client: touch-up docs, and user doc-links

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
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Sebastiaan van Stijn 2023-07-15 17:22:06 +02:00
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2 changed files with 61 additions and 54 deletions

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@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ import (
// [Go stdlib]: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/6244b1946bc2101b01955468f1be502dbadd6807/src/net/http/transport.go#L558-L569
const DummyHost = "api.moby.localhost"
// ErrRedirect is the error returned by checkRedirect when the request is non-GET.
var ErrRedirect = errors.New("unexpected redirect in response")
// Client is the API client that performs all operations
// against a docker server.
type Client struct {
@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ type Client struct {
// header variables. When set to an empty string, the User-Agent header
// is removed, and no header is sent.
userAgent *string
// custom http headers configured by users.
// custom HTTP headers configured by users.
customHTTPHeaders map[string]string
// manualOverride is set to true when the version was set by users.
manualOverride bool
@ -126,20 +123,25 @@ type Client struct {
negotiated bool
}
// CheckRedirect specifies the policy for dealing with redirect responses:
// If the request is non-GET return ErrRedirect, otherwise use the last response.
// ErrRedirect is the error returned by checkRedirect when the request is non-GET.
var ErrRedirect = errors.New("unexpected redirect in response")
// CheckRedirect specifies the policy for dealing with redirect responses. It
// can be set on [http.Client.CheckRedirect] to prevent HTTP redirects for
// non-GET requests. It returns an [ErrRedirect] for non-GET request, otherwise
// returns a [http.ErrUseLastResponse], which is special-cased by http.Client
// to use the last response.
//
// Go 1.8 changes behavior for HTTP redirects (specifically 301, 307, and 308)
// in the client. The Docker client (and by extension docker API client) can be
// made to send a request like POST /containers//start where what would normally
// be in the name section of the URL is empty. This triggers an HTTP 301 from
// the daemon.
// Go 1.8 changed behavior for HTTP redirects (specifically 301, 307, and 308)
// in the client. The client (and by extension API client) can be made to send
// a request like "POST /containers//start" where what would normally be in the
// name section of the URL is empty. This triggers an HTTP 301 from the daemon.
//
// In go 1.8 this 301 will be converted to a GET request, and ends up getting
// In go 1.8 this 301 is converted to a GET request, and ends up getting
// a 404 from the daemon. This behavior change manifests in the client in that
// before, the 301 was not followed and the client did not generate an error,
// but now results in a message like Error response from daemon: page not found.
func CheckRedirect(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
// but now results in a message like "Error response from daemon: page not found".
func CheckRedirect(_ *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
if via[0].Method == http.MethodGet {
return http.ErrUseLastResponse
}
@ -150,11 +152,11 @@ func CheckRedirect(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
// default API host and version. It also initializes the custom HTTP headers to
// add to each request.
//
// It takes an optional list of Opt functional arguments, which are applied in
// It takes an optional list of [Opt] functional arguments, which are applied in
// the order they're provided, which allows modifying the defaults when creating
// the client. For example, the following initializes a client that configures
// itself with values from environment variables (client.FromEnv), and has
// automatic API version negotiation enabled (client.WithAPIVersionNegotiation()).
// itself with values from environment variables ([FromEnv]), and has automatic
// API version negotiation enabled ([WithAPIVersionNegotiation]).
//
// cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(
// client.FromEnv,
@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ func (cli *Client) Close() error {
return nil
}
// getAPIPath returns the versioned request path to call the api.
// getAPIPath returns the versioned request path to call the API.
// It appends the query parameters to the path if they are not empty.
func (cli *Client) getAPIPath(ctx context.Context, p string, query url.Values) string {
var apiPath string
@ -249,8 +251,8 @@ func (cli *Client) ClientVersion() string {
// by the client, it uses the client's maximum version.
//
// If a manual override is in place, either through the "DOCKER_API_VERSION"
// (EnvOverrideAPIVersion) environment variable, or if the client is initialized
// with a fixed version (WithVersion(xx)), no negotiation is performed.
