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---[[
-LuCI - Dispatcher
-
-Description:
-The request dispatcher and module dispatcher generators
-
-FileId:
-$Id$
-
-License:
-Copyright 2008 Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-
-]]--
-
---- LuCI web dispatcher.
-local fs = require "nixio.fs"
-local sys = require "luci.sys"
-local init = require "luci.init"
-local util = require "luci.util"
-local http = require "luci.http"
-local nixio = require "nixio", require "nixio.util"
-
-module("luci.dispatcher", package.seeall)
-context = util.threadlocal()
-uci = require "luci.model.uci"
-i18n = require "luci.i18n"
-_M.fs = fs
-
-authenticator = {}
-
--- Index table
-local index = nil
-
--- Fastindex
-local fi
-
-
---- Build the URL relative to the server webroot from given virtual path.
--- @param ... Virtual path
--- @return Relative URL
-function build_url(...)
- local path = {...}
- local url = { http.getenv("SCRIPT_NAME") or "" }
-
- local k, v
- for k, v in pairs(context.urltoken) do
- url[#url+1] = "/;"
- url[#url+1] = http.urlencode(k)
- url[#url+1] = "="
- url[#url+1] = http.urlencode(v)
- end
-
- local p
- for _, p in ipairs(path) do
- if p:match("^[a-zA-Z0-9_%-%.%%/,;]+$") then
- url[#url+1] = "/"
- url[#url+1] = p
- end
- end
-
- return table.concat(url, "")
-end
-
---- Check whether a dispatch node shall be visible
--- @param node Dispatch node
--- @return Boolean indicating whether the node should be visible
-function node_visible(node)
- if node then
- return not (
- (not node.title or #node.title == 0) or
- (not node.target or node.hidden == true) or
- (type(node.target) == "table" and node.target.type == "firstchild" and
- (type(node.nodes) ~= "table" or not next(node.nodes)))
- )
- end
- return false
-end
-
---- Return a sorted table of visible childs within a given node
--- @param node Dispatch node
--- @return Ordered table of child node names
-function node_childs(node)
- local rv = { }
- if node then
- local k, v
- for k, v in util.spairs(node.nodes,
- function(a, b)
- return (node.nodes[a].order or 100)
- < (node.nodes[b].order or 100)
- end)
- do
- if node_visible(v) then
- rv[#rv+1] = k
- end
- end
- end
- return rv
-end
-
-
---- Send a 404 error code and render the "error404" template if available.
--- @param message Custom error message (optional)
--- @return false
-function error404(message)
- luci.http.status(404, "Not Found")
- message = message or "Not Found"
-
- require("luci.template")
- if not luci.util.copcall(luci.template.render, "error404") then
- luci.http.prepare_content("text/plain")
- luci.http.write(message)
- end
- return false
-end
-
---- Send a 500 error code and render the "error500" template if available.
--- @param message Custom error message (optional)#
--- @return false
-function error500(message)
- luci.util.perror(message)
- if not context.template_header_sent then
- luci.http.status(500, "Internal Server Error")
- luci.http.prepare_content("text/plain")
- luci.http.write(message)
- else
- require("luci.template")
- if not luci.util.copcall(luci.template.render, "error500", {message=message}) then
- luci.http.prepare_content("text/plain")
- luci.http.write(message)
- end
- end
- return false
-end
-
-function authenticator.htmlauth(validator, accs, default)
- local user = luci.http.formvalue("luci_username")
- local pass = luci.http.formvalue("luci_password")
-
- if user and validator(user, pass) then
- return user
- end
-
- require("luci.i18n")
- require("luci.template")
- context.path = {}
- luci.template.render("sysauth", {duser=default, fuser=user})
- return false
-
-end
-
---- Dispatch an HTTP request.
