Stream request body instead of buffering it in memory (#8084)

Co-authored-by: Matthew Phillips <matthew@matthewphillips.info>

.changeset/lemon-lobsters-do.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/node': patch
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Stream request body instead of buffering it in memory.

packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts

@@ -9,84 +9,117 @@ import { App, type MatchOptions } from './index.js';
 
 const clientAddressSymbol = Symbol.for('astro.clientAddress');
 
-function createRequestFromNodeRequest(req: NodeIncomingMessage, body?: Uint8Array): Request {
+type CreateNodeRequestOptions = {
+	emptyBody?: boolean;
+};
+
+type BodyProps = Partial<RequestInit>;
+
+function createRequestFromNodeRequest(
+	req: NodeIncomingMessage,
+	options?: CreateNodeRequestOptions
+): Request {
 	const protocol =
 		req.socket instanceof TLSSocket || req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] === 'https'
 			? 'https'
 			: 'http';
 	const hostname = req.headers.host || req.headers[':authority'];
 	const url = `${protocol}://${hostname}${req.url}`;
-	const rawHeaders = req.headers as Record<string, any>;
-	const entries = Object.entries(rawHeaders);
+	const headers = makeRequestHeaders(req);
 	const method = req.method || 'GET';
+	let bodyProps: BodyProps = {};
+	const bodyAllowed = method !== 'HEAD' && method !== 'GET' && !options?.emptyBody;
+	if (bodyAllowed) {
+		bodyProps = makeRequestBody(req);
+	}
 	const request = new Request(url, {
 		method,
-		headers: new Headers(entries),
-		body: ['HEAD', 'GET'].includes(method) ? null : body,
+		headers,
+		...bodyProps,
 	});
 	if (req.socket?.remoteAddress) {
 		Reflect.set(request, clientAddressSymbol, req.socket.remoteAddress);
 	}
 	return request;
 }
 
-class NodeIncomingMessage extends IncomingMessage {
-	/**
-	 * The read-only body property of the Request interface contains a ReadableStream with the body contents that have been added to the request.
-	 */
-	body?: unknown;
+function makeRequestHeaders(req: NodeIncomingMessage): Headers {
+	const headers = new Headers();
+	for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(req.headers)) {
+		if (value === undefined) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+			for (const item of value) {
+				headers.append(name, item);
+			}
+		} else {
+			headers.append(name, value);
+		}
+	}
+	return headers;
 }
 
-export class NodeApp extends App {
-	match(req: NodeIncomingMessage | Request, opts: MatchOptions = {}) {
-		return super.match(req instanceof Request ? req : createRequestFromNodeRequest(req), opts);
-	}
-	render(req: NodeIncomingMessage | Request, routeData?: RouteData, locals?: object) {
+function makeRequestBody(req: NodeIncomingMessage): BodyProps {
+	if (req.body !== undefined) {
 		if (typeof req.body === 'string' && req.body.length > 0) {
-			return super.render(
-				req instanceof Request ? req : createRequestFromNodeRequest(req, Buffer.from(req.body)),
-				routeData,
-				locals
-			);
+			return { body: Buffer.from(req.body) };
 		}
 
 		if (typeof req.body === 'object' && req.body !== null && Object.keys(req.body).length > 0) {
-			return super.render(
-				req instanceof Request
-					? req
-					: createRequestFromNodeRequest(req, Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(req.body))),
-				routeData,
-				locals
-			);
+			return { body: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(req.body)) };
 		}
 
-		if ('on' in req) {
-			let body = Buffer.from([]);
-			let reqBodyComplete = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-				req.on('data', (d) => {
-					body = Buffer.concat([body, d]);
-				});
-				req.on('end', () => {
-					resolve(body);
-				});
-				req.on('error', (err) => {
-					reject(err);
-				});
-			});
+		// This covers all async iterables including Readable and ReadableStream.
+		if (
+			typeof req.body === 'object' &&
+			req.body !== null &&
+			typeof (req.body as any)[Symbol.asyncIterator] !== 'undefined'
+		) {
+			return asyncIterableToBodyProps(req.body as AsyncIterable<any>);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return default body.
+	return asyncIterableToBodyProps(req);
+}
+
+function asyncIterableToBodyProps(iterable: AsyncIterable<any>): BodyProps {
+	return {
+		// Node uses undici for the Request implementation. Undici accepts
+		// a non-standard async iterable for the body.
+		// @ts-expect-error
+		body: iterable,
+		// The duplex property is required when using a ReadableStream or async
+		// iterable for the body. The type definitions do not include the duplex
+		// property because they are not up-to-date.
+		// @ts-expect-error
+		duplex: 'half',
+	} satisfies BodyProps;
+}
+
+class NodeIncomingMessage extends IncomingMessage {
+	/**
+	 * Allow the request body to be explicitly overridden. For example, this
+	 * is used by the Express JSON middleware.
+	 */
+	body?: unknown;
+}
 
