functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
---
Changes v3 -> v4:
* replace http response tuple with struct
* move unrelated formatting changes to own patch
Changes v2 -> v3:
* new patch
.../src/fetch_plugins/http.rs | 12 ++-
proxmox-installer-common/src/http.rs | 77 +++++++++++++++++--
proxmox-post-hook/src/main.rs | 4 +-
3 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/proxmox-fetch-answer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs b/proxmox-fetch-answer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs
index e2fd633..163ebcd 100644
--- a/proxmox-fetch-answer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs
+++ b/proxmox-fetch-answer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::{
};
use proxmox_auto_installer::{sysinfo::SysInfo, utils::HttpOptions};
+use proxmox_installer_common::http::{self, header::HeaderMap};
static ANSWER_URL_SUBDOMAIN: &str = "proxmox-auto-installer";
static ANSWER_CERT_FP_SUBDOMAIN: &str = "proxmox-auto-installer-cert-fingerprint";
@@ -130,9 +131,14 @@ impl FetchFromHTTP {
let payload = HttpFetchPayload::as_json()?;
info!("Sending POST request to '{answer_url}'.");
- let answer =
- proxmox_installer_common::http::post(&answer_url, fingerprint.as_deref(), payload)?;
- Ok(answer)
+
+ Ok(http::post(
+ &answer_url,
+ fingerprint.as_deref(),
+ HeaderMap::new(),
+ payload,
+ )?
+ .body)
}
/// Fetches search domain from resolv.conf file
diff --git a/proxmox-installer-common/src/http.rs b/proxmox-installer-common/src/http.rs
index 7662673..445d6c4 100644
--- a/proxmox-installer-common/src/http.rs
+++ b/proxmox-installer-common/src/http.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use rustls::{ClientConfig, ClientConnection, StreamOwned};
use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
use std::fmt;
use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::str::FromStr;
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::time::Duration;
use ureq::Agent;
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ use ureq::unversioned::transport::{
Transport, TransportAdapter,
};
+// Re-export for conviencence when using post()
+pub use ureq::http::header;
+
/// Builds an [`Agent`] with TLS suitable set up, depending whether a custom fingerprint was
/// supplied or not. If a fingerprint was supplied, only matching certificates will be accepted.
/// Otherwise, the system certificate store is loaded.
@@ -88,6 +92,39 @@ pub fn get_as_bytes(url: &str, fingerprint: Option<&str>, max_size: usize) -> Re
Ok(result)
}
+/// Content type of the body as returned in the `Content-Type` in the HTTP response, if present.
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ContentType {
+ /// application/json
+ Json,
+ /// application/toml
+ Toml,
+ /// Any other content type, unparsed.
+ Other(String),
+}
+
+impl FromStr for ContentType {
+ type Err = anyhow::Error;
+
+ fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+ if s.starts_with("application/json") {
+ Ok(ContentType::Json)
+ } else if s.starts_with("application/toml") {
+ Ok(ContentType::Toml)
+ } else {
+ Ok(ContentType::Other(s.to_owned()))
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/// HTTP response of a successful HTTP POST request.
+pub struct Response {
+ /// Raw body content received.
+ pub body: String,
+ /// Content type, as given in the `Content-Type` response header, if present.
+ pub content_type: Option<ContentType>,
+}
+
/// Issues a POST request with the payload (JSON). Optionally a SHA256 fingerprint can be used to
/// check the cert against it, instead of the regular cert validation.
/// To gather the sha256 fingerprint you can use the following command:
@@ -95,18 +132,46 @@ pub fn get_as_bytes(url: &str, fingerprint: Option<&str>, max_size: usize) -> Re
/// openssl s_client -connect <host>:443 < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -fingerprint -sha256 -noout -in /dev/stdin
/// ```
///
+/// The `Content-Type` header is automatically set to `application/json` for the request.
+///
/// # Arguments
/// * `url` - URL to call
/// * `fingerprint` - SHA256 cert fingerprint if certificate pinning should be used. Optional.
+/// * `headers` - Additional headers to add to the request.
/// * `payload` - The payload to send to the server. Expected to be a JSON formatted string.
-pub fn post(url: &str, fingerprint: Option<&str>, payload: String) -> Result<String> {
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// A [`Response`] holding the body contents and the `Content-Type` header, if present.