--- @param request LuCI HTTP Request object
-function httpdispatch(request, prefix)
- luci.http.context.request = request
-
- local r = {}
- context.request = r
- context.urltoken = {}
-
- local pathinfo = http.urldecode(request:getenv("PATH_INFO") or "", true)
-
- if prefix then
- for _, node in ipairs(prefix) do
- r[#r+1] = node
- end
- end
-
- local tokensok = true
- for node in pathinfo:gmatch("[^/]+") do
- local tkey, tval
- if tokensok then
- tkey, tval = node:match(";(%w+)=([a-fA-F0-9]*)")
- end
- if tkey then
- context.urltoken[tkey] = tval
- else
- tokensok = false
- r[#r+1] = node
- end
- end
-
- local stat, err = util.coxpcall(function()
- dispatch(context.request)
- end, error500)
-
- luci.http.close()
-
- --context._disable_memtrace()
-end
-
---- Dispatches a LuCI virtual path.
--- @param request Virtual path
-function dispatch(request)
- --context._disable_memtrace = require "luci.debug".trap_memtrace("l")
- local ctx = context
- ctx.path = request
-
- local conf = require "luci.config"
- assert(conf.main,
- "/etc/config/luci seems to be corrupt, unable to find section 'main'")
-
- local lang = conf.main.lang or "auto"
- if lang == "auto" then
- local aclang = http.getenv("HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE") or ""
- for lpat in aclang:gmatch("[%w-]+") do
- lpat = lpat and lpat:gsub("-", "_")
- if conf.languages[lpat] then
- lang = lpat
- break
- end
- end
- end
- require "luci.i18n".setlanguage(lang)
-
- local c = ctx.tree
- local stat
- if not c then
- c = createtree()
- end
-
- local track = {}
- local args = {}
- ctx.args = args
- ctx.requestargs = ctx.requestargs or args
- local n
- local token = ctx.urltoken
- local preq = {}
- local freq = {}
-
- for i, s in ipairs(request) do
- preq[#preq+1] = s
- freq[#freq+1] = s
- c = c.nodes[s]
- n = i
- if not c then
- break
- end
-
- util.update(track, c)
-
- if c.leaf then
- break
- end
- end
-
- if c and c.leaf then
- for j=n+1, #request do
- args[#args+1] = request[j]
- freq[#freq+1] = request[j]
- end
- end
-
- ctx.requestpath = ctx.requestpath or freq
- ctx.path = preq
-
- if track.i18n then
- i18n.loadc(track.i18n)
- end
-
- -- Init template engine
- if (c and c.index) or not track.notemplate then
- local tpl = require("luci.template")
- local media = track.mediaurlbase or luci.config.main.mediaurlbase
- if not pcall(tpl.Template, "themes/%s/header" % fs.basename(media)) then
- media = nil
- for name, theme in pairs(luci.config.themes) do
- if name:sub(1,1) ~= "." and pcall(tpl.Template,
- "themes/%s/header" % fs.basename(theme)) then
- media = theme
- end
- end
- assert(media, "No valid theme found")
- end
-
- local function _ifattr(cond, key, val)
- if cond then
- local env = getfenv(3)
- local scope = (type(env.self) == "table") and env.self
- return string.format(
- ' %s="%s"', tostring(key),
- luci.util.pcdata(tostring( val
- or (type(env[key]) ~= "function" and env[key])
- or (scope and type(scope[key]) ~= "function" and scope[key])
- or "" ))
- )
- else
- return ''
- end
- end
-
- tpl.context.viewns = setmetatable({
- write = luci.http.write;
- include = function(name) tpl.Template(name):render(getfenv(2)) end;
- translate = i18n.translate;
- translatef = i18n.translatef;
- export = function(k, v) if tpl.context.viewns[k] == nil then tpl.context.viewns[k] = v end end;
- striptags = util.striptags;
- pcdata = util.pcdata;
- media = media;
- theme = fs.basename(media);
- resource = luci.config.main.resourcebase;
- ifattr = function(...) return _ifattr(...) end;
- attr = function(...) return _ifattr(true, ...) end;
- }, {__index=function(table, key)
- if key == "controller" then
- return build_url()
- elseif key == "REQUEST_URI" then
- return build_url(unpack(ctx.requestpath))
- else
- return rawget(table, key) or _G[key]
- end
- end})
- end
-
- track.dependent = (track.dependent ~= false)
- assert(not track.dependent or not track.auto,
- "Access Violation\nThe page at '" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "/' " ..
