add something to print out a http PB

I'll probably regret this and if anyone ever sees this and
	they actually use it, some people will probably complain. so: sorry
	It's not like HTTP isn't really well documented these days :)
	anyway, the *Addr fields are, I think, really really old
	kinda dumb names that were made to be super unique and ackward
	like RemoteAddr or whatever. Back then, having 'IP' would have
	been a major problem and PITA and super confusing. So I think
	everyone (I want to say 'we' but I don't know if I had anything
	to do with RemoteAddr. I think I did add the Apache guys to
	add SERVER_NAME support. Before that I don't think apache could
	respond to mosaic as 2 different hostnames. My memory could be
	incorrect.) named some of these things in ways that don't make
	sense in a protobuf like this where it should simply be IP

httpRequest.dump.go

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package httppb
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func (pb *HttpRequest) DumpRemoteAddr() string {
+	return pb.RemoteAddr
+}
+
+func (pb *HttpRequest) DumpUserAgent() string {
+	var all string
+	for param, values := range pb.Query {
+		for _, value := range values {
+			all += fmt.Sprint(" Query:", param, value)
+		}
+	}
+	// hostname := r.URL.Query().Get("hostname")
+	return pb.GetUserAgent() + all
+}
+
+// todo: convert this code
+func (pb *HttpRequest) DumpClient() {
+	log.Infof("%s %s %s\n", pb.Host, pb.URL, pb.RemoteAddr)
+	/*
+		var host, url, proto, addr, agent string
+
+		host = r.Host
+		url = r.URL.String()
+		proto = r.Proto
+		addr = r.RemoteAddr
+		agent = r.UserAgent()
+
+		log.Warn(host, proto, addr, url, agent)
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(accessf, time.Now(), host, proto, addr, url, agent)
+		// return
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf)
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, time.Now())
+		// Basic request information
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Method:", r.Method)
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "URL:", r.URL)
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Protocol:", r.Proto)
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Host:", r.Host)
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Remote Address:", r.RemoteAddr)
+
+		// Headers
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Headers:")
+		for name, values := range r.Header {
+			for _, value := range values {
+				fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Headers:", name, value)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Query parameters
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Query Parameters:")
+		for param, values := range r.URL.Query() {
+			for _, value := range values {
+				fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Query:", param, value)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// User-Agent
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "User-Agent:", r.UserAgent())
+
+		// Content Length
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Content Length:", r.ContentLength)
+
+		// Cookies
+		fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Cookies:")
+		for _, cookie := range r.Cookies() {
+			fmt.Fprintln(clientf, cookie.Name, cookie.Value)
+		}
+
+		// Request Body (if applicable)
+		if r.Body != nil {
+			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+			if err == nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(clientf, "Body:", string(body))
+			}
+		}
+	*/
+}

httpRequest.proto

@@ -4,20 +4,30 @@ 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.
         string                      method            = 1;  // The request method, e.g., "GET", "POST".
-        string                      url              = 2;  // The full URL of the request, including scheme, host, path, and query string.
+        string                      URL               = 2;  // The full URL of the request, including scheme, host, path, and query string.
         string                      route             = 3;  // just the route: "/add/" or "/find/"
         string                      proto             = 4;  // The protocol version, e.g., "HTTP/1.1", "HTTP/2.0".
         map<string, string>         headers           = 5;  // The map of request headers. Header names are case-insensitive,
-        string                      remoteAddr       = 6;  // The remote IP address of the client, after resolving proxies.
+        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
+        int64                       clientDataLen     = 12; // len(body)
+        bytes                       serverData        = 13; // the server response
+        int64                       serverDataLen     = 14; // len(data)
+        repeated string             logs              = 15; // use this to store whatever you want while the whole POST happens
+        string                      userAgent         = 16; // client user-agent
+        map<string, string>         query             = 17; // r.URL.Query()
+        string                      remoteAddr        = 18; // r.RemoteAddr
 }
 
 message HttpRequests {                                      // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`

log.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package httppb
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func (pb *HttpRequest) Log(a ...any) {
+	pb.Logs = append(pb.Logs, fmt.Sprint(a...))
+}
+
+func (pb *HttpRequest) Logf(s string, a ...any) {
+	pb.Logs = append(pb.Logs, fmt.Sprintf(s, a...))
+}

middleware.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package httppb
+
+// http middleware example. probably not interesting since we only pass protobufs
+// middleware concepts might, or might not be useful here
+
+/*
+// Define a key type to avoid context key collisions.
+type contextKey string
+
+const bufferedBodyKey = contextKey("bufferedBody")
+
+// bufferBodyMiddleware reads the request body and replaces it with a new reader,
+// allowing it to be read multiple times. The original body is stored in the request context.
+func bufferBodyMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Only buffer if there's a body to read.
+		if r.Body == nil || r.ContentLength == 0 {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
+		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error reading body in middleware: %v\n", err)
+			return
+		}
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+
+		// Store the buffered body in the context for downstream handlers.
+		ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), bufferedBodyKey, bodyBytes)
+
+		// Replace the original body with a new reader on the buffered bytes.
+		// This allows subsequent handlers to read the body again.
+		r.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes))
+
+		// Call the next handler in the chain with the modified request.
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
+	})
+}
+
+// okHandler is the final handler. It can now safely access the body from the context,
+// knowing that other middleware might have also read it.
+func okHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// For demonstration, we can try reading the body directly here too.
+	// The middleware ensures this is a fresh stream of the buffered data.
+	bodyFromStream, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Error reading body in handler: %v", err)
+		http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Handler read %d bytes from the request body stream.", len(bodyFromStream))
+
+	// We can also retrieve the body from the context if needed.
+	bodyFromContext, ok := r.Context().Value(bufferedBodyKey).([]byte)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Println("Could not retrieve buffered body from context.")
+		http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Handler retrieved %d bytes from context.", len(bodyFromContext))
+
+	// Prove they are the same.
+	if !bytes.Equal(bodyFromStream, bodyFromContext) {
+		log.Println("FATAL: Body from stream and context do not match!")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Successfully read body of %d bytes.\n", len(bodyFromContext))
+}
+*/

