node, rpc: add JWT auth support in client (#24911)

This adds a generic mechanism for 'dial options' in the RPC client,
and also implements a specific dial option for the JWT authentication
mechanism used by the engine API. Some real tests for the server-side
authentication handling are also added.

Co-authored-by: Joshua Gutow <jgutow@optimism.io>
Co-authored-by: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>

node/config.go

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// AllowUnprotectedTxs allows non EIP-155 protected transactions to be send over RPC.
 	AllowUnprotectedTxs bool `toml:",omitempty"`
 
-	// JWTSecret is the hex-encoded jwt secret.
+	// JWTSecret is the path to the hex-encoded jwt secret.
 	JWTSecret string `toml:",omitempty"`
 }
 

node/jwt_auth.go

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package node
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
+)
+
+// NewJWTAuth creates an rpc client authentication provider that uses JWT. The
+// secret MUST be 32 bytes (256 bits) as defined by the Engine-API authentication spec.
+//
+// See https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/main/src/engine/authentication.md
+// for more details about this authentication scheme.
+func NewJWTAuth(jwtsecret [32]byte) rpc.HTTPAuth {
+	return func(h http.Header) error {
+		token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, jwt.MapClaims{
+			"iat": &jwt.NumericDate{Time: time.Now()},
+		})
+		s, err := token.SignedString(jwtsecret[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create JWT token: %w", err)
+		}
+		h.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+s)
+		return nil
+	}
+}

node/node.go

@@ -668,6 +668,19 @@ func (n *Node) WSEndpoint() string {
 	return "ws://" + n.ws.listenAddr() + n.ws.wsConfig.prefix
 }
 
+// HTTPAuthEndpoint returns the URL of the authenticated HTTP server.
+func (n *Node) HTTPAuthEndpoint() string {
+	return "http://" + n.httpAuth.listenAddr()
+}
+
+// WSAuthEndpoint returns the current authenticated JSON-RPC over WebSocket endpoint.
+func (n *Node) WSAuthEndpoint() string {
+	if n.httpAuth.wsAllowed() {
+		return "ws://" + n.httpAuth.listenAddr() + n.httpAuth.wsConfig.prefix
+	}
+	return "ws://" + n.wsAuth.listenAddr() + n.wsAuth.wsConfig.prefix
+}
+
 // EventMux retrieves the event multiplexer used by all the network services in
 // the current protocol stack.
 func (n *Node) EventMux() *event.TypeMux {