- "has no parent node so the access to this location has been denied.\n" ..
- "This is a software bug, please report this message at " ..
- "http://luci.subsignal.org/trac/newticket"
- )
-
- if track.sysauth then
- local sauth = require "luci.sauth"
-
- local authen = type(track.sysauth_authenticator) == "function"
- and track.sysauth_authenticator
- or authenticator[track.sysauth_authenticator]
-
- local def = (type(track.sysauth) == "string") and track.sysauth
- local accs = def and {track.sysauth} or track.sysauth
- local sess = ctx.authsession
- local verifytoken = false
- if not sess then
- sess = luci.http.getcookie("sysauth")
- sess = sess and sess:match("^[a-f0-9]*$")
- verifytoken = true
- end
-
- local sdat = sauth.read(sess)
- local user
-
- if sdat then
- if not verifytoken or ctx.urltoken.stok == sdat.token then
- user = sdat.user
- end
- else
- local eu = http.getenv("HTTP_AUTH_USER")
- local ep = http.getenv("HTTP_AUTH_PASS")
- if eu and ep and luci.sys.user.checkpasswd(eu, ep) then
- authen = function() return eu end
- end
- end
-
- if not util.contains(accs, user) then
- if authen then
- ctx.urltoken.stok = nil
- local user, sess = authen(luci.sys.user.checkpasswd, accs, def)
- if not user or not util.contains(accs, user) then
- return
- else
- local sid = sess or luci.sys.uniqueid(16)
- if not sess then
- local token = luci.sys.uniqueid(16)
- sauth.reap()
- sauth.write(sid, {
- user=user,
- token=token,
- secret=luci.sys.uniqueid(16)
- })
- ctx.urltoken.stok = token
- end
- luci.http.header("Set-Cookie", "sysauth=" .. sid.."; path="..build_url())
- ctx.authsession = sid
- ctx.authuser = user
- end
- else
- luci.http.status(403, "Forbidden")
- return
- end
- else
- ctx.authsession = sess
- ctx.authuser = user
- end
- end
-
- if track.setgroup then
- luci.sys.process.setgroup(track.setgroup)
- end
-
- if track.setuser then
- luci.sys.process.setuser(track.setuser)
- end
-
- local target = nil
- if c then
- if type(c.target) == "function" then
- target = c.target
- elseif type(c.target) == "table" then
- target = c.target.target
- end
- end
-
- if c and (c.index or type(target) == "function") then
- ctx.dispatched = c
- ctx.requested = ctx.requested or ctx.dispatched
- end
-
- if c and c.index then
- local tpl = require "luci.template"
-
- if util.copcall(tpl.render, "indexer", {}) then
- return true
- end
- end
-
- if type(target) == "function" then
- util.copcall(function()
- local oldenv = getfenv(target)
- local module = require(c.module)
- local env = setmetatable({}, {__index=
-
- function(tbl, key)
- return rawget(tbl, key) or module[key] or oldenv[key]
- end})
-
- setfenv(target, env)
- end)
-
- local ok, err
- if type(c.target) == "table" then
- ok, err = util.copcall(target, c.target, unpack(args))
- else
- ok, err = util.copcall(target, unpack(args))
- end
- assert(ok,
- "Failed to execute " .. (type(c.target) == "function" and "function" or c.target.type or "unknown") ..
- " dispatcher target for entry '/" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "'.\n" ..
- "The called action terminated with an exception:\n" .. tostring(err or "(unknown)"))
- else
- local root = node()
- if not root or not root.target then
- error404("No root node was registered, this usually happens if no module was installed.\n" ..
- "Install luci-mod-admin-full and retry. " ..
- "If the module is already installed, try removing the /tmp/luci-indexcache file.")
- else
- error404("No page is registered at '/" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "'.\n" ..
- "If this url belongs to an extension, make sure it is properly installed.\n" ..
- "If the extension was recently installed, try removing the /tmp/luci-indexcache file.")
- end
- end
-end
-
---- Generate the dispatching index using the best possible strategy.
