request.go

/*
Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package restclient

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"mime"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"path"
	"reflect"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/validation"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/metrics"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/net"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
	watchjson "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch/json"
)

var (
	// specialParams lists parameters that are handled specially and which users of Request
	// are therefore not allowed to set manually.
	specialParams = sets.NewString("timeout")

	// longThrottleLatency defines threshold for logging requests. All requests being
	// throttle for more than longThrottleLatency will be logged.
	longThrottleLatency = 50 * time.Millisecond
)

func init() {
	metrics.Register()
}

// HTTPClient is an interface for testing a request object.
type HTTPClient interface {
	Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
}

// ResponseWrapper is an interface for getting a response.
// The response may be either accessed as a raw data (the whole output is put into memory) or as a stream.
type ResponseWrapper interface {
	DoRaw() ([]byte, error)
	Stream() (io.ReadCloser, error)
}

// RequestConstructionError is returned when there's an error assembling a request.
type RequestConstructionError struct {
	Err error
}

// Error returns a textual description of 'r'.
func (r *RequestConstructionError) Error() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("request construction error: '%v'", r.Err)
}

// Request allows for building up a request to a server in a chained fashion.
// Any errors are stored until the end of your call, so you only have to
// check once.
type Request struct {
	// required
	client HTTPClient
	verb   string

	baseURL *url.URL
	content ContentConfig

	// generic components accessible via method setters
	pathPrefix string
	subpath    string
	params     url.Values
	headers    http.Header

	// structural elements of the request that are part of the Kubernetes API conventions
	namespace    string
	namespaceSet bool
	resource     string
	resourceName string
	subresource  string
	selector     labels.Selector
	timeout      time.Duration

	// output
	err  error
	body io.Reader

	// The constructed request and the response
	req  *http.Request
	resp *http.Response

	backoffMgr BackoffManager
	throttle   util.RateLimiter
}

// NewRequest creates a new request helper object for accessing runtime.Objects on a server.
func NewRequest(client HTTPClient, verb string, baseURL *url.URL, versionedAPIPath string, content ContentConfig, backoff BackoffManager, throttle util.RateLimiter) *Request {
	if backoff == nil {
		glog.V(2).Infof("Not implementing request backoff strategy.")
		backoff = &NoBackoff{}
	}

	pathPrefix := "/"
	if baseURL != nil {
		pathPrefix = path.Join(pathPrefix, baseURL.Path)
	}
	r := &Request{
		client:     client,
		verb:       verb,
		baseURL:    baseURL,
		pathPrefix: path.Join(pathPrefix, versionedAPIPath),
		content:    content,
		backoffMgr: backoff,
		throttle:   throttle,
	}
	if len(content.ContentType) > 0 {
		r.SetHeader("Accept", content.ContentType+", */*")
	}
	return r
}

// Prefix adds segments to the relative beginning to the request path. These
// items will be placed before the optional Namespace, Resource, or Name sections.
// Setting AbsPath will clear any previously set Prefix segments
func (r *Request) Prefix(segments ...string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	r.pathPrefix = path.Join(r.pathPrefix, path.Join(segments...))
	return r
}

// Suffix appends segments to the end of the path. These items will be placed after the prefix and optional
// Namespace, Resource, or Name sections.
func (r *Request) Suffix(segments ...string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	r.subpath = path.Join(r.subpath, path.Join(segments...))
	return r
}

// Resource sets the resource to access (<resource>/[ns/<namespace>/]<name>)
func (r *Request) Resource(resource string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	if len(r.resource) != 0 {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("resource already set to %q, cannot change to %q", r.resource, resource)
		return r
	}
	if ok, msg := validation.IsValidPathSegmentName(resource); !ok {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("invalid resource %q: %s", resource, msg)
		return r
	}
	r.resource = resource
	return r
}

// SubResource sets a sub-resource path which can be multiple segments segment after the resource
// name but before the suffix.
func (r *Request) SubResource(subresources ...string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	subresource := path.Join(subresources...)
	if len(r.subresource) != 0 {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("subresource already set to %q, cannot change to %q", r.resource, subresource)
		return r
	}
	for _, s := range subresources {
		if ok, msg := validation.IsValidPathSegmentName(s); !ok {
			r.err = fmt.Errorf("invalid subresource %q: %s", s, msg)
			return r
		}
	}
	r.subresource = subresource
	return r
}