+pub fn post(
+ url: &str,
+ fingerprint: Option<&str>,
+ headers: header::HeaderMap,
+ payload: String,
+) -> Result<Response> {
// TODO: read_to_string limits the size to 10 MB, should be increase that?
- Ok(build_agent(fingerprint)?
+
+ let mut request = build_agent(fingerprint)?
.post(url)
- .header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
- .send(&payload)?
- .body_mut()
- .read_to_string()?)
+ .header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
+
+ for (name, value) in headers.iter() {
+ request = request.header(name, value);
+ }
+
+ let mut response = request.send(&payload)?;
+
+ let content_type = response
+ .headers()
+ .get(header::CONTENT_TYPE)
+ .and_then(|h| h.to_str().ok())
+ .map(ContentType::from_str)
+ .transpose()?;
+
+ Ok(Response {
+ body: response.body_mut().read_to_string()?,
+ content_type,
+ })
}
#[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/proxmox-post-hook/src/main.rs b/proxmox-post-hook/src/main.rs
index a792b6d..b1aab45 100644
--- a/proxmox-post-hook/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-post-hook/src/main.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use proxmox_auto_installer::{
},
udevinfo::{UdevInfo, UdevProperties},
};
+use proxmox_installer_common::http::{self, header::HeaderMap};
use proxmox_installer_common::{
options::{Disk, FsType, NetworkOptions},
setup::{
@@ -727,9 +728,10 @@ fn do_main() -> Result<()> {
);
}
- proxmox_installer_common::http::post(
+ http::post(
url,
cert_fingerprint.as_deref(),
+ HeaderMap::new(),
serde_json::to_string(&info)?,
)?;
} else {
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-30 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-30 12:46 [PATCH datacenter-manager/installer/proxmox/yew-comp v4 00/40] add auto-installer integration Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 01/40] api-macro: allow $ in identifier name Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 02/40] schema: oneOf: allow single string variant Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 03/40] schema: implement UpdaterType for HashMap and BTreeMap Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 04/40] network-types: move `Fqdn` type from proxmox-installer-common Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 05/40] network-types: implement api type for Fqdn Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 06/40] network-types: add api wrapper type for std::net::IpAddr Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 07/40] network-types: cidr: implement generic `IpAddr::new` constructor Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 08/40] network-types: fqdn: implement standard library Error for Fqdn Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 09/40] node-status: make KernelVersionInformation Clone + PartialEq Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 10/40] installer-types: add common types used by the installer Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 11/40] installer-types: add types used by the auto-installer Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH proxmox v4 12/40] installer-types: implement api type for all externally-used types Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH yew-comp v4 13/40] widget: kvlist: add widget for user-modifiable data tables Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 14/40] api-types, cli: use ReturnType::new() instead of constructing it manually Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 15/40] api-types: add api types for auto-installer integration Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 16/40] config: add auto-installer configuration module Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 17/40] acl: wire up new /system/auto-installation acl path Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 18/40] server: api: add auto-installer integration module Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 19/40] server: api: auto-installer: add access token management endpoints Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 20/40] client: add bindings for auto-installer endpoints Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 21/40] ui: auto-installer: add installations overview panel Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 22/40] ui: auto-installer: add prepared answer configuration panel Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 23/40] ui: auto-installer: add access token " Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 24/40] docs: add documentation for auto-installer integration Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH installer v4 25/40] install: iso env: use JSON boolean literals for product config Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` Christoph Heiss [this message]
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH installer v4 27/40] common: http: retrieve error message from body on post() Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH installer v4 28/40] common: options: move regex construction out of loop Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH installer v4 29/40] assistant: support adding an authorization token for HTTP-based answers Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:46 ` [PATCH installer v4 30/40] post-hook: run cargo fmt Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 31/40] tree-wide: used moved `Fqdn` type to proxmox-network-types Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 32/40] tree-wide: use `Cidr` type from proxmox-network-types Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 33/40] tree-wide: switch to filesystem types from proxmox-installer-types Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 34/40] auto: sysinfo: switch to " Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 35/40] fetch-answer: " Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 36/40] fetch-answer: http: prefer json over toml for answer format Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 37/40] fetch-answer: send auto-installer HTTP authorization token if set Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 38/40] fetch-answer: print full error messages when fetching failed Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 39/40] tree-wide: switch out `Answer` -> `AutoInstallerConfig` types Christoph Heiss
2026-04-30 12:47 ` [PATCH installer v4 40/40] auto: drop now-dead answer file definitions Christoph Heiss
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