additionally support retry-after values

lib/pleroma/http/backoff.ex

@@ -5,66 +5,114 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.Backoff do
   @cachex Pleroma.Config.get([:cachex, :provider], Cachex)
   @backoff_cache :http_backoff_cache
 
+  # attempt to parse a timestamp from a header
+  # returns nil if it can't parse the timestamp
+  @spec timestamp_or_nil(binary) :: DateTime.t() | nil
+  defp timestamp_or_nil(header) do
+    case DateTime.from_iso8601(header) do
+      {:ok, stamp, _} ->
+        stamp
+
+      _ ->
+        nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  # attempt to parse the x-ratelimit-reset header from the headers
+  @spec x_ratelimit_reset(headers :: list) :: DateTime.t() | nil
+  defp x_ratelimit_reset(headers) do
+    with {_header, value} <- List.keyfind(headers, "x-ratelimit-reset", 0),
+         true <- is_binary(value) do
+      timestamp_or_nil(value)
+    else
+      _ ->
+        nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  # attempt to parse the Retry-After header from the headers
+  # this can be either a timestamp _or_ a number of seconds to wait!
+  # we'll return a datetime if we can parse it, or nil if we can't
+  @spec retry_after(headers :: list) :: DateTime.t() | nil
+  defp retry_after(headers) do
+    with {_header, value} <- List.keyfind(headers, "retry-after", 0),
+         true <- is_binary(value) do
+      # first, see if it's an integer
+      case Integer.parse(value) do
+        {seconds, ""} ->
+          Logger.debug("Parsed Retry-After header: #{seconds} seconds")
+          DateTime.utc_now() |> Timex.shift(seconds: seconds)
+
+        _ ->
+          # if it's not an integer, try to parse it as a timestamp
+          timestamp_or_nil(value)
+      end
+    else
+      _ ->
+        nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  # given a set of headers, will attempt to find the next backoff timestamp
+  # if it can't find one, it will default to 5 minutes from now
+  @spec next_backoff_timestamp(%{headers: list}) :: DateTime.t()
   defp next_backoff_timestamp(%{headers: headers}) when is_list(headers) do
-    # figure out from the 429 response when we can make the next request
-    # mastodon uses the x-ratelimit-reset header, so we will use that!
-    # other servers may not, so we'll default to 5 minutes from now if we can't find it
     default_5_minute_backoff =
       DateTime.utc_now()
       |> Timex.shift(seconds: 5 * 60)
 
-    case Enum.find_value(headers, fn {"x-ratelimit-reset", value} -> value end) do
+    backoff =
-      nil ->
+      [&x_ratelimit_reset/1, &retry_after/1]
-        Logger.error(
+      |> Enum.map(& &1.(headers))
-          "Rate limited, but couldn't find timestamp! Using default 5 minute backoff until #{default_5_minute_backoff}"
+      |> Enum.find(&(&1 != nil))
-        )
 
-        default_5_minute_backoff
+    if is_nil(backoff) do
-
+      Logger.debug("No backoff headers found, defaulting to 5 minutes from now")
-      value ->
+      default_5_minute_backoff
-        with {:ok, stamp, _} <- DateTime.from_iso8601(value) do
+    else
-          Logger.error("Rate limited until #{stamp}")
+      Logger.debug("Found backoff header, will back off until: #{backoff}")
-          stamp
+      backoff
-        else
-          _ ->
-            Logger.error(
-              "Rate limited, but couldn't parse timestamp! Using default 5 minute backoff until #{default_5_minute_backoff}"
-            )
-
-            default_5_minute_backoff
-        end
     end
   end
 
   defp next_backoff_timestamp(_), do: DateTime.utc_now() |> Timex.shift(seconds: 5 * 60)
 