-			return reqBodyComplete.then(() => {
-				return super.render(
-					req instanceof Request ? req : createRequestFromNodeRequest(req, body),
-					routeData,
-					locals
-				);
+export class NodeApp extends App {
+	match(req: NodeIncomingMessage | Request, opts: MatchOptions = {}) {
+		if (!(req instanceof Request)) {
+			req = createRequestFromNodeRequest(req, {
+				emptyBody: true,
 			});
 		}
-		return super.render(
-			req instanceof Request ? req : createRequestFromNodeRequest(req),
-			routeData,
-			locals
-		);
+		return super.match(req, opts);
+	}
+	render(req: NodeIncomingMessage | Request, routeData?: RouteData, locals?: object) {
+		if (!(req instanceof Request)) {
+			req = createRequestFromNodeRequest(req);
+		}
+		return super.render(req, routeData, locals);
 	}
 }
 

packages/integrations/node/package.json

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "chai": "^4.3.7",
     "cheerio": "1.0.0-rc.12",
     "mocha": "^9.2.2",
-    "node-mocks-http": "^1.12.2",
+    "node-mocks-http": "^1.13.0",
     "undici": "^5.22.1"
   }
 }

packages/integrations/node/test/api-route.test.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import nodejs from '../dist/index.js';
 import { loadFixture, createRequestAndResponse } from './test-utils.js';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 
 describe('API routes', () => {
 	/** @type {import('./test-utils').Fixture} */
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ describe('API routes', () => {
 			url: '/recipes',
 		});
 
-		handler(req, res);
+		req.once('async_iterator', () => {
+			req.send(JSON.stringify({ id: 2 }));
+		});
 
-		req.send(JSON.stringify({ id: 2 }));
+		handler(req, res);
 
 		let [buffer] = await done;
 
@@ -43,11 +46,47 @@ describe('API routes', () => {
 			url: '/binary',
 		});
 
+		req.once('async_iterator', () => {
+			req.send(Buffer.from(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])));
+		});
+
 		handler(req, res);
-		req.send(Buffer.from(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])));
 
 		let [out] = await done;
 		let arr = Array.from(new Uint8Array(out.buffer));
 		expect(arr).to.deep.equal([5, 4, 3, 2, 1]);
 	});
+
+	it('Can post large binary data', async () => {
+		const { handler } = await import('./fixtures/api-route/dist/server/entry.mjs');
+
+		let { req, res, done } = createRequestAndResponse({
+			method: 'POST',
+			url: '/hash',
+		});
+
+		handler(req, res);
+
+		let expectedDigest = null;
+		req.once('async_iterator', () => {
+			// Send 256MB of garbage data in 256KB chunks. This should be fast (< 1sec).
+			let remainingBytes = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
+			const chunkSize = 256 * 1024;
+
+			const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
+			while (remainingBytes > 0) {
+				const size = Math.min(remainingBytes, chunkSize);
+				const chunk = Buffer.alloc(size, Math.floor(Math.random() * 256));
+				hash.update(chunk);
+				req.emit('data', chunk);
+				remainingBytes -= size;
+			}
+
+			req.emit('end');
+			expectedDigest = hash.digest();
+		});
+
+		let [out] = await done;
+		expect(new Uint8Array(out.buffer)).to.deep.equal(expectedDigest);
+	});
 });

packages/integrations/node/test/fixtures/api-route/src/pages/hash.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
+
+export async function post({ request }: { request: Request }) {
+	const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
+
+    const iterable = request.body as unknown as AsyncIterable<Uint8Array>;
+    for await (const chunk of iterable) {
+        hash.update(chunk);
+    }
+
+	return new Response(hash.digest(), {
+		headers: {
+			'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'
+		}
+	});
+}