spacex / src /cache /cacher.rs
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✨ Compression and encryption for the cached search results (#443)
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//! This module provides the functionality to cache the aggregated results fetched and aggregated
//! from the upstream search engines in a json format.
use error_stack::Report;
#[cfg(feature = "memory-cache")]
use mini_moka::sync::Cache as MokaCache;
#[cfg(feature = "memory-cache")]
use std::time::Duration;
use tokio::sync::Mutex;
use crate::{config::parser::Config, models::aggregation_models::SearchResults};
use super::error::CacheError;
#[cfg(feature = "redis-cache")]
use super::redis_cacher::RedisCache;
#[cfg(any(feature = "encrypt-cache-results", feature = "cec-cache-results"))]
use super::encryption::*;
/// Abstraction trait for common methods provided by a cache backend.
#[async_trait::async_trait]
pub trait Cacher: Send + Sync {
// A function that builds the cache from the given configuration.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `config` - It takes the config struct as an argument.
///
/// # Returns
///
/// It returns a newly initialized backend based on the feature enabled by the user.
async fn build(config: &Config) -> Self
where
Self: Sized;
/// A function which fetches the cached json results as json string.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `url` - It takes an url as a string.
///
/// # Error
///
/// Returns the `SearchResults` from the cache if the program executes normally otherwise
/// returns a `CacheError` if the results cannot be retrieved from the cache.
async fn cached_results(&mut self, url: &str) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>>;
/// A function which caches the results by using the `url` as the key and
/// `json results` as the value and stores it in the cache
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `json_results` - It takes the json results string as an argument.
/// * `url` - It takes the url as a String.
///
/// # Error
///
/// Returns a unit type if the program caches the given search results without a failure
/// otherwise it returns a `CacheError` if the search results cannot be cached due to a
/// failure.
async fn cache_results(
&mut self,
search_results: &SearchResults,
url: &str,
) -> Result<(), Report<CacheError>>;
/// A helper function which computes the hash of the url and formats and returns it as string.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `url` - It takes an url as string.
fn hash_url(&self, url: &str) -> String {
blake3::hash(url.as_bytes()).to_string()
}
/// A helper function that returns either encrypted or decrypted results.
/// Feature flags (**encrypt-cache-results or cec-cache-results**) are required for this to work.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `bytes` - It takes a slice of bytes as an argument.
/// * `encrypt` - A boolean to choose whether to encrypt or decrypt the bytes
///
/// # Error
/// Returns either encrypted or decrypted bytes on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
#[cfg(any(
// feature = "compress-cache-results",
feature = "encrypt-cache-results",
feature = "cec-cache-results"
))]
fn encrypt_or_decrypt_results(
&mut self,
mut bytes: Vec<u8>,
encrypt: bool,
) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Report<CacheError>> {
use chacha20poly1305::{
aead::{Aead, AeadCore, KeyInit, OsRng},
ChaCha20Poly1305,
};
let cipher = CIPHER.get_or_init(|| {
let key = ChaCha20Poly1305::generate_key(&mut OsRng);
ChaCha20Poly1305::new(&key)
});
let encryption_key = ENCRYPTION_KEY.get_or_init(
|| ChaCha20Poly1305::generate_nonce(&mut OsRng), // 96-bits; unique per message
);
bytes = if encrypt {
cipher
.encrypt(encryption_key, bytes.as_ref())
.map_err(|_| CacheError::EncryptionError)?
} else {
cipher
.decrypt(encryption_key, bytes.as_ref())
.map_err(|_| CacheError::EncryptionError)?
};
Ok(bytes)
}
/// A helper function that returns compressed results.
/// Feature flags (**compress-cache-results or cec-cache-results**) are required for this to work.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `bytes` - It takes a slice of bytes as an argument.
///
/// # Error
/// Returns the compressed bytes on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
#[cfg(any(feature = "compress-cache-results", feature = "cec-cache-results"))]
fn compress_results(&mut self, mut bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Report<CacheError>> {
use std::io::Write;
let mut writer = brotli::CompressorWriter::new(Vec::new(), 4096, 11, 22);
writer
.write_all(&bytes)
.map_err(|_| CacheError::CompressionError)?;
bytes = writer.into_inner();
Ok(bytes)
}
/// A helper function that returns compressed-encrypted results.
/// Feature flag (**cec-cache-results**) is required for this to work.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `bytes` - It takes a slice of bytes as an argument.
///
/// # Error
/// Returns the compressed and encrypted bytes on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
#[cfg(feature = "cec-cache-results")]
fn compress_encrypt_compress_results(
&mut self,
mut bytes: Vec<u8>,
) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Report<CacheError>> {
// compress first
bytes = self.compress_results(bytes)?;
// encrypt
bytes = self.encrypt_or_decrypt_results(bytes, true)?;
// compress again;
bytes = self.compress_results(bytes)?;
Ok(bytes)
}
/// A helper function that returns compressed results.
/// Feature flags (**compress-cache-results or cec-cache-results**) are required for this to work.
/// If bytes where
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `bytes` - It takes a slice of bytes as an argument.