// Name sets the name of a resource to access (<resource>/[ns/<namespace>/]<name>)
func (r *Request) Name(resourceName string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	if len(resourceName) == 0 {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("resource name may not be empty")
		return r
	}
	if len(r.resourceName) != 0 {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("resource name already set to %q, cannot change to %q", r.resourceName, resourceName)
		return r
	}
	if ok, msg := validation.IsValidPathSegmentName(resourceName); !ok {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("invalid resource name %q: %s", resourceName, msg)
		return r
	}
	r.resourceName = resourceName
	return r
}

// Namespace applies the namespace scope to a request (<resource>/[ns/<namespace>/]<name>)
func (r *Request) Namespace(namespace string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	if r.namespaceSet {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("namespace already set to %q, cannot change to %q", r.namespace, namespace)
		return r
	}
	if ok, msg := validation.IsValidPathSegmentName(namespace); !ok {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("invalid namespace %q: %s", namespace, msg)
		return r
	}
	r.namespaceSet = true
	r.namespace = namespace
	return r
}

// NamespaceIfScoped is a convenience function to set a namespace if scoped is true
func (r *Request) NamespaceIfScoped(namespace string, scoped bool) *Request {
	if scoped {
		return r.Namespace(namespace)
	}
	return r
}

// AbsPath overwrites an existing path with the segments provided. Trailing slashes are preserved
// when a single segment is passed.
func (r *Request) AbsPath(segments ...string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	r.pathPrefix = path.Join(r.baseURL.Path, path.Join(segments...))
	if len(segments) == 1 && (len(r.baseURL.Path) > 1 || len(segments[0]) > 1) && strings.HasSuffix(segments[0], "/") {
		// preserve any trailing slashes for legacy behavior
		r.pathPrefix += "/"
	}
	return r
}

// RequestURI overwrites existing path and parameters with the value of the provided server relative
// URI. Some parameters (those in specialParameters) cannot be overwritten.
func (r *Request) RequestURI(uri string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	locator, err := url.Parse(uri)
	if err != nil {
		r.err = err
		return r
	}
	r.pathPrefix = locator.Path
	if len(locator.Query()) > 0 {
		if r.params == nil {
			r.params = make(url.Values)
		}
		for k, v := range locator.Query() {
			r.params[k] = v
		}
	}
	return r
}

const (
	// A constant that clients can use to refer in a field selector to the object name field.
	// Will be automatically emitted as the correct name for the API version.
	nodeUnschedulable = "spec.unschedulable"
	objectNameField   = "metadata.name"
	podHost           = "spec.nodeName"
	podStatus         = "status.phase"
	secretType        = "type"

	eventReason                  = "reason"
	eventSource                  = "source"
	eventType                    = "type"
	eventInvolvedKind            = "involvedObject.kind"
	eventInvolvedNamespace       = "involvedObject.namespace"
	eventInvolvedName            = "involvedObject.name"
	eventInvolvedUID             = "involvedObject.uid"
	eventInvolvedAPIVersion      = "involvedObject.apiVersion"
	eventInvolvedResourceVersion = "involvedObject.resourceVersion"
	eventInvolvedFieldPath       = "involvedObject.fieldPath"
)

type clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName map[string]string

func (c clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName) filterField(field, value string) (newField, newValue string, err error) {
	newFieldName, ok := c[field]
	if !ok {
		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("%v - %v - no field mapping defined", field, value)
	}
	return newFieldName, value, nil
}

type resourceTypeToFieldMapping map[string]clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName

func (r resourceTypeToFieldMapping) filterField(resourceType, field, value string) (newField, newValue string, err error) {
	fMapping, ok := r[resourceType]
	if !ok {
		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("%v - %v - %v - no field mapping defined", resourceType, field, value)
	}
	return fMapping.filterField(field, value)
}

type versionToResourceToFieldMapping map[unversioned.GroupVersion]resourceTypeToFieldMapping

