track client & server payload sizes

httpRequest.proto

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package httppb;
 
+// todo: try this
+// import "google/rpc/status.proto";
+//    google.rpc.Status           error            = 13;
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 
 message HttpRequest {                                       // HttpRequest represents the essential fields of an incoming HTTP request.
@@ -15,10 +18,12 @@ message HttpRequest {                                      // HttpRequest repres
         string                      IP                = 6;  // The remote IP address of the client, after resolving proxies.
         string                      host              = 7;  // The host on which the URL is sought (www.wit.com)
         string                      hostname          = 8;  // The hostname of the client if passed from the client (mylaptop.fun.me)
-        bytes                       body             = 9;  // The request body as raw bytes.
+        string                      namespace         = 9;  // This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
-        string                      namespace        = 10; // When the body is a pb (always!). This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
+        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime             = 10; // create time of the patch
-        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime            = 11; // create time of the patch
+        bytes                       clientData        = 11; // the client payload
-        repeated string             errors           = 12; // When the body is a pb (always!). This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
+        int64                       clientDataLen     = 12; // len(body)
+        bytes                       serverData        = 13; // the server response
+        int64                       serverDataLen     = 14; // len(data)
 }
 
 message HttpRequests {                                      // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`

post.go

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ func DoPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) (*HttpRequest, error) {
 
 	reqPB, err := ReqToPB(req)
 	reqPB.URL = finalURL.String()
-	reqPB.Body = body
+	reqPB.ClientData = data
+	reqPB.ClientDataLen = int64(len(data))
+	reqPB.ServerData = body
+	reqPB.ServerDataLen = int64(len(body))
 
 	return reqPB, nil
 }

reqToPB.go

@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ func ReqToPB(r *http.Request) (*HttpRequest, error) {
 		Headers:       headers,
 		IP:            getClientIP(r),
 		Host:          r.Host,
-		Body:     msg,
+		ClientData:    msg,
+		ClientDataLen: int64(len(msg)),
 		Hostname:      r.Header.Get("hostname"),
 	}
 	pb.Route = cleanURL(r.URL.Path)