// ([EnvOverrideAPIVersion]) environment variable, or if the client is initialized
// with a fixed version ([WithVersion]), no negotiation is performed.
//
// If the API server's ping response does not contain an API version, or if the
// client did not get a successful ping response, it assumes it is connected with
@ -270,8 +272,8 @@ func (cli *Client) NegotiateAPIVersion(ctx context.Context) {
// version.
//
// If a manual override is in place, either through the "DOCKER_API_VERSION"
// (EnvOverrideAPIVersion) environment variable, or if the client is initialized
// with a fixed version (WithVersion(xx)), no negotiation is performed.
// ([EnvOverrideAPIVersion]) environment variable, or if the client is initialized
// with a fixed version ([WithVersion]), no negotiation is performed.
//
// If the API server's ping response does not contain an API version, we assume
// we are connected with an old daemon without API version negotiation support,
@ -344,9 +346,10 @@ func ParseHostURL(host string) (*url.URL, error) {
}
// Dialer returns a dialer for a raw stream connection, with an HTTP/1.1 header,
// that can be used for proxying the daemon connection.
// that can be used for proxying the daemon connection. It is used by
// ["docker dial-stdio"].
//
// Used by `docker dial-stdio` (docker/cli#889).
// ["docker dial-stdio"]: https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/1014
func (cli *Client) Dialer() func(context.Context) (net.Conn, error) {
return func(ctx context.Context) (net.Conn, error) {
if transport, ok := cli.client.Transport.(*http.Transport); ok {

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@ -13,23 +13,22 @@ import (
"github.com/pkg/errors"
)
// Opt is a configuration option to initialize a client
// Opt is a configuration option to initialize a [Client].
type Opt func(*Client) error
// FromEnv configures the client with values from environment variables.
// FromEnv configures the client with values from environment variables. It
// is the equivalent of using the [WithTLSClientConfigFromEnv], [WithHostFromEnv],
// and [WithVersionFromEnv] options.
//
// FromEnv uses the following environment variables:
//
// DOCKER_HOST (EnvOverrideHost) to set the URL to the docker server.
//
// DOCKER_API_VERSION (EnvOverrideAPIVersion) to set the version of the API to
// use, leave empty for latest.
//
// DOCKER_CERT_PATH (EnvOverrideCertPath) to specify the directory from which to
// load the TLS certificates (ca.pem, cert.pem, key.pem).
//
// DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY (EnvTLSVerify) to enable or disable TLS verification (off by
// default).
// - DOCKER_HOST ([EnvOverrideHost]) to set the URL to the docker server.
// - DOCKER_API_VERSION ([EnvOverrideAPIVersion]) to set the version of the
// API to use, leave empty for latest.
// - DOCKER_CERT_PATH ([EnvOverrideCertPath]) to specify the directory from
// which to load the TLS certificates ("ca.pem", "cert.pem", "key.pem').
// - DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY ([EnvTLSVerify]) to enable or disable TLS verification
// (off by default).
func FromEnv(c *Client) error {
ops := []Opt{
WithTLSClientConfigFromEnv(),
@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ func FromEnv(c *Client) error {
}
// WithDialContext applies the dialer to the client transport. This can be
// used to set the Timeout and KeepAlive settings of the client.
// used to set the Timeout and KeepAlive settings of the client. It returns
// an error if the client does not have a [http.Transport] configured.
func WithDialContext(dialContext func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error)) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
if transport, ok := c.client.Transport.(*http.Transport); ok {
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func WithHost(host string) Opt {
}
// WithHostFromEnv overrides the client host with the host specified in the
// DOCKER_HOST (EnvOverrideHost) environment variable. If DOCKER_HOST is not set,
// DOCKER_HOST ([EnvOverrideHost]) environment variable. If DOCKER_HOST is not set,
// or set to an empty value, the host is not modified.
func WithHostFromEnv() Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func WithHostFromEnv() Opt {
}
}
// WithHTTPClient overrides the client http client with the specified one
// WithHTTPClient overrides the client's HTTP client with the specified one.
func WithHTTPClient(client *http.Client) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
if client != nil {
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func WithHTTPClient(client *http.Client) Opt {
}
}
// WithTimeout configures the time limit for requests made by the HTTP client
// WithTimeout configures the time limit for requests made by the HTTP client.
func WithTimeout(timeout time.Duration) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
c.client.Timeout = timeout
@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ func WithUserAgent(ua string) Opt {
}
}
// WithHTTPHeaders overrides the client default http headers
// WithHTTPHeaders appends custom HTTP headers to the client's default headers.
