[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox v2] proxmox-client: add query builder

Max Carrara m.carrara at proxmox.com
Wed Apr 16 15:18:42 CEST 2025


On Wed Apr 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM CEST, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
> A big proportion of the consumers of this API use the `format!` macro to
> define the base of the url, hence we use a `Cow<'_, str>` on the
> constructor to prevent unnecessary allocations.
>
> A `perl-api-path-builder` feature was added to satisfy the needs of
> pve-api-types.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval at proxmox.com>
> ---
>
> Differences from v1:
>  - Fix tests in docs
>  - Backtick function names in docstrings
>  - Use where clause in list_arg
>  - Make api_path_build mod private
>  - Add Clone and Debug

This time also ran the doc tests (I always forget those, *sigh*)---one
small comment inline.

Otherwise LGTM. I like the changes Wolfgang suggested a lot.

Consider:

Reviewed-by: Max Carrara <m.carrara at proxmox.com>

>
>  proxmox-client/Cargo.toml              |   5 +
>  proxmox-client/src/api_path_builder.rs | 242 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  proxmox-client/src/lib.rs              |   3 +
>  3 files changed, 250 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 proxmox-client/src/api_path_builder.rs
>
> diff --git a/proxmox-client/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-client/Cargo.toml
> index f890501e..027fbe3e 100644
> --- a/proxmox-client/Cargo.toml
> +++ b/proxmox-client/Cargo.toml
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
>  anyhow.workspace = true
>  hex.workspace = true
>  http.workspace = true
> +percent-encoding.workspace = true
>  serde.workspace = true
>  serde_json.workspace = true
>  
> @@ -26,7 +27,11 @@ proxmox-login = { workspace = true, features = [ "http" ] }
>  proxmox-http = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [ "client" ] }
>  hyper = { workspace = true, optional = true }
>  
> +[dev-dependencies]
> +serde_plain.workspace = true
> +
>  [features]
>  default = []
>  hyper-client = [ "dep:openssl", "dep:hyper", "dep:proxmox-http", "dep:log" ]
> +perl-api-path-builder = []
>  webauthn = [ "proxmox-login/webauthn" ]
> diff --git a/proxmox-client/src/api_path_builder.rs b/proxmox-client/src/api_path_builder.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..91a0a235
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/proxmox-client/src/api_path_builder.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
> +use std::borrow::Cow;
> +
> +/// Builder for API paths with a query.
> +///
> +/// The [`arg`](Self::arg) method can be used to add multiple arguments to the query.
> +///
> +/// ```rust
> +/// use proxmox_client::ApiPathBuilder;
> +///
> +/// let storage = "my-storage";
> +/// let target = "my-target";
> +/// let node = "pve01";
> +/// let query = ApiPathBuilder::new(format!("/api2/extjs/nodes/{node}/storage"))
> +///     .arg("storage", storage)
> +///     .arg("target", target)
> +///     .build();
> +///
> +/// assert_eq!(&query, "/api2/extjs/nodes/pve01/storage?storage=my%2Dstorage&target=my%2Dtarget");
> +/// ```
> +///
> +/// ## Compatibility with perl HTTP servers
> +///
> +/// The following methods are added for compatibility with perl HTTP servers.
> +///
> +/// - `bool_arg`: translates booleans to `"0"`/`"1"`
> +/// - `list_arg`: split lists so that they can be feed to perl's `split_list()`
> +///
> +/// These methods require the `perl-api-path-builder` feature.
> +#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
> +pub struct ApiPathBuilder {
> +    url: String,
> +    separator: char,
> +}
> +
> +impl ApiPathBuilder {
> +    /// Creates a new builder from a base path.
> +    pub fn new<'a>(base: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>>) -> Self {
> +        Self {
> +            url: base.into().into_owned(),
> +            separator: '?',
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Adds an argument to the query.
> +    ///
> +    /// The name and value will be percent-encoded.
> +    pub fn arg<T: std::fmt::Display>(mut self, name: &str, value: T) -> Self {
> +        self.push_separator_and_name(name);
> +        self.push_encoded(value.to_string().as_bytes());
> +        self
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Adds an optional argument to the query.
> +    ///
> +    /// Does nothing if the value is `None`. See [`arg`](Self::arg) for more details.
> +    pub fn maybe_arg<T: std::fmt::Display>(mut self, name: &str, value: &Option<T>) -> Self {
> +        if let Some(value) = value {
> +            self = self.arg(name, value);
> +        }
> +        self
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Builds the url.
> +    pub fn build(self) -> String {
> +        self.url
> +    }
> +
> +    fn push_separator_and_name(&mut self, name: &str) {
> +        self.url.push(self.separator);
> +        self.separator = '&';
> +        self.push_encoded(name.as_bytes());
> +        self.url.push('=');
> +    }
> +
> +    fn push_encoded(&mut self, value: &[u8]) {
> +        let enc_value = percent_encoding::percent_encode(value, percent_encoding::NON_ALPHANUMERIC);
> +        self.url.extend(enc_value);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +#[cfg(feature = "perl-api-path-builder")]
> +impl ApiPathBuilder {
> +    /// Adds a boolean arg in a perl-friendly fashion.
> +    ///
> +    /// ```rust
> +    /// use proxmox_client::ApiPathBuilder;
> +    ///
> +    /// let node = "pve01";
> +    /// let query = ApiPathBuilder::new(format!("/api2/extjs/nodes/{node}/storage"))
> +    ///     .bool_arg("enabled", true)
> +    ///     .build();
> +    ///
> +    /// assert_eq!(&query, "/api2/extjs/nodes/pve01/storage?enabled=1");
> +    /// ```
> +    ///
> +    /// `true` will be converted into `"1"` and `false` to `"0"`.
> +    pub fn bool_arg(mut self, name: &str, value: bool) -> Self {
> +        self.push_separator_and_name(name);
> +        if value {
> +            self.url.push('1');
> +        } else {
> +            self.url.push('0');
> +        };
> +        self
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Adds an optional boolean arg in a perl-friendly fashion.
> +    ///
> +    /// Does nothing if `value` is `None`. See [`bool_arg`](Self::bool_arg) for more
> +    /// details.
> +    pub fn maybe_bool_arg(mut self, name: &str, value: Option<bool>) -> Self {
> +        if let Some(value) = value {
> +            self = self.bool_arg(name, value);
> +        }
> +        self
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Helper for building perl-friendly queries.
> +    ///
> +    /// For `<type>-list` entries we turn an array into a string ready for
> +    /// perl's `split_list()` call.
> +    ///
> +    /// ```rust
> +    /// use proxmox_client::api_path_builder::ApiPathBuilder;