///
/// # Error
/// Returns the uncompressed bytes on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
#[cfg(any(feature = "compress-cache-results", feature = "cec-cache-results"))]
fn decompress_results(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Report<CacheError>> {
cfg_if::cfg_if! {
if #[cfg(feature = "compress-cache-results")]
{
decompress_util(bytes)
}
else if #[cfg(feature = "cec-cache-results")]
{
let decompressed = decompress_util(bytes)?;
let decrypted = self.encrypt_or_decrypt_results(decompressed, false)?;
decompress_util(&decrypted)
}
}
}
/// A helper function that compresses or encrypts search results before they're inserted into a cache store
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `search_results` - A reference to the search_Results to process.
///
///
/// # Error
/// Returns a Vec of compressed or encrypted bytes on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
fn pre_process_search_results(
&mut self,
search_results: &SearchResults,
) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Report<CacheError>> {
#[allow(unused_mut)] // needs to be mutable when any of the features is enabled
let mut bytes: Vec<u8> = search_results.try_into()?;
#[cfg(feature = "compress-cache-results")]
{
let compressed = self.compress_results(bytes)?;
bytes = compressed;
}
#[cfg(feature = "encrypt-cache-results")]
{
let encrypted = self.encrypt_or_decrypt_results(bytes, true)?;
bytes = encrypted;
}
#[cfg(feature = "cec-cache-results")]
{
let compressed_encrypted_compressed = self.compress_encrypt_compress_results(bytes)?;
bytes = compressed_encrypted_compressed;
}
Ok(bytes)
}
/// A helper function that decompresses or decrypts search results after they're fetched from the cache-store
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `bytes` - A Vec of bytes stores in the cache.
///
///
/// # Error
/// Returns the SearchResults struct on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
#[allow(unused_mut)] // needs to be mutable when any of the features is enabled
fn post_process_search_results(
&mut self,
mut bytes: Vec<u8>,
) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>> {
#[cfg(feature = "compress-cache-results")]
{
let decompressed = self.decompress_results(&bytes)?;
bytes = decompressed
}
#[cfg(feature = "encrypt-cache-results")]
{
let decrypted = self.encrypt_or_decrypt_results(bytes, false)?;
bytes = decrypted
}
#[cfg(feature = "cec-cache-results")]
{
let decompressed_decrypted = self.decompress_results(&bytes)?;
bytes = decompressed_decrypted;
}
Ok(bytes.try_into()?)
}
}
/// A helper function that returns compressed results.
/// Feature flags (**compress-cache-results or cec-cache-results**) are required for this to work.
/// If bytes where
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `bytes` - It takes a slice of bytes as an argument.
///
/// # Error
/// Returns the uncompressed bytes on success otherwise it returns a CacheError
/// on failure.
#[cfg(any(feature = "compress-cache-results", feature = "cec-cache-results"))]
fn decompress_util(input: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Report<CacheError>> {
use std::io::Write;
let mut writer = brotli::DecompressorWriter::new(Vec::new(), 4096);
writer
.write_all(input)
.map_err(|_| CacheError::CompressionError)?;
let bytes = writer
.into_inner()
.map_err(|_| CacheError::CompressionError)?;
Ok(bytes)
}
#[cfg(feature = "redis-cache")]
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl Cacher for RedisCache {
async fn build(config: &Config) -> Self {
log::info!(
"Initialising redis cache. Listening to {}",
&config.redis_url
);
RedisCache::new(&config.redis_url, 5, config.cache_expiry_time)
.await
.expect("Redis cache configured")
}
async fn cached_results(&mut self, url: &str) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>> {
use base64::Engine;
let hashed_url_string: &str = &self.hash_url(url);
let base64_string = self.cached_json(hashed_url_string).await?;
let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD_NO_PAD
.decode(base64_string)
.map_err(|_| CacheError::Base64DecodingOrEncodingError)?;
self.post_process_search_results(bytes)
}
async fn cache_results(
&mut self,
search_results: &SearchResults,
url: &str,
) -> Result<(), Report<CacheError>> {
use base64::Engine;
let bytes = self.pre_process_search_results(search_results)?;
let base64_string = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD_NO_PAD.encode(bytes);
let hashed_url_string = self.hash_url(url);
self.cache_json(&base64_string, &hashed_url_string).await
}
}
/// TryInto implementation for SearchResults from Vec<u8>
use std::convert::TryInto;
impl TryInto<SearchResults> for Vec<u8> {
type Error = CacheError;
fn try_into(self) -> Result<SearchResults, Self::Error> {
serde_json::from_slice(&self).map_err(|_| CacheError::SerializationError)
}
}
impl TryInto<Vec<u8>> for &SearchResults {
type Error = CacheError;
fn try_into(self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Self::Error> {
serde_json::to_vec(self).map_err(|_| CacheError::SerializationError)
}
}
/// Memory based cache backend.