func (v versionToResourceToFieldMapping) filterField(groupVersion *unversioned.GroupVersion, resourceType, field, value string) (newField, newValue string, err error) {
	rMapping, ok := v[*groupVersion]
	if !ok {
		glog.Warningf("Field selector: %v - %v - %v - %v: need to check if this is versioned correctly.", groupVersion, resourceType, field, value)
		return field, value, nil
	}
	newField, newValue, err = rMapping.filterField(resourceType, field, value)
	if err != nil {
		// This is only a warning until we find and fix all of the client's usages.
		glog.Warningf("Field selector: %v - %v - %v - %v: need to check if this is versioned correctly.", groupVersion, resourceType, field, value)
		return field, value, nil
	}
	return newField, newValue, nil
}

var fieldMappings = versionToResourceToFieldMapping{
	v1.SchemeGroupVersion: resourceTypeToFieldMapping{
		"nodes": clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName{
			objectNameField:   objectNameField,
			nodeUnschedulable: nodeUnschedulable,
		},
		"pods": clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName{
			podHost:   podHost,
			podStatus: podStatus,
		},
		"secrets": clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName{
			secretType: secretType,
		},
		"serviceAccounts": clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName{
			objectNameField: objectNameField,
		},
		"endpoints": clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName{
			objectNameField: objectNameField,
		},
		"events": clientFieldNameToAPIVersionFieldName{
			objectNameField:              objectNameField,
			eventReason:                  eventReason,
			eventSource:                  eventSource,
			eventType:                    eventType,
			eventInvolvedKind:            eventInvolvedKind,
			eventInvolvedNamespace:       eventInvolvedNamespace,
			eventInvolvedName:            eventInvolvedName,
			eventInvolvedUID:             eventInvolvedUID,
			eventInvolvedAPIVersion:      eventInvolvedAPIVersion,
			eventInvolvedResourceVersion: eventInvolvedResourceVersion,
			eventInvolvedFieldPath:       eventInvolvedFieldPath,
		},
	},
}

// FieldsSelectorParam adds the given selector as a query parameter with the name paramName.
func (r *Request) FieldsSelectorParam(s fields.Selector) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	if s == nil {
		return r
	}
	if s.Empty() {
		return r
	}
	s2, err := s.Transform(func(field, value string) (newField, newValue string, err error) {
		return fieldMappings.filterField(r.content.GroupVersion, r.resource, field, value)
	})
	if err != nil {
		r.err = err
		return r
	}
	return r.setParam(unversioned.FieldSelectorQueryParam(r.content.GroupVersion.String()), s2.String())
}

// LabelsSelectorParam adds the given selector as a query parameter
func (r *Request) LabelsSelectorParam(s labels.Selector) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	if s == nil {
		return r
	}
	if s.Empty() {
		return r
	}
	return r.setParam(unversioned.LabelSelectorQueryParam(r.content.GroupVersion.String()), s.String())
}

// UintParam creates a query parameter with the given value.
func (r *Request) UintParam(paramName string, u uint64) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	return r.setParam(paramName, strconv.FormatUint(u, 10))
}

// Param creates a query parameter with the given string value.
func (r *Request) Param(paramName, s string) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	return r.setParam(paramName, s)
}

// VersionedParams will take the provided object, serialize it to a map[string][]string using the
// implicit RESTClient API version and the default parameter codec, and then add those as parameters
// to the request. Use this to provide versioned query parameters from client libraries.
func (r *Request) VersionedParams(obj runtime.Object, codec runtime.ParameterCodec) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	params, err := codec.EncodeParameters(obj, *r.content.GroupVersion)
	if err != nil {
		r.err = err
		return r
	}
	for k, v := range params {
		for _, value := range v {
			// TODO: Move it to setParam method, once we get rid of
			// FieldSelectorParam & LabelSelectorParam methods.
			if k == unversioned.LabelSelectorQueryParam(r.content.GroupVersion.String()) && value == "" {
				// Don't set an empty selector for backward compatibility.
				// Since there is no way to get the difference between empty
				// and unspecified string, we don't set it to avoid having
				// labelSelector= param in every request.
				continue
			}
			if k == unversioned.FieldSelectorQueryParam(r.content.GroupVersion.String()) {
				if len(value) == 0 {
					// Don't set an empty selector for backward compatibility.
					// Since there is no way to get the difference between empty
					// and unspecified string, we don't set it to avoid having
					// fieldSelector= param in every request.
					continue
				}
				// TODO: Filtering should be handled somewhere else.
				selector, err := fields.ParseSelector(value)
				if err != nil {
					r.err = fmt.Errorf("unparsable field selector: %v", err)
					return r
				}
				filteredSelector, err := selector.Transform(
					func(field, value string) (newField, newValue string, err error) {
						return fieldMappings.filterField(r.content.GroupVersion, r.resource, field, value)
					})
				if err != nil {
					r.err = fmt.Errorf("untransformable field selector: %v", err)
					return r
				}
				value = filteredSelector.String()
			}