+  # utility function to check the HTTP response for potential backoff headers
+  # will check if we get a 429 or 503 response, and if we do, will back off for a bit
+  @spec check_backoff({:ok | :error, HTTP.Env.t()}, binary()) ::
+          {:ok | :error, HTTP.Env.t()} | {:error, :ratelimit}
+  defp check_backoff({:ok, env}, host) do
+    case env.status do
+      status when status in [429, 503] ->
+        Logger.error("Rate limited on #{host}! Backing off...")
+        timestamp = next_backoff_timestamp(env)
+        ttl = Timex.diff(timestamp, DateTime.utc_now(), :seconds)
+        # we will cache the host for 5 minutes
+        @cachex.put(@backoff_cache, host, true, ttl: ttl)
+        {:error, :ratelimit}
+
+      _ ->
+        {:ok, env}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp check_backoff(env, _), do: env
+
+  @doc """
+  this acts as a single throughput for all GET requests
+  we will check if the host is in the cache, and if it is, we will automatically fail the request
+  this ensures that we don't hammer the server with requests, and instead wait for the backoff to expire
+  this is a very simple implementation, and can be improved upon!
+  """
+  @spec get(binary, list, list) :: {:ok | :error, HTTP.Env.t()} | {:error, :ratelimit}
   def get(url, headers \\ [], options \\ []) do
-    # this acts as a single throughput for all GET requests
-    # we will check if the host is in the cache, and if it is, we will automatically fail the request
-    # this ensures that we don't hammer the server with requests, and instead wait for the backoff to expire
-    # this is a very simple implementation, and can be improved upon!
     %{host: host} = URI.parse(url)
 
     case @cachex.get(@backoff_cache, host) do
       {:ok, nil} ->
-        case HTTP.get(url, headers, options) do
+        url
-          {:ok, env} ->
+        |> HTTP.get(headers, options)
-            case env.status do
+        |> check_backoff(host)
-              429 ->
-                Logger.error("Rate limited on #{host}! Backing off...")
-                timestamp = next_backoff_timestamp(env)
-                ttl = Timex.diff(timestamp, DateTime.utc_now(), :seconds)
-                # we will cache the host for 5 minutes
-                @cachex.put(@backoff_cache, host, true, ttl: ttl)
-                {:error, :ratelimit}
-
-              _ ->
-                {:ok, env}
-            end
-
-          {:error, env} ->
-            {:error, env}
-        end
 
       _ ->
         {:error, :ratelimit}

test/pleroma/http/backoff_test.exs

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.BackoffTest do
   use Pleroma.DataCase, async: false
   alias Pleroma.HTTP.Backoff
 
+  defp within_tolerance?(ttl, expected) do
+    ttl > expected - 10 and ttl < expected + 10
+  end
+
   describe "get/3" do
     test "should return {:ok, env} when not rate limited" do
       Tesla.Mock.mock_global(fn
@@ -46,6 +50,46 @@ defmodule Pleroma.HTTP.BackoffTest do
 
       assert {:error, :ratelimit} = Backoff.get("https://ratelimited.dev/api/v1/instance")
       assert {:ok, true} = Cachex.get(@backoff_cache, "ratelimited.dev")
+      {:ok, ttl} = Cachex.ttl(@backoff_cache, "ratelimited.dev")
+      assert within_tolerance?(ttl, 600)
+    end
+
+    test "should parse the value of retry-after when it's a timestamp" do
+      ten_minutes_from_now =
+        DateTime.utc_now() |> Timex.shift(minutes: 10) |> DateTime.to_iso8601()
+
+      Tesla.Mock.mock_global(fn
+        %Tesla.Env{url: "https://ratelimited.dev/api/v1/instance"} ->
+          {:ok,
+           %Tesla.Env{
+             status: 429,
+             body: "Rate limited",
+             headers: [{"retry-after", ten_minutes_from_now}]
+           }}
+      end)
+
+      assert {:error, :ratelimit} = Backoff.get("https://ratelimited.dev/api/v1/instance")
+      assert {:ok, true} = Cachex.get(@backoff_cache, "ratelimited.dev")
+      {:ok, ttl} = Cachex.ttl(@backoff_cache, "ratelimited.dev")
+      assert within_tolerance?(ttl, 600)
+    end
+
+    test "should parse the value of retry-after when it's a number of seconds" do
+      Tesla.Mock.mock_global(fn
+        %Tesla.Env{url: "https://ratelimited.dev/api/v1/instance"} ->
+          {:ok,
+           %Tesla.Env{
+             status: 429,
+             body: "Rate limited",
+             headers: [{"retry-after", "600"}]
+           }}
+      end)
+
+      assert {:error, :ratelimit} = Backoff.get("https://ratelimited.dev/api/v1/instance")
+      assert {:ok, true} = Cachex.get(@backoff_cache, "ratelimited.dev")
+      # assert that the value is 10 minutes from now
+      {:ok, ttl} = Cachex.ttl(@backoff_cache, "ratelimited.dev")
+      assert within_tolerance?(ttl, 600)
     end
   end
 end