HTTPClient.shared a globally shared singleton & .browserLike configuration

Author: Johannes Weiss

README.md

@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ The code snippet below illustrates how to make a simple GET request to a remote
 ```swift
 import AsyncHTTPClient
 
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-
 /// MARK: - Using Swift Concurrency
 let request = HTTPClientRequest(url: "https://apple.com/")
-let response = try await httpClient.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
+let response = try await HTTPClient.shared.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
 print("HTTP head", response)
 if response.status == .ok {
     let body = try await response.body.collect(upTo: 1024 * 1024) // 1 MB
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ if response.status == .ok {
 
 
 /// MARK: - Using SwiftNIO EventLoopFuture
-httpClient.get(url: "https://apple.com/").whenComplete { result in
+HTTPClient.shared.get(url: "https://apple.com/").whenComplete { result in
     switch result {
     case .failure(let error):
         // process error
@@ -59,7 +57,8 @@ httpClient.get(url: "https://apple.com/").whenComplete { result in
 }
 ```
 
-You should always shut down `HTTPClient` instances you created using `try httpClient.shutdown()`. Please note that you must not call `httpClient.shutdown` before all requests of the HTTP client have finished, or else the in-flight requests will likely fail because their network connections are interrupted.
+If you create your own `HTTPClient` instances, you should shut down using `httpClient.shutdown()` when you're done with them. Failing to do so will leak resources.
+ Please note that you must not call `httpClient.shutdown` before all requests of the HTTP client have finished, or else the in-flight requests will likely fail because their network connections are interrupted.
 
 ### async/await examples
 
@@ -74,14 +73,13 @@ The default HTTP Method is `GET`. In case you need to have more control over the
 ```swift
 import AsyncHTTPClient
 
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
 do {
     var request = HTTPClientRequest(url: "https://apple.com/")
     request.method = .POST
     request.headers.add(name: "User-Agent", value: "Swift HTTPClient")
     request.body = .bytes(ByteBuffer(string: "some data"))
 
-    let response = try await httpClient.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
+    let response = try await HTTPClient.shared.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
     if response.status == .ok {
         // handle response
     } else {
@@ -90,25 +88,18 @@ do {
 } catch {
     // handle error
 }
-// it's important to shutdown the httpClient after all requests are done, even if one failed
-try await httpClient.shutdown()
 ```
 
 #### Using SwiftNIO EventLoopFuture
 
 ```swift
 import AsyncHTTPClient
 
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try? httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
 var request = try HTTPClient.Request(url: "https://apple.com/", method: .POST)
 request.headers.add(name: "User-Agent", value: "Swift HTTPClient")
 request.body = .string("some-body")
 
-httpClient.execute(request: request).whenComplete { result in
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(request: request).whenComplete { result in
     switch result {
     case .failure(let error):
         // process error
@@ -123,7 +114,9 @@ httpClient.execute(request: request).whenComplete { result in
 ```
 
 ### Redirects following
-Enable follow-redirects behavior using the client configuration:
+
+The globally shared instance `HTTPClient.shared` follows redirects by default. If you create your own `HTTPClient`, you can enable the follow-redirects behavior using the client configuration:
+
 ```swift
 let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton,
                             configuration: HTTPClient.Configuration(followRedirects: true))
@@ -147,10 +140,9 @@ The following example demonstrates how to count the number of bytes in a streami
 
 #### Using Swift Concurrency
 ```swift
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
 do {
     let request = HTTPClientRequest(url: "https://apple.com/")
-    let response = try await httpClient.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
+    let response = try await HTTPClient.shared.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
     print("HTTP head", response)
 
     // if defined, the content-length headers announces the size of the body
@@ -173,8 +165,6 @@ do {
 } catch {
     print("request failed:", error)
 }
-// it is important to shutdown the httpClient after all requests are done, even if one failed
-try await httpClient.shutdown()
 ```
 
 #### Using HTTPClientResponseDelegate and SwiftNIO EventLoopFuture
@@ -234,7 +224,7 @@ class CountingDelegate: HTTPClientResponseDelegate {
 let request = try HTTPClient.Request(url: "https://apple.com/")
 let delegate = CountingDelegate()
 
-httpClient.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult.whenSuccess { count in
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult.whenSuccess { count in
     print(count)
 }
 ```
@@ -247,7 +237,6 @@ asynchronously, while reporting the download progress at the same time, like in
 example:
 
 ```swift
-let client = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
 let request = try HTTPClient.Request(
     url: "https://swift.org/builds/development/ubuntu1804/latest-build.yml"
 )
@@ -259,7 +248,7 @@ let delegate = try FileDownloadDelegate(path: "/tmp/latest-build.yml", reportPro
     print("Downloaded \($0.receivedBytes) bytes so far")
 })
 
-client.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult
     .whenSuccess { progress in
         if let totalBytes = progress.totalBytes {
             print("Final total bytes count: \(totalBytes)")
@@ -271,8 +260,7 @@ client.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult
 ### Unix Domain Socket Paths
 Connecting to servers bound to socket paths is easy:
 ```swift
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-httpClient.execute(
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(
     .GET,
     socketPath: "/tmp/myServer.socket",
     urlPath: "/path/to/resource"
@@ -281,8 +269,7 @@ httpClient.execute(
 