			r.setParam(k, value)
		}
	}
	return r
}

func (r *Request) setParam(paramName, value string) *Request {
	if specialParams.Has(paramName) {
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("must set %v through the corresponding function, not directly.", paramName)
		return r
	}
	if r.params == nil {
		r.params = make(url.Values)
	}
	r.params[paramName] = append(r.params[paramName], value)
	return r
}

func (r *Request) SetHeader(key, value string) *Request {
	if r.headers == nil {
		r.headers = http.Header{}
	}
	r.headers.Set(key, value)
	return r
}

// Timeout makes the request use the given duration as a timeout. Sets the "timeout"
// parameter.
func (r *Request) Timeout(d time.Duration) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	r.timeout = d
	return r
}

// Body makes the request use obj as the body. Optional.
// If obj is a string, try to read a file of that name.
// If obj is a []byte, send it directly.
// If obj is an io.Reader, use it directly.
// If obj is a runtime.Object, marshal it correctly, and set Content-Type header.
// If obj is a runtime.Object and nil, do nothing.
// Otherwise, set an error.
func (r *Request) Body(obj interface{}) *Request {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r
	}
	switch t := obj.(type) {
	case string:
		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(t)
		if err != nil {
			r.err = err
			return r
		}
		glog.V(8).Infof("Request Body: %s", string(data))
		r.body = bytes.NewBuffer(data)
	case []byte:
		glog.V(8).Infof("Request Body: %s", string(t))
		r.body = bytes.NewBuffer(t)
	case io.Reader:
		r.body = t
	case runtime.Object:
		// callers may pass typed interface pointers, therefore we must check nil with reflection
		if reflect.ValueOf(t).IsNil() {
			return r
		}
		data, err := runtime.Encode(r.content.Codec, t)
		if err != nil {
			r.err = err
			return r
		}
		glog.V(8).Infof("Request Body: %s", string(data))
		r.body = bytes.NewBuffer(data)
		r.SetHeader("Content-Type", r.content.ContentType)
	default:
		r.err = fmt.Errorf("unknown type used for body: %+v", obj)
	}
	return r
}

// URL returns the current working URL.
func (r *Request) URL() *url.URL {
	p := r.pathPrefix
	if r.namespaceSet && len(r.namespace) > 0 {
		p = path.Join(p, "namespaces", r.namespace)
	}
	if len(r.resource) != 0 {
		p = path.Join(p, strings.ToLower(r.resource))
	}
	// Join trims trailing slashes, so preserve r.pathPrefix's trailing slash for backwards compat if nothing was changed
	if len(r.resourceName) != 0 || len(r.subpath) != 0 || len(r.subresource) != 0 {
		p = path.Join(p, r.resourceName, r.subresource, r.subpath)
	}

	finalURL := &url.URL{}
	if r.baseURL != nil {
		*finalURL = *r.baseURL
	}
	finalURL.Path = p

	query := url.Values{}
	for key, values := range r.params {
		for _, value := range values {
			query.Add(key, value)
		}
	}

	// timeout is handled specially here.
	if r.timeout != 0 {
		query.Set("timeout", r.timeout.String())
	}
	finalURL.RawQuery = query.Encode()
	return finalURL
}

// finalURLTemplate is similar to URL(), but will make all specific parameter values equal
// - instead of name or namespace, "{name}" and "{namespace}" will be used, and all query
// parameters will be reset. This creates a copy of the request so as not to change the
// underyling object.  This means some useful request info (like the types of field
// selectors in use) will be lost.
// TODO: preserve field selector keys
func (r Request) finalURLTemplate() string {
	if len(r.resourceName) != 0 {
		r.resourceName = "{name}"
	}
	if r.namespaceSet && len(r.namespace) != 0 {
		r.namespace = "{namespace}"
	}
	newParams := url.Values{}
	v := []string{"{value}"}
	for k := range r.params {
		newParams[k] = v
	}
	r.params = newParams
	return r.URL().String()
}

func (r *Request) tryThrottle() {
	now := time.Now()
	if r.throttle != nil {
		r.throttle.Accept()
	}
	if latency := time.Since(now); latency > longThrottleLatency {
		glog.Warningf("Throttling request took %v, request: %s:%s", latency, r.verb, r.URL().String())
	}
}