// It does not allow for built-in headers (such as "User-Agent", if set) to
// be overridden. Also see [WithUserAgent].
func WithHTTPHeaders(headers map[string]string) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
c.customHTTPHeaders = headers
@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ func WithHTTPHeaders(headers map[string]string) Opt {
}
}
// WithScheme overrides the client scheme with the specified one
// WithScheme overrides the client scheme with the specified one.
func WithScheme(scheme string) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
c.scheme = scheme
@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ func WithScheme(scheme string) Opt {
}
}
// WithTLSClientConfig applies a tls config to the client transport.
// WithTLSClientConfig applies a TLS config to the client transport.
func WithTLSClientConfig(cacertPath, certPath, keyPath string) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
opts := tlsconfig.Options{
@ -152,16 +154,16 @@ func WithTLSClientConfig(cacertPath, certPath, keyPath string) Opt {
}
// WithTLSClientConfigFromEnv configures the client's TLS settings with the
// settings in the DOCKER_CERT_PATH and DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY environment variables.
// If DOCKER_CERT_PATH is not set or empty, TLS configuration is not modified.
// settings in the DOCKER_CERT_PATH ([EnvOverrideCertPath]) and DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY
// ([EnvTLSVerify]) environment variables. If DOCKER_CERT_PATH is not set or empty,
// TLS configuration is not modified.
//
// WithTLSClientConfigFromEnv uses the following environment variables:
//
// DOCKER_CERT_PATH (EnvOverrideCertPath) to specify the directory from which to
// load the TLS certificates (ca.pem, cert.pem, key.pem).
//
// DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY (EnvTLSVerify) to enable or disable TLS verification (off by
// default).
// - DOCKER_CERT_PATH ([EnvOverrideCertPath]) to specify the directory from
// which to load the TLS certificates ("ca.pem", "cert.pem", "key.pem").
// - DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY ([EnvTLSVerify]) to enable or disable TLS verification
// (off by default).
func WithTLSClientConfigFromEnv() Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
dockerCertPath := os.Getenv(EnvOverrideCertPath)
@ -188,7 +190,8 @@ func WithTLSClientConfigFromEnv() Opt {
}
// WithVersion overrides the client version with the specified one. If an empty
// version is specified, the value will be ignored to allow version negotiation.
// version is provided, the value is ignored to allow version negotiation
// (see [WithAPIVersionNegotiation]).
func WithVersion(version string) Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
if version != "" {
@ -200,8 +203,9 @@ func WithVersion(version string) Opt {
}
// WithVersionFromEnv overrides the client version with the version specified in
// the DOCKER_API_VERSION environment variable. If DOCKER_API_VERSION is not set,
// the version is not modified.
// the DOCKER_API_VERSION ([EnvOverrideAPIVersion]) environment variable.
// If DOCKER_API_VERSION is not set, or set to an empty value, the version
// is not modified.
func WithVersionFromEnv() Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
return WithVersion(os.Getenv(EnvOverrideAPIVersion))(c)
@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ func WithVersionFromEnv() Opt {
// WithAPIVersionNegotiation enables automatic API version negotiation for the client.
// With this option enabled, the client automatically negotiates the API version
// to use when making requests. API version negotiation is performed on the first
// request; subsequent requests will not re-negotiate.
// request; subsequent requests do not re-negotiate.
func WithAPIVersionNegotiation() Opt {
return func(c *Client) error {
c.negotiateVersion = true