#[cfg(feature = "memory-cache")]
pub struct InMemoryCache {
/// The backend cache which stores data.
cache: MokaCache<String, Vec<u8>>,
}
#[cfg(feature = "memory-cache")]
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl Cacher for InMemoryCache {
async fn build(config: &Config) -> Self {
log::info!("Initialising in-memory cache");
InMemoryCache {
cache: MokaCache::builder()
.time_to_live(Duration::from_secs(config.cache_expiry_time.into()))
.build(),
}
}
async fn cached_results(&mut self, url: &str) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>> {
let hashed_url_string = self.hash_url(url);
match self.cache.get(&hashed_url_string) {
Some(res) => self.post_process_search_results(res),
None => Err(Report::new(CacheError::MissingValue)),
}
}
async fn cache_results(
&mut self,
search_results: &SearchResults,
url: &str,
) -> Result<(), Report<CacheError>> {
let hashed_url_string = self.hash_url(url);
let bytes = self.pre_process_search_results(search_results)?;
self.cache.insert(hashed_url_string, bytes);
Ok(())
}
}
/// Cache backend which utilises both memory and redis based caches.
///
/// The hybrid cache system uses both the types of cache to ensure maximum availability.
/// The set method sets the key, value pair in both the caches. Therefore in a case where redis
/// cache becomes unavailable, the backend will retreive the value from in-memory cache.
#[cfg(all(feature = "memory-cache", feature = "redis-cache"))]
pub struct HybridCache {
/// The in-memory backend cache which stores data.
memory_cache: InMemoryCache,
/// The redis backend cache which stores data.
redis_cache: RedisCache,
}
#[cfg(all(feature = "memory-cache", feature = "redis-cache"))]
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl Cacher for HybridCache {
async fn build(config: &Config) -> Self {
log::info!("Initialising hybrid cache");
HybridCache {
memory_cache: InMemoryCache::build(config).await,
redis_cache: RedisCache::build(config).await,
}
}
async fn cached_results(&mut self, url: &str) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>> {
match self.redis_cache.cached_results(url).await {
Ok(res) => Ok(res),
Err(_) => self.memory_cache.cached_results(url).await,
}
}
async fn cache_results(
&mut self,
search_results: &SearchResults,
url: &str,
) -> Result<(), Report<CacheError>> {
self.redis_cache.cache_results(search_results, url).await?;
self.memory_cache.cache_results(search_results, url).await?;
Ok(())
}
}
/// Dummy cache backend
pub struct DisabledCache;
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl Cacher for DisabledCache {
async fn build(_config: &Config) -> Self {
log::info!("Caching is disabled");
DisabledCache
}
async fn cached_results(&mut self, _url: &str) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>> {
Err(Report::new(CacheError::MissingValue))
}
async fn cache_results(
&mut self,
_search_results: &SearchResults,
_url: &str,
) -> Result<(), Report<CacheError>> {
Ok(())
}
}
/// A structure to efficiently share the cache between threads - as it is protected by a Mutex.
pub struct SharedCache {
/// The internal cache protected from concurrent access by a mutex
cache: Mutex<Box<dyn Cacher>>,
}
impl SharedCache {
/// A function that creates a new `SharedCache` from a Cache implementation.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `cache` - It takes the `Cache` enum variant as an argument with the prefered cache type.
///
/// Returns a newly constructed `SharedCache` struct.
pub fn new(cache: impl Cacher + 'static) -> Self {
Self {
cache: Mutex::new(Box::new(cache)),
}
}
/// A getter function which retrieves the cached SearchResulsts from the internal cache.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `url` - It takes the search url as an argument which will be used as the key to fetch the
/// cached results from the cache.
///
/// # Error
///
/// Returns a `SearchResults` struct containing the search results from the cache if nothing
/// goes wrong otherwise returns a `CacheError`.
pub async fn cached_results(&self, url: &str) -> Result<SearchResults, Report<CacheError>> {
let mut mut_cache = self.cache.lock().await;
mut_cache.cached_results(url).await
}
/// A setter function which caches the results by using the `url` as the key and
/// `SearchResults` as the value.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `search_results` - It takes the `SearchResults` as an argument which are results that
/// needs to be cached.
/// * `url` - It takes the search url as an argument which will be used as the key for storing
/// results in the cache.
///
/// # Error
///
/// Returns an unit type if the results are cached succesfully otherwise returns a `CacheError`
/// on a failure.
pub async fn cache_results(
&self,
search_results: &SearchResults,
url: &str,
) -> Result<(), Report<CacheError>> {
let mut mut_cache = self.cache.lock().await;
mut_cache.cache_results(search_results, url).await
}
}
/// A function to initialise the cache backend.
pub async fn create_cache(config: &Config) -> impl Cacher {
#[cfg(all(feature = "redis-cache", feature = "memory-cache"))]
return HybridCache::build(config).await;
#[cfg(all(feature = "memory-cache", not(feature = "redis-cache")))]
return InMemoryCache::build(config).await;
#[cfg(all(feature = "redis-cache", not(feature = "memory-cache")))]
return RedisCache::build(config).await;
#[cfg(not(any(feature = "memory-cache", feature = "redis-cache")))]
return DisabledCache::build(config).await;
}
//#[cfg(feature = "Compress-cache-results")]