// Watch attempts to begin watching the requested location.
// Returns a watch.Interface, or an error.
func (r *Request) Watch() (watch.Interface, error) {
	// We specifically don't want to rate limit watches, so we
	// don't use r.throttle here.
	if r.err != nil {
		return nil, r.err
	}
	url := r.URL().String()
	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.verb, url, r.body)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	client := r.client
	if client == nil {
		client = http.DefaultClient
	}
	r.backoffMgr.Sleep(r.backoffMgr.CalculateBackoff(r.URL()))
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	updateURLMetrics(r, resp, err)
	if r.baseURL != nil {
		if err != nil {
			r.backoffMgr.UpdateBackoff(r.baseURL, err, 0)
		} else {
			r.backoffMgr.UpdateBackoff(r.baseURL, err, resp.StatusCode)
		}
	}
	if err != nil {
		// The watch stream mechanism handles many common partial data errors, so closed
		// connections can be retried in many cases.
		if net.IsProbableEOF(err) {
			return watch.NewEmptyWatch(), nil
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		defer resp.Body.Close()
		if result := r.transformResponse(resp, req); result.err != nil {
			return nil, result.err
		}
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("for request '%+v', got status: %v", url, resp.StatusCode)
	}
	return watch.NewStreamWatcher(watchjson.NewDecoder(resp.Body, r.content.Codec)), nil
}

// updateURLMetrics is a convenience function for pushing metrics.
// It also handles corner cases for incomplete/invalid request data.
func updateURLMetrics(req *Request, resp *http.Response, err error) {
	url := "none"
	if req.baseURL != nil {
		url = req.baseURL.Host
	}

	// If we have an error (i.e. apiserver down) we report that as a metric label.
	if err != nil {
		metrics.RequestResult.WithLabelValues(err.Error(), req.verb, url).Inc()
	} else {
		//Metrics for failure codes
		metrics.RequestResult.WithLabelValues(strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode), req.verb, url).Inc()
	}
}

// Stream formats and executes the request, and offers streaming of the response.
// Returns io.ReadCloser which could be used for streaming of the response, or an error
// Any non-2xx http status code causes an error.  If we get a non-2xx code, we try to convert the body into an APIStatus object.
// If we can, we return that as an error.  Otherwise, we create an error that lists the http status and the content of the response.
func (r *Request) Stream() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
	if r.err != nil {
		return nil, r.err
	}

	r.tryThrottle()

	url := r.URL().String()
	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.verb, url, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	client := r.client
	if client == nil {
		client = http.DefaultClient
	}
	r.backoffMgr.Sleep(r.backoffMgr.CalculateBackoff(r.URL()))
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	updateURLMetrics(r, resp, err)
	if r.baseURL != nil {
		if err != nil {
			r.backoffMgr.UpdateBackoff(r.URL(), err, 0)
		} else {
			r.backoffMgr.UpdateBackoff(r.URL(), err, resp.StatusCode)
		}
	}
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	switch {
	case (resp.StatusCode >= 200) && (resp.StatusCode < 300):
		return resp.Body, nil

	default:
		// ensure we close the body before returning the error
		defer resp.Body.Close()

		// we have a decent shot at taking the object returned, parsing it as a status object and returning a more normal error
		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v while accessing %v", resp.Status, url)
		}

		if runtimeObject, err := runtime.Decode(r.content.Codec, bodyBytes); err == nil {
			statusError := errors.FromObject(runtimeObject)

			if _, ok := statusError.(errors.APIStatus); ok {
				return nil, statusError
			}
		}

		bodyText := string(bodyBytes)
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s while accessing %v: %s", resp.Status, url, bodyText)
	}
}