 Connecting over TLS to a unix domain socket path is possible as well:
 ```swift
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-httpClient.execute(
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(
     .POST,
     secureSocketPath: "/tmp/myServer.socket",
     urlPath: "/path/to/resource",

Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/Configuration+BrowserLike.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the AsyncHTTPClient open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2023 Apple Inc. and the AsyncHTTPClient project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+//
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information
+// See CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of AsyncHTTPClient project authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+extension HTTPClient.Configuration {
+    /// A ``HTTPClient/Configuration`` that tries to mimick the platform's default or prevalent browser as closely as possible.
+    ///
+    /// Platform's default/prevalent browsers that we're trying to match (these might change over time):
+    ///  - macOS: Safari
+    ///  - iOS: Safari
+    ///  - Android: Google Chrome
+    ///  - Linux (non-Android): Google Chrome
+    ///
+    /// - note: Don't rely on the values in here never changing, they will be adapted to better match the platform's default/prevalent browser.
+    public static var browserLike: HTTPClient.Configuration {
+        // To start with, let's go with these values. Obtained from Firefox's config.
+        return HTTPClient.Configuration(
+            certificateVerification: .fullVerification,
+            redirectConfiguration: .follow(max: 20, allowCycles: false),
+            timeout: Timeout(connect: .seconds(90), read: .seconds(90)),
+            connectionPool: .seconds(600),
+            proxy: nil,
+            ignoreUncleanSSLShutdown: false,
+            decompression: .enabled(limit: .ratio(10)),
+            backgroundActivityLogger: nil
+        )
+    }
+}

Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/Docs.docc/index.md

@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ The code snippet below illustrates how to make a simple GET request to a remote
 ```swift
 import AsyncHTTPClient
 
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.shutdown().wait()
-}
-
 /// MARK: - Using Swift Concurrency
 let request = HTTPClientRequest(url: "https://apple.com/")
 let response = try await httpClient.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@ if response.status == .ok {
 
 
 /// MARK: - Using SwiftNIO EventLoopFuture
-httpClient.get(url: "https://apple.com/").whenComplete { result in
+HTTPClient.shared.get(url: "https://apple.com/").whenComplete { result in
     switch result {
     case .failure(let error):
         // process error
@@ -81,18 +76,13 @@ The default HTTP Method is `GET`. In case you need to have more control over the
 ```swift
 import AsyncHTTPClient
 
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
 do {
     var request = HTTPClientRequest(url: "https://apple.com/")
     request.method = .POST
     request.headers.add(name: "User-Agent", value: "Swift HTTPClient")
     request.body = .bytes(ByteBuffer(string: "some data"))
 
-    let response = try await httpClient.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
+    let response = try await HTTPClient.shared.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
     if response.status == .ok {
         // handle response
     } else {
@@ -101,25 +91,18 @@ do {
 } catch {
     // handle error
 }
-// it's important to shutdown the httpClient after all requests are done, even if one failed
-try await httpClient.shutdown()
 ```
 
 #### Using SwiftNIO EventLoopFuture
 
 ```swift
 import AsyncHTTPClient
 
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
 var request = try HTTPClient.Request(url: "https://apple.com/", method: .POST)
 request.headers.add(name: "User-Agent", value: "Swift HTTPClient")
 request.body = .string("some-body")
 
-httpClient.execute(request: request).whenComplete { result in
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(request: request).whenComplete { result in
     switch result {
     case .failure(let error):
         // process error
@@ -158,14 +141,9 @@ The following example demonstrates how to count the number of bytes in a streami
 
 ##### Using Swift Concurrency
 ```swift
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
 do {
     let request = HTTPClientRequest(url: "https://apple.com/")
-    let response = try await httpClient.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
+    let response = try await HTTPClient.shared.execute(request, timeout: .seconds(30))
     print("HTTP head", response)
 
     // if defined, the content-length headers announces the size of the body
@@ -188,8 +166,6 @@ do {
 } catch {
     print("request failed:", error) 
 }
-// it is important to shutdown the httpClient after all requests are done, even if one failed 
-try await httpClient.shutdown()
 ```
 
 ##### Using HTTPClientResponseDelegate and SwiftNIO EventLoopFuture
@@ -262,11 +238,6 @@ asynchronously, while reporting the download progress at the same time, like in
 example:
 
 ```swift
-let client = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
 let request = try HTTPClient.Request(
     url: "https://swift.org/builds/development/ubuntu1804/latest-build.yml"
 )
@@ -278,7 +249,7 @@ let delegate = try FileDownloadDelegate(path: "/tmp/latest-build.yml", reportPro
     print("Downloaded \($0.receivedBytes) bytes so far")
 })
 
-client.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult
     .whenSuccess { progress in
         if let totalBytes = progress.totalBytes {
             print("Final total bytes count: \(totalBytes)")
@@ -290,12 +261,7 @@ client.execute(request: request, delegate: delegate).futureResult
 #### Unix Domain Socket Paths
 Connecting to servers bound to socket paths is easy:
 ```swift
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
-httpClient.execute(
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(
     .GET, 
     socketPath: "/tmp/myServer.socket", 
     urlPath: "/path/to/resource"
@@ -304,12 +270,7 @@ httpClient.execute(
 
 Connecting over TLS to a unix domain socket path is possible as well:
 ```swift
-let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton)
-defer {
-    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
-}
-
-httpClient.execute(
+HTTPClient.shared.execute(
     .POST, 
     secureSocketPath: "/tmp/myServer.socket", 
     urlPath: "/path/to/resource",