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# Validator HTTP Daemon
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You can start the validator as an HTTP-Server. This server is based on the [JDK HTTP server](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/jre/api/net/httpserver/spec/com/sun/net/httpserver/HttpServer.html) functionality
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and should work with OpenJDK based distributions. Keep this in mind, if you want to deploy this in production scenarios with heavy load.
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## Basic usage
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To use the validator daemon as is, start the _Daemon-Mode_ with the `-D` option and supply a suitable
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[validator configuration](configurations.md).
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```shell
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java -jar validationtool-<version>-standalone.jar -s <scenario-config-file> -D
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```
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Per default the HTTP-Server listens on _localhost_ at Port 8080.
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You can configure the daemon with `-H` for IP Adress and `-P` for port number:
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```shell
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java -jar validationtool-<version>-standalone.jar -s <scenario-config-file> -D -H 192.168.1.x -P 8081
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```
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## Customized usage
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You can also leverage the API to create a customized version of the daemon. Just instantiate, configure and start the daemon like this:
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````java
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Configuration config = Configuration.load(...);
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Daemon daemon = new Daemon();
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daemon.setPort("8090");
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// further config goes here
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daemon.startServer(config);
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````
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The possible customizations are:
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* `bindAddress` - the interface to bind the daemon to
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* `port` - the port to expose
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* `threadCount` - number of worker threads to handle results
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* `guiEnabled` - enable or disable the basic GUI with usage information
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## Access the HTTP interface
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The validation service listens to `POST`-requests on any server URL. You need to supply the xml/object to validate in the HTTP body.
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The service expects a single XML input in the HTTP body, e.g. `multipart/form-data` is not supported.
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Examples:
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* `cURL`
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```shell script
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curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:8080' \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
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--data-binary '@/target.xml'
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```
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* `java` (Apache HttpClient)
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```java
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HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
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HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost("http://localhost:8080/");
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FileEntity entity = new FileEntity(Paths.get("some.xml").toFile(), ContentType.APPLICATION_XML);
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postRequest.setEntity(entity);
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HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest);
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System.out.println(IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent()));
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```
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* `javascript`
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```javascript
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var myHeaders = new Headers();
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myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/xml");
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var file = "<file contents here>";
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var requestOptions = {
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method: 'POST',
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headers: myHeaders,
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body: file,
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redirect: 'follow'
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};
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fetch("http://localhost:8080", requestOptions)
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.then(response => response.text())
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.then(result => console.log(result))
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.catch(error => console.log('error', error));
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```
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## Authorization
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There is no mechanism to check, whether client is allowed to consume the service or not. The user is responsible to secure access to the service.
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This can be done using infrastructural service like a forwarding proxies (e.g. `nginx` or `Apache http server`) or by implementing a custom solution.
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## Monitoring and administration
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The validation service can be integrated in monitoring solutions like `Icinga` or `Nagios`. There is a `health` endpoint exposed under `/server/health` wich returns some basic information about the service like memory consumption, general information about the version and a status `UP` as an XML file.
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## GUI
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The daemon provides a simple GUI when issuing `GET` requests providing the following:
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1. usage information
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1. information about the actual [validator configuration](configurations.md) used by this daemon
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1. a simple form to test the daemon with custom inputs
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The GUI can be disabled using the API (see above) or via CLI
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```shell script
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java -jar validationtool-<version>-standalone.jar -s <scenario-config-file> -D --disable-gui
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```
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