// request connects to the server and invokes the provided function when a server response is
// received. It handles retry behavior and up front validation of requests. It will invoke
// fn at most once. It will return an error if a problem occurred prior to connecting to the
// server - the provided function is responsible for handling server errors.
func (r *Request) request(fn func(*http.Request, *http.Response)) error {
	//Metrics for total request latency
	start := time.Now()
	defer func() {
		metrics.RequestLatency.WithLabelValues(r.verb, r.finalURLTemplate()).Observe(metrics.SinceInMicroseconds(start))
	}()

	if r.err != nil {
		glog.V(4).Infof("Error in request: %v", r.err)
		return r.err
	}

	// TODO: added to catch programmer errors (invoking operations with an object with an empty namespace)
	if (r.verb == "GET" || r.verb == "PUT" || r.verb == "DELETE") && r.namespaceSet && len(r.resourceName) > 0 && len(r.namespace) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("an empty namespace may not be set when a resource name is provided")
	}
	if (r.verb == "POST") && r.namespaceSet && len(r.namespace) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("an empty namespace may not be set during creation")
	}

	client := r.client
	if client == nil {
		client = http.DefaultClient
	}

	// Right now we make about ten retry attempts if we get a Retry-After response.
	// TODO: Change to a timeout based approach.
	maxRetries := 10
	retries := 0
	for {
		url := r.URL().String()
		req, err := http.NewRequest(r.verb, url, r.body)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		req.Header = r.headers

		r.backoffMgr.Sleep(r.backoffMgr.CalculateBackoff(r.URL()))
		resp, err := client.Do(req)
		updateURLMetrics(r, resp, err)
		if err != nil {
			r.backoffMgr.UpdateBackoff(r.URL(), err, 0)
		} else {
			r.backoffMgr.UpdateBackoff(r.URL(), err, resp.StatusCode)
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		done := func() bool {
			// ensure the response body is closed before we reconnect, so that we reuse the same
			// TCP connection
			defer resp.Body.Close()

			retries++
			if seconds, wait := checkWait(resp); wait && retries < maxRetries {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Got a Retry-After %s response for attempt %d to %v", seconds, retries, url)
				r.backoffMgr.Sleep(time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second)
				return false
			}
			fn(req, resp)
			return true
		}()
		if done {
			return nil
		}
	}
}

// Do formats and executes the request. Returns a Result object for easy response
// processing.
//
// Error type:
//  * If the request can't be constructed, or an error happened earlier while building its
//    arguments: *RequestConstructionError
//  * If the server responds with a status: *errors.StatusError or *errors.UnexpectedObjectError
//  * http.Client.Do errors are returned directly.
func (r *Request) Do() Result {
	r.tryThrottle()

	var result Result
	err := r.request(func(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) {
		result = r.transformResponse(resp, req)
	})
	if err != nil {
		return Result{err: err}
	}
	return result
}

// DoRaw executes the request but does not process the response body.
func (r *Request) DoRaw() ([]byte, error) {
	r.tryThrottle()

	var result Result
	err := r.request(func(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) {
		result.body, result.err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return result.body, result.err
}

// transformResponse converts an API response into a structured API object
func (r *Request) transformResponse(resp *http.Response, req *http.Request) Result {
	var body []byte
	if resp.Body != nil {
		if data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body); err == nil {
			body = data
		}
	}
	glog.V(8).Infof("Response Body: %s", string(body))

	// Did the server give us a status response?
	isStatusResponse := false
	// Because release-1.1 server returns Status with empty APIVersion at paths
	// to the Extensions resources, we need to use DecodeInto here to provide
	// default groupVersion, otherwise a status response won't be correctly
	// decoded.
	status := &unversioned.Status{}
	err := runtime.DecodeInto(r.content.Codec, body, status)
	if err == nil && len(status.Status) > 0 {
		isStatusResponse = true
	}

	switch {
	case resp.StatusCode == http.StatusSwitchingProtocols:
		// no-op, we've been upgraded
	case resp.StatusCode < http.StatusOK || resp.StatusCode > http.StatusPartialContent:
		if !isStatusResponse {
			return Result{err: r.transformUnstructuredResponseError(resp, req, body)}
		}
		return Result{err: errors.FromObject(status)}
	}

	// If the server gave us a status back, look at what it was.
	success := resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode <= http.StatusPartialContent
	if isStatusResponse && (status.Status != unversioned.StatusSuccess && !success) {
		// "Failed" requests are clearly just an error and it makes sense to return them as such.
		return Result{err: errors.FromObject(status)}
	}

	return Result{
		body:        body,
		contentType: resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"),
		statusCode:  resp.StatusCode,
		decoder:     r.content.Codec,
	}
}

