// ============================================================================= // Auth: Alex Celani // File: sentinel.go // Revn: 06-26-2022 1.2 // Func: Receive message, determine recipient, forward, get response, // forward back // // TODO: // ============================================================================= // CHANGE LOG // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // 05-04-2022: init // 05-05-2022: commented // 05-10-2022: added argument 'n' to alter() for halving purposes // changed passed value to alter()/forward() a slice // 06-20-2022: changed name to reflect first draft of sentinel.go //*06-22-2022: bug fixing and commenting // 06-23-2022: removed call to parse // 06-26-2022: refined a new route() function to check for destination // validity // // ============================================================================= package main import ( "net" // ResolveTCPAddr, DialTCP, conn.Write,Read,Close // ListenTCP, listener.Accept "os" // Exit, Stderr, Stdin, Args "fmt" // Println, Fprintf "strings" // ToLower, ToUpper ) // quick error checking func check( err error ){ // if user checks an error, it better be nil if err != nil { // put error in string, print to stderr fmt.Fprintf( os.Stderr, "Fatal error: %s", err.Error() ) os.Exit( 1 ) // quit } } // read the given message and route to the right endpoint func route( recv []string ) bool { return recv[1] == "led" // only option right now is led } // function to send message to third party and get response func send( toSend string ) string { // ip:port // ip doesn't exist, implies localhost service := ":1202" // capture ip address and host // "resolve" ip & host according to TCP rules tcpAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr( "tcp", service ) check( err ) // check error // "dial" ( establish connection ) to destination ip & port // according to TCP rules // laddr = nil -> local address is localhost conn, err := net.DialTCP( "tcp", nil, tcpAddr ) check( err ) // check error defer conn.Close() // barring any error, still close connection // convert user input to bytes and send over connection _, err = conn.Write( []byte( toSend ) ) check( err ) // check error var buf [512]byte // init byte array // read from connection into byte array // amount of bytes read stored in n //n, err := conn.Read( buf[0:] ) n, err := conn.Read( buf[0:] ) check( err ) // check error return string( buf[:n] ) // return only written bytes } // function to handle incoming connections func handleClient( conn net.Conn ) { defer conn.Close() // barring any error, still close connection var buf [512]byte // declare large byte array, store messages // iterate forever to always read over connection for { // read n bytes from connection into buffer n, err := conn.Read( buf[0:] ) if err != nil { // erroring on read will simply leave the return // function so it can start again later } // instantiate receipt variable var recv string = string( buf[:n] ) // print recv'd message // string() only works on byte SLICES so [:] is required fmt.Println( "recv: ", recv ) keywords := strings.Split( recv, " " ) // parse the input in some way var resp string // declare response variable if route( keywords ) { // is destination valid? resp = send( recv ) // send message and get response // if user wants a list of endpoints } else if keywords[1] == "list" { resp = "led" // return list of endpoints } fmt.Println( "node: ", resp ) // print response // write that response back to original client _, err = conn.Write( []byte( resp ) ) if err != nil { // erroring on write will simply leave the return // function so it can start again later } } } func main() { // ip:port // ip doesn't exist, implies localhost service := ":1201" // capture ip address and host // "resolve" ip & host according to TCP rules tcpAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr( "tcp", service ) check( err ) // check error // bind and "listen" to ip and port, according to tcp rules listener, err := net.ListenTCP( "tcp", tcpAddr ) check( err ) // check error // iterate forever // TODO i mean i can totally make this more user friendly for { // accept a connection that makes its way to bound port conn, err := listener.Accept() if err != nil { // if connection fails... continue // don't quit program, not fatal error } // asynchronous function to handle connection to client go handleClient( conn ) } }