-function createindex()
- local path = luci.util.libpath() .. "/controller/"
- local suff = { ".lua", ".lua.gz" }
-
- if luci.util.copcall(require, "luci.fastindex") then
- createindex_fastindex(path, suff)
- else
- createindex_plain(path, suff)
- end
-end
-
---- Generate the dispatching index using the fastindex C-indexer.
--- @param path Controller base directory
--- @param suffixes Controller file suffixes
-function createindex_fastindex(path, suffixes)
- index = {}
-
- if not fi then
- fi = luci.fastindex.new("index")
- for _, suffix in ipairs(suffixes) do
- fi.add(path .. "*" .. suffix)
- fi.add(path .. "*/*" .. suffix)
- end
- end
- fi.scan()
-
- for k, v in pairs(fi.indexes) do
- index[v[2]] = v[1]
- end
-end
-
---- Generate the dispatching index using the native file-cache based strategy.
--- @param path Controller base directory
--- @param suffixes Controller file suffixes
-function createindex_plain(path, suffixes)
- local controllers = { }
- for _, suffix in ipairs(suffixes) do
- nixio.util.consume((fs.glob(path .. "*" .. suffix)), controllers)
- nixio.util.consume((fs.glob(path .. "*/*" .. suffix)), controllers)
- end
-
- if indexcache then
- local cachedate = fs.stat(indexcache, "mtime")
- if cachedate then
- local realdate = 0
- for _, obj in ipairs(controllers) do
- local omtime = fs.stat(obj, "mtime")
- realdate = (omtime and omtime > realdate) and omtime or realdate
- end
-
- if cachedate > realdate then
- assert(
- sys.process.info("uid") == fs.stat(indexcache, "uid")
- and fs.stat(indexcache, "modestr") == "rw-------",
- "Fatal: Indexcache is not sane!"
- )
-
- index = loadfile(indexcache)()
- return index
- end
- end
- end
-
- index = {}
-
- for i,c in ipairs(controllers) do
- local modname = "luci.controller." .. c:sub(#path+1, #c):gsub("/", ".")
- for _, suffix in ipairs(suffixes) do
- modname = modname:gsub(suffix.."$", "")
- end
-
- local mod = require(modname)
- assert(mod ~= true,
- "Invalid controller file found\n" ..
- "The file '" .. c .. "' contains an invalid module line.\n" ..
- "Please verify whether the module name is set to '" .. modname ..
- "' - It must correspond to the file path!")
-
- local idx = mod.index
- assert(type(idx) == "function",
- "Invalid controller file found\n" ..
- "The file '" .. c .. "' contains no index() function.\n" ..
- "Please make sure that the controller contains a valid " ..
- "index function and verify the spelling!")
-
- index[modname] = idx
- end
-
- if indexcache then
- local f = nixio.open(indexcache, "w", 600)
- f:writeall(util.get_bytecode(index))
- f:close()
- end
-end
-
---- Create the dispatching tree from the index.
--- Build the index before if it does not exist yet.
-function createtree()
- if not index then
- createindex()
- end
-
- local ctx = context
- local tree = {nodes={}, inreq=true}
- local modi = {}
-
- ctx.treecache = setmetatable({}, {__mode="v"})
- ctx.tree = tree
- ctx.modifiers = modi
-
- -- Load default translation
- require "luci.i18n".loadc("base")
-
- local scope = setmetatable({}, {__index = luci.dispatcher})
-
- for k, v in pairs(index) do
- scope._NAME = k
- setfenv(v, scope)
- v()
- end
-
- local function modisort(a,b)
- return modi[a].order < modi[b].order
- end
-
- for _, v in util.spairs(modi, modisort) do
- scope._NAME = v.module
- setfenv(v.func, scope)
- v.func()
- end
-
- return tree
-end
-
---- Register a tree modifier.
--- @param func Modifier function
--- @param order Modifier order value (optional)
-function modifier(func, order)
- context.modifiers[#context.modifiers+1] = {
- func = func,
- order = order or 0,
- module
- = getfenv(2)._NAME
- }
-end
-
---- Clone a node of the dispatching tree to another position.