// transformUnstructuredResponseError handles an error from the server that is not in a structured form.
// It is expected to transform any response that is not recognizable as a clear server sent error from the
// K8S API using the information provided with the request. In practice, HTTP proxies and client libraries
// introduce a level of uncertainty to the responses returned by servers that in common use result in
// unexpected responses. The rough structure is:
//
// 1. Assume the server sends you something sane - JSON + well defined error objects + proper codes
//    - this is the happy path
//    - when you get this output, trust what the server sends
// 2. Guard against empty fields / bodies in received JSON and attempt to cull sufficient info from them to
//    generate a reasonable facsimile of the original failure.
//    - Be sure to use a distinct error type or flag that allows a client to distinguish between this and error 1 above
// 3. Handle true disconnect failures / completely malformed data by moving up to a more generic client error
// 4. Distinguish between various connection failures like SSL certificates, timeouts, proxy errors, unexpected
//    initial contact, the presence of mismatched body contents from posted content types
//    - Give these a separate distinct error type and capture as much as possible of the original message
//
// TODO: introduce transformation of generic http.Client.Do() errors that separates 4.
func (r *Request) transformUnstructuredResponseError(resp *http.Response, req *http.Request, body []byte) error {
	if body == nil && resp.Body != nil {
		if data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body); err == nil {
			body = data
		}
	}
	glog.V(8).Infof("Response Body: %s", string(body))

	message := "unknown"
	if isTextResponse(resp) {
		message = strings.TrimSpace(string(body))
	}
	retryAfter, _ := retryAfterSeconds(resp)
	return errors.NewGenericServerResponse(
		resp.StatusCode,
		req.Method,
		unversioned.GroupResource{
			Group:    r.content.GroupVersion.Group,
			Resource: r.resource,
		},
		r.resourceName,
		message,
		retryAfter,
		true,
	)
}

// isTextResponse returns true if the response appears to be a textual media type.
func isTextResponse(resp *http.Response) bool {
	contentType := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
	if len(contentType) == 0 {
		return true
	}
	media, _, err := mime.ParseMediaType(contentType)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return strings.HasPrefix(media, "text/")
}

// checkWait returns true along with a number of seconds if the server instructed us to wait
// before retrying.
func checkWait(resp *http.Response) (int, bool) {
	switch r := resp.StatusCode; {
	// any 500 error code and 429 can trigger a wait
	case r == errors.StatusTooManyRequests, r >= 500:
	default:
		return 0, false
	}
	i, ok := retryAfterSeconds(resp)
	return i, ok
}

// retryAfterSeconds returns the value of the Retry-After header and true, or 0 and false if
// the header was missing or not a valid number.
func retryAfterSeconds(resp *http.Response) (int, bool) {
	if h := resp.Header.Get("Retry-After"); len(h) > 0 {
		if i, err := strconv.Atoi(h); err == nil {
			return i, true
		}
	}
	return 0, false
}

// Result contains the result of calling Request.Do().
type Result struct {
	body        []byte
	contentType string
	err         error
	statusCode  int

	decoder runtime.Decoder
}

// Raw returns the raw result.
func (r Result) Raw() ([]byte, error) {
	return r.body, r.err
}

// Get returns the result as an object.
func (r Result) Get() (runtime.Object, error) {
	if r.err != nil {
		return nil, r.err
	}
	return runtime.Decode(r.decoder, r.body)
}

// StatusCode returns the HTTP status code of the request. (Only valid if no
// error was returned.)
func (r Result) StatusCode(statusCode *int) Result {
	*statusCode = r.statusCode
	return r
}

// Into stores the result into obj, if possible. If obj is nil it is ignored.
func (r Result) Into(obj runtime.Object) error {
	if r.err != nil {
		return r.err
	}
	return runtime.DecodeInto(r.decoder, r.body, obj)
}

// WasCreated updates the provided bool pointer to whether the server returned
// 201 created or a different response.
func (r Result) WasCreated(wasCreated *bool) Result {
	*wasCreated = r.statusCode == http.StatusCreated
	return r
}

// Error returns the error executing the request, nil if no error occurred.
// See the Request.Do() comment for what errors you might get.
func (r Result) Error() error {
	return r.err
}