post.go

@@ -9,8 +9,59 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+// standard protobuf POST
+// returns *HttpRequst protobuf
+func DoPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) (*HttpRequest, error) {
+	// if you ever have 'http://www.wit.com//' GO will regect the server recieving it.
+	// Even though the linux kernel gets the network payload
+	// also it never gives you an error about that, it just goes away invisably inside GO
+	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL)    // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")
+	finalURL := tmpURL.JoinPath(route) // Correctly produces ...:2520/patches
+
+	var err error
+	var req *http.Request
+
+	log.Info("httppb.HttpPost to", finalURL.String())
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	if req == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	username := os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME")
+	if username == "" {
+		usr, _ := user.Current()
+		username = usr.Username
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("author", username)
+	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
+	req.Header.Set("hostname", hostname)
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	reqPB, err := ReqToPB(req)
+	reqPB.URL = finalURL.String()
+	reqPB.ClientData = data
+	reqPB.ClientDataLen = int64(len(data))
+	reqPB.ServerData = body
+	reqPB.ServerDataLen = int64(len(body))
+
+	return reqPB, nil
+}
+
 func HttpPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Fix using url.JoinPath (Best Practice)
 	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL)    // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")
@@ -19,6 +70,7 @@ func HttpPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var err error
 	var req *http.Request
 
+	log.Info("httppb.HttpPost to", finalURL.String())
 	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	if req == nil {
 		return nil, err

reqToPB.go

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package httppb
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// remove '?' part and trailing '/'
+func cleanURL(url string) string {
+	url = "/" + strings.Trim(url, "/")
+	return url
+}
+
+func getIpSimple(r *http.Request) string {
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("could not split host port: %v", err)
+		return r.RemoteAddr // Fallback
+	}
+	return host
+}
+
+// getClientIP inspects the request for common headers to find the true client IP.
+func getClientIP(r *http.Request) string {
+	// Caddy sets the X-Forwarded-For header.
+	if forwardedFor := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For"); forwardedFor != "" {
+		// The header can be a comma-separated list of IPs. The first one is the original client.
+		ips := strings.Split(forwardedFor, ",")
+		return strings.TrimSpace(ips[0])
+	}
+
+	// Fallback to RemoteAddr if the header is not present.
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return r.RemoteAddr
+	}
+	return host
+}
+
+// converts an *http.Request to an http PB
+func ReqToPB(r *http.Request) (*HttpRequest, error) {
+	// Convert the header map. http.Header is a map[string][]string.
+	// We'll just take the first value for each header for simplicity.
+	headers := make(map[string]string)
+	for name, values := range r.Header {
+		if len(values) > 0 {
+			headers[name] = strings.Join(values, "\n")
+		}
+	}
+
+	query := make(map[string]string)
+	for param, values := range r.URL.Query() {
+		if len(values) > 0 {
+			query[param] = strings.Join(values, "\n")
+		}
+	}
+
+	msg, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body) // Read the body as []byte
+	r.Body.Close()
+	// log.Info("TRYING TO MARSHAL bytes:", len(msg), err)
+
+	pb := &HttpRequest{
+		Method:        r.Method,
+		URL:           r.URL.String(),
+		Proto:         r.Proto,
+		Headers:       headers,
+		IP:            getClientIP(r),
+		Host:          r.Host,
+		ClientData:    msg,
+		ClientDataLen: int64(len(msg)),
+		Hostname:      r.Header.Get("hostname"),
+		UserAgent:     r.UserAgent(),
+		Query:         query,
+		RemoteAddr:    r.RemoteAddr,
+	}
+	pb.Route = cleanURL(r.URL.Path)
+
+	return pb, err
+}

startHTTP.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package httppb
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// starts and sits waiting for HTTP requests
+func StartHTTP(okHandler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request), port int) error {
+	http.HandleFunc("/", okHandler)
+
+	p := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port)
+	log.Println("Running on port", p)
+
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(p, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error starting server:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}

writefile.go

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package httppb
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func WriteFile(w http.ResponseWriter, resfork embed.FS, filename string) error {
+	// fmt.Fprintln(w, "GOT TEST?")
+	fullname := "resources/" + filename
+	pfile, err := resfork.ReadFile(fullname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var repohtml string
+	repohtml = string(pfile)
+	if filename == "goReference.svg" {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml")
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, repohtml)
+	log.Println("writeFile() found internal file:", filename)
+	return nil
+}