--- @param path Virtual path destination
--- @param clone Virtual path source
--- @param title Destination node title (optional)
--- @param order Destination node order value (optional)
--- @return Dispatching tree node
-function assign(path, clone, title, order)
- local obj = node(unpack(path))
- obj.nodes = nil
- obj.module = nil
-
- obj.title = title
- obj.order = order
-
- setmetatable(obj, {__index = _create_node(clone)})
-
- return obj
-end
-
---- Create a new dispatching node and define common parameters.
--- @param path Virtual path
--- @param target Target function to call when dispatched.
--- @param title Destination node title
--- @param order Destination node order value (optional)
--- @return Dispatching tree node
-function entry(path, target, title, order)
- local c = node(unpack(path))
-
- c.target = target
- c.title = title
- c.order = order
- c.module = getfenv(2)._NAME
-
- return c
-end
-
---- Fetch or create a dispatching node without setting the target module or
--- enabling the node.
--- @param ... Virtual path
--- @return Dispatching tree node
-function get(...)
- return _create_node({...})
-end
-
---- Fetch or create a new dispatching node.
--- @param ... Virtual path
--- @return Dispatching tree node
-function node(...)
- local c = _create_node({...})
-
- c.module = getfenv(2)._NAME
- c.auto = nil
-
- return c
-end
-
-function _create_node(path)
- if #path == 0 then
- return context.tree
- end
-
- local name = table.concat(path, ".")
- local c = context.treecache[name]
-
- if not c then
- local last = table.remove(path)
- local parent = _create_node(path)
-
- c = {nodes={}, auto=true}
- -- the node is "in request" if the request path matches
- -- at least up to the length of the node path
- if parent.inreq and context.path[#path+1] == last then
- c.inreq = true
- end
- parent.nodes[last] = c
- context.treecache[name] = c
- end
- return c
-end
-
--- Subdispatchers --
-
-function _firstchild()
- local path = { unpack(context.path) }
- local name = table.concat(path, ".")
- local node = context.treecache[name]
-
- local lowest
- if node and node.nodes and next(node.nodes) then
- local k, v
- for k, v in pairs(node.nodes) do
- if not lowest or
- (v.order or 100) < (node.nodes[lowest].order or 100)
- then
- lowest = k
- end
- end
- end
-
- assert(lowest ~= nil,
- "The requested node contains no childs, unable to redispatch")
-
- path[#path+1] = lowest
- dispatch(path)
-end
-
---- Alias the first (lowest order) page automatically
-function firstchild()
- return { type = "firstchild", target = _firstchild }
-end
-
---- Create a redirect to another dispatching node.
--- @param ... Virtual path destination
-function alias(...)
- local req = {...}
- return function(...)
- for _, r in ipairs({...}) do
- req[#req+1] = r
- end
-
- dispatch(req)
- end
-end
-
---- Rewrite the first x path values of the request.
--- @param n Number of path values to replace
--- @param ... Virtual path to replace removed path values with
-function rewrite(n, ...)
- local req = {...}
- return function(...)
- local dispatched = util.clone(context.dispatched)
-
- for i=1,n do
- table.remove(dispatched, 1)
- end
-
- for i, r in ipairs(req) do
- table.insert(dispatched, i, r)
- end
-
- for _, r in ipairs({...}) do
- dispatched[#dispatched+1] = r
- end
-
- dispatch(dispatched)
- end
-end
-
-
-local function _call(self, ...)
- local func = getfenv()[self.name]
- assert(func ~= nil,
- 'Cannot resolve function "' .. self.name .. '". Is it misspelled or local?')
-
- assert(type(func) == "function",
- 'The symbol "' .. self.name .. '" does not refer to a function but data ' ..
- 'of type "' .. type(func) .. '".')
-
- if #self.argv > 0 then
- return func(unpack(self.argv), ...)
- else
- return func(...)
- end
-end
-
---- Create a function-call dispatching target.
--- @param name Target function of local controller
--- @param ... Additional parameters passed to the function
-function call(name, ...)