node/node_auth_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package node
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	crand "crypto/rand"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
+)
+
+type helloRPC string
+
+func (ta helloRPC) HelloWorld() (string, error) {
+	return string(ta), nil
+}
+
+type authTest struct {
+	name            string
+	endpoint        string
+	prov            rpc.HTTPAuth
+	expectDialFail  bool
+	expectCall1Fail bool
+	expectCall2Fail bool
+}
+
+func (at *authTest) Run(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	cl, err := rpc.DialOptions(ctx, at.endpoint, rpc.WithHTTPAuth(at.prov))
+	if at.expectDialFail {
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected initial dial to fail")
+		} else {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to dial rpc endpoint: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var x string
+	err = cl.CallContext(ctx, &x, "engine_helloWorld")
+	if at.expectCall1Fail {
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected call 1 to fail")
+		} else {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to call rpc endpoint: %v", err)
+	}
+	if x != "hello engine" {
+		t.Fatalf("method was silent but did not return expected value: %q", x)
+	}
+
+	err = cl.CallContext(ctx, &x, "eth_helloWorld")
+	if at.expectCall2Fail {
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected call 2 to fail")
+		} else {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to call rpc endpoint: %v", err)
+	}
+	if x != "hello eth" {
+		t.Fatalf("method was silent but did not return expected value: %q", x)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAuthEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
+	var secret [32]byte
+	if _, err := crand.Read(secret[:]); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create jwt secret: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Geth must read it from a file, and does not support in-memory JWT secrets, so we create a temporary file.
+	jwtPath := path.Join(t.TempDir(), "jwt_secret")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(jwtPath, []byte(hexutil.Encode(secret[:])), 0600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to prepare jwt secret file: %v", err)
+	}
+	// We get ports assigned by the node automatically
+	conf := &Config{
+		HTTPHost:  "127.0.0.1",
+		HTTPPort:  0,
+		WSHost:    "127.0.0.1",
+		WSPort:    0,
+		AuthAddr:  "127.0.0.1",
+		AuthPort:  0,
+		JWTSecret: jwtPath,
+
+		WSModules:   []string{"eth", "engine"},
+		HTTPModules: []string{"eth", "engine"},
+	}
+	node, err := New(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not create a new node: %v", err)
+	}
+	// register dummy apis so we can test the modules are available and reachable with authentication
+	node.RegisterAPIs([]rpc.API{
+		{
+			Namespace:     "engine",
+			Version:       "1.0",
+			Service:       helloRPC("hello engine"),
+			Public:        true,
+			Authenticated: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Namespace:     "eth",
+			Version:       "1.0",
+			Service:       helloRPC("hello eth"),
+			Public:        true,
+			Authenticated: true,
+		},
+	})
+	if err := node.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start test node: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer node.Close()
+
+	// sanity check we are running different endpoints
+	if a, b := node.WSEndpoint(), node.WSAuthEndpoint(); a == b {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ws and auth-ws endpoints to be different, got: %q and %q", a, b)
+	}
+	if a, b := node.HTTPEndpoint(), node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(); a == b {
+		t.Fatalf("expected http and auth-http endpoints to be different, got: %q and %q", a, b)
+	}
+
+	goodAuth := NewJWTAuth(secret)
+	var otherSecret [32]byte
+	if _, err := crand.Read(otherSecret[:]); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create jwt secret: %v", err)
+	}
+	badAuth := NewJWTAuth(otherSecret)
+
+	notTooLong := time.Second * 57
+	tooLong := time.Second * 60
+	requestDelay := time.Second
+
+	testCases := []authTest{
+		// Auth works
+		{name: "ws good", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: goodAuth, expectCall1Fail: false},
+		{name: "http good", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: goodAuth, expectCall1Fail: false},
+
+		// Try a bad auth
+		{name: "ws bad", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: badAuth, expectDialFail: true},      // ws auth is immediate
+		{name: "http bad", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: badAuth, expectCall1Fail: true}, // http auth is on first call
+
+		// A common mistake with JWT is to allow the "none" algorithm, which is a valid JWT but not secure.
+		{name: "ws none", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: noneAuth(secret), expectDialFail: true},
+		{name: "http none", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: noneAuth(secret), expectCall1Fail: true},
+
+		// claims of 5 seconds or more, older or newer, are not allowed
+		{name: "ws too old", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, -tooLong), expectDialFail: true},
+		{name: "http too old", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, -tooLong), expectCall1Fail: true},
+		// note: for it to be too long we need to add a delay, so that once we receive the request, the difference has not dipped below the "tooLong"
+		{name: "ws too new", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, tooLong+requestDelay), expectDialFail: true},
+		{name: "http too new", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, tooLong+requestDelay), expectCall1Fail: true},
+
+		// Try offset the time, but stay just within bounds
+		{name: "ws old", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, -notTooLong)},
+		{name: "http old", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, -notTooLong)},
+		{name: "ws new", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, notTooLong)},
+		{name: "http new", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: offsetTimeAuth(secret, notTooLong)},
+
+		// ws only authenticates on initial dial, then continues communication
+		{name: "ws single auth", endpoint: node.WSAuthEndpoint(), prov: changingAuth(goodAuth, badAuth)},
+		{name: "http call fail auth", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: changingAuth(goodAuth, badAuth), expectCall2Fail: true},
+		{name: "http call fail time", endpoint: node.HTTPAuthEndpoint(), prov: changingAuth(goodAuth, offsetTimeAuth(secret, tooLong+requestDelay)), expectCall2Fail: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		t.Run(testCase.name, testCase.Run)
+	}
+}
+
+func noneAuth(secret [32]byte) rpc.HTTPAuth {
+	return func(header http.Header) error {
+		token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodNone, jwt.MapClaims{
+			"iat": &jwt.NumericDate{Time: time.Now()},
+		})
+		s, err := token.SignedString(secret[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create JWT token: %w", err)
+		}
+		header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+s)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func changingAuth(provs ...rpc.HTTPAuth) rpc.HTTPAuth {
+	i := 0
+	return func(header http.Header) error {
+		i += 1
+		if i > len(provs) {
+			i = len(provs)
+		}
+		return provs[i-1](header)
+	}
+}
+
+func offsetTimeAuth(secret [32]byte, offset time.Duration) rpc.HTTPAuth {
+	return func(header http.Header) error {
+		token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, jwt.MapClaims{
+			"iat": &jwt.NumericDate{Time: time.Now().Add(offset)},
+		})
+		s, err := token.SignedString(secret[:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create JWT token: %w", err)
+		}
+		header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+s)
+		return nil
+	}
+}

rpc/client.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	reqTimeout  chan *requestOp  // removes response IDs when call timeout expires
 }
 
-type reconnectFunc func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error)
+type reconnectFunc func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error)
 
 type clientContextKey struct{}
 
@@ -153,14 +154,16 @@ func (op *requestOp) wait(ctx context.Context, c *Client) (*jsonrpcMessage, erro
 //
 // The currently supported URL schemes are "http", "https", "ws" and "wss". If rawurl is a
 // file name with no URL scheme, a local socket connection is established using UNIX
-// domain sockets on supported platforms and named pipes on Windows. If you want to
+// domain sockets on supported platforms and named pipes on Windows.
-// configure transport options, use DialHTTP, DialWebsocket or DialIPC instead.
+//
+// If you want to further configure the transport, use DialOptions instead of this
+// function.
 //
 // For websocket connections, the origin is set to the local host name.
 //
-// The client reconnects automatically if the connection is lost.
+// The client reconnects automatically when the connection is lost.
 func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
-	return DialContext(context.Background(), rawurl)
+	return DialOptions(context.Background(), rawurl)
 }
 
 // DialContext creates a new RPC client, just like Dial.
@@ -168,22 +171,46 @@ func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
 // The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
 // not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
 func DialContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
+	return DialOptions(ctx, rawurl)
+}
+
+// DialOptions creates a new RPC client for the given URL. You can supply any of the
+// pre-defined client options to configure the underlying transport.
+//
+// The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
+// not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
+//
+// The client reconnects automatically when the connection is lost.
+func DialOptions(ctx context.Context, rawurl string, options ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(rawurl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
+	for _, opt := range options {
+		opt.applyOption(cfg)
+	}
+
+	var reconnect reconnectFunc
 	switch u.Scheme {
 	case "http", "https":
-		return DialHTTP(rawurl)
+		reconnect = newClientTransportHTTP(rawurl, cfg)
 	case "ws", "wss":
-		return DialWebsocket(ctx, rawurl, "")
+		rc, err := newClientTransportWS(rawurl, cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		reconnect = rc
 	case "stdio":
-		return DialStdIO(ctx