s/api_path_builder:://

Seems you missed that one, but that one can be fixed up when applying.

> +    ///
> +    /// let content = vec!["backup", "images"];
> +    /// let node = "my_node";
> +    /// let query = proxmox_client::ApiPathBuilder::new(format!("/api2/extjs/nodes/{node}/storage"))
> +    ///     .list_arg("content", &content)
> +    ///     .arg("type", "vm")
> +    ///     .build();
> +    ///
> +    /// assert_eq!(&query, "/api2/extjs/nodes/my_node/storage?content=backup%00images&type=vm");
> +    /// ```
> +    ///
> +    /// The name and values will be percent-encoded.
> +    pub fn list_arg<I>(mut self, name: &str, values: I) -> Self
> +    where
> +        I: IntoIterator<Item: std::fmt::Display>,
> +    {
> +        self.push_separator_and_name(name);
> +        let mut list_separator = "";
> +        for entry in values.into_iter() {
> +            self.url.push_str(list_separator);
> +            list_separator = "%00";
> +            self.push_encoded(entry.to_string().as_bytes());
> +        }
> +        self
> +    }
> +
> +    /// Helper for building perl-friendly queries.
> +    ///
> +    /// See [`list_arg`](Self::list_arg) for more details.
> +    pub fn maybe_list_arg<T: std::fmt::Display>(
> +        mut self,
> +        name: &str,
> +        values: &Option<Vec<T>>,
> +    ) -> Self {
> +        if let Some(values) = values {
> +            self = self.list_arg(name, values.iter());
> +        };
> +        self
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +#[cfg(test)]
> +mod tests {
> +    use super::*;
> +
> +    // See pdm_api_types::ConfigurationState.
> +    #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
> +    #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
> +    enum ConfigurationState {
> +        Active,
> +    }
> +    serde_plain::derive_display_from_serialize!(ConfigurationState);
> +
> +    // See pve_api_types::ClusterResourceKind.
> +    #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
> +    enum ClusterResourceKind {
> +        #[serde(rename = "vm")]
> +        Vm,
> +    }
> +    serde_plain::derive_display_from_serialize!(ClusterResourceKind);
> +
> +    #[test]
> +    fn test_builder() {
> +        let expected = "/api2/extjs/cluster/resources?type=vm";
> +        let ty = ClusterResourceKind::Vm;
> +
> +        let query = ApiPathBuilder::new("/api2/extjs/cluster/resources")
> +            .arg("type", ty)
> +            .build();
> +
> +        assert_eq!(&query, expected);
> +
> +        let second_expected =
> +            "/api2/extjs/pve/remotes/some-remote/qemu/100/config?state=active&node=myNode";
> +        let state = ConfigurationState::Active;
> +        let node = "myNode";
> +        let snapshot = None::<&str>;
> +
> +        let second_query =
> +            ApiPathBuilder::new("/api2/extjs/pve/remotes/some-remote/qemu/100/config")
> +                .arg("state", state)
> +                .arg("node", node)
> +                .maybe_arg("snapshot", &snapshot)
> +                .build();
> +
> +        assert_eq!(&second_query, &second_expected);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +#[cfg(all(test, feature = "perl-api-path-builder"))]
> +mod perl_tests {
> +    use super::*;
> +
> +    #[test]
> +    fn test_perl_builder() {
> +        let history = true;
> +        let local_only = false;
> +        let start_time = 1000;
> +
> +        let expected_url =
> +            "/api2/extjs/cluster/metrics/export?history=1&local%2Donly=0&start%2Dtime=1000";
> +
> +        let query = ApiPathBuilder::new("/api2/extjs/cluster/metrics/export")
> +            .bool_arg("history", history)
> +            .bool_arg("local-only", local_only)
> +            .arg("start-time", start_time)
> +            .build();
> +        assert_eq!(expected_url, query);
> +
> +        let query_with_maybe = ApiPathBuilder::new("/api2/extjs/cluster/metrics/export")
> +            .maybe_bool_arg("history", Some(history))
> +            .maybe_bool_arg("local-only", Some(local_only))
> +            .maybe_arg("start-time", &Some(start_time))
> +            .build();
> +
> +        assert_eq!(expected_url, query_with_maybe);
> +    }
> +}
> diff --git a/proxmox-client/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-client/src/lib.rs
> index 00c48665..e802f4ce 100644
> --- a/proxmox-client/src/lib.rs
> +++ b/proxmox-client/src/lib.rs
> @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ pub use error::Error;
>  pub use proxmox_login::tfa::TfaChallenge;
>  pub use proxmox_login::{Authentication, Ticket};
>  
> +mod api_path_builder;
> +pub use api_path_builder::ApiPathBuilder;
> +
>  pub(crate) mod auth;
>  pub use auth::{AuthenticationKind, Token};
>  





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