// -=-=- StartHere -=-=- // // # Chapter I: establishing TCP connections // // In this chapter we will write together a `main.go` file that // uses netxlite to establish a new TCP connection. // // (This file is auto-generated from the corresponding source file, // so make sure you don't edit it manually.) // // ## The main.go file // // We define `main.go` file using `package main`. // // ```Go package main import ( "context" "errors" "flag" "net" "os" "time" "github.com/apex/log" "github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/netxlite" ) // ``` // // ### Main function // // ```Go func main() { // ``` // // We use apex/log and configure it to emit debug messages. This // setting will allow us to see netxlite emitted logs. // // ```Go log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel) // ``` // // We use the flags package to define command line options and we // parse the command line options with `flag.Parse`. // // ```Go address := flag.String("address", "8.8.4.4:443", "Remote endpoint address") timeout := flag.Duration("timeout", 60*time.Second, "Timeout") flag.Parse() // ``` // // We use the standard Go idiom to set a timeout using a context. // // ```Go ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), *timeout) defer cancel() // ``` // // The bulk of the logic has been factored into a `dialTCP` function. // // ```Go conn, err := dialTCP(ctx, *address) // ``` // // If there is a failure we invoke a function that prints the // error that occurred and then calls `os.Exit(1)` // // ```Go if err != nil { fatal(err) } // ``` // // Otherwise, we're tidy and close the opened connection. // // ```Go conn.Close() } // ``` // // ### Dialing for TCP // // We construct a netxlite.Dialer (i.e., a type similar to net.Dialer) // and we use it to dial the new connection. // // Note that the dialer we're constructing here is not attached to // a resolver. This means that, if `address` contains a domain name // rather than an IP address, the dial operation will fail. // // While it is possible in netxlite to construct a dialer using a // resolver, here we're focusing on the step-by-step measuring perspective // where we want to perform each operation independently. // // ```Go func dialTCP(ctx context.Context, address string) (net.Conn, error) { d := netxlite.NewDialerWithoutResolver(log.Log) return d.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", address) } // ``` // // ### Printing the error // // Fundamental netxlite types guarantee that they always return a // `*netxlite.ErrWrapper` type on error. This type is an `error` and // we can use `errors.As` to see its content: // // - the Failure field is the OONI error string as specified in // https://github.com/ooni/spec, and is also the string that // is emitted in case one calls `err.Error`; // // - Operation is the name of the operation that failed; // // - WrappedErr is the underlying error that occurred and has // been wrapped by netxlite. // // ```Go func fatal(err error) { var ew *netxlite.ErrWrapper if !errors.As(err, &ew) { log.Fatal("cannot get ErrWrapper") } log.Warnf("error string : %s", err.Error()) log.Warnf("OONI failure : %s", ew.Failure) log.Warnf("failed operation: %s", ew.Operation) log.Warnf("underlying error: %+v", ew.WrappedErr) os.Exit(1) } // ``` // // ## Running the code // // ### Vanilla run // // You can now run this code as follows: // // ```bash // go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter01 // ``` // // You will see debug logs describing what is happening along with timing info. // // ### Connection timeout // // ```bash // go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter01 -address 8.8.4.4:1 // ``` // // should cause a connect timeout error. Try lowering the timout adding, e.g., // the `-timeout 5s` flag to the command line. // // ### Connection refused // // ```bash // go run -race ./internal/tutorial/netxlite/chapter01 -address '[::1]:1' // ``` // // should give you a connection refused error in most cases. (We are quoting // the `::1` IPv6 address using `[` and `]` here.) // // ## Conclusions // // We have seen how to use netxlite to establish a TCP connection.