- return {type = "call", argv = {...}, name = name, target = _call}
-end
-
-
-local _template = function(self, ...)
- require "luci.template".render(self.view)
-end
-
---- Create a template render dispatching target.
--- @param name Template to be rendered
-function template(name)
- return {type = "template", view = name, target = _template}
-end
-
-
-local function _cbi(self, ...)
- local cbi = require "luci.cbi"
- local tpl = require "luci.template"
- local http = require "luci.http"
-
- local config = self.config or {}
- local maps = cbi.load(self.model, ...)
-
- local state = nil
-
- for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
- res.flow = config
- local cstate = res:parse()
- if cstate and (not state or cstate < state) then
- state = cstate
- end
- end
-
- local function _resolve_path(path)
- return type(path) == "table" and build_url(unpack(path)) or path
- end
-
- if config.on_valid_to and state and state > 0 and state < 2 then
- http.redirect(_resolve_path(config.on_valid_to))
- return
- end
-
- if config.on_changed_to and state and state > 1 then
- http.redirect(_resolve_path(config.on_changed_to))
- return
- end
-
- if config.on_success_to and state and state > 0 then
- http.redirect(_resolve_path(config.on_success_to))
- return
- end
-
- if config.state_handler then
- if not config.state_handler(state, maps) then
- return
- end
- end
-
- http.header("X-CBI-State", state or 0)
-
- if not config.noheader then
- tpl.render("cbi/header", {state = state})
- end
-
- local redirect
- local messages
- local applymap = false
- local pageaction = true
- local parsechain = { }
-
- for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
- if res.apply_needed and res.parsechain then
- local c
- for _, c in ipairs(res.parsechain) do
- parsechain[#parsechain+1] = c
- end
- applymap = true
- end
-
- if res.redirect then
- redirect = redirect or res.redirect
- end
-
- if res.pageaction == false then
- pageaction = false
- end
-
- if res.message then
- messages = messages or { }
- messages[#messages+1] = res.message
- end
- end
-
- for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
- res:render({
- firstmap = (i == 1),
- applymap = applymap,
- redirect = redirect,
- messages = messages,
- pageaction = pageaction,
- parsechain = parsechain
- })
- end
-
- if not config.nofooter then
- tpl.render("cbi/footer", {
- flow = config,
- pageaction = pageaction,
- redirect = redirect,
- state = state,
- autoapply = config.autoapply
- })
- end
-end
-
---- Create a CBI model dispatching target.
--- @param model CBI model to be rendered
-function cbi(model, config)
- return {type = "cbi", config = config, model = model, target = _cbi}
-end
-
-
-local function _arcombine(self, ...)
- local argv = {...}
- local target = #argv > 0 and self.targets[2] or self.targets[1]
- setfenv(target.target, self.env)
- target:target(unpack(argv))
-end
-
---- Create a combined dispatching target for non argv and argv requests.
--- @param trg1 Overview Target
--- @param trg2 Detail Target
-function arcombine(trg1, trg2)
- return {type = "arcombine", env = getfenv(), target = _arcombine, targets = {trg1, trg2}}
-end
-
-
-local function _form(self, ...)
- local cbi = require "luci.cbi"
- local tpl = require "luci.template"
- local http = require "luci.http"
-
- local maps = luci.cbi.load(self.model, ...)
- local state = nil
-
- for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
- local cstate = res:parse()
- if cstate and (not state or cstate < state) then
- state = cstate
- end
- end
-
- http.header("X-CBI-State", state or 0)
- tpl.render("header")
- for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
- res:render()
- end
- tpl.render("footer")
-end
-
---- Create a CBI form model dispatching target.
--- @param model CBI form model tpo be rendered
-function form(model)
- return {type = "cbi", model = model, target = _form}
-end
-
---- Access the luci.i18n translate() api.
--- @class function
--- @name translate
--- @param text Text to translate
-translate = i18n.translate
-
---- No-op function used to mark translation entries for menu labels.
--- This function does not actually translate the given argument but
--- is used by build/i18n-scan.pl to find translatable entries.
-function _(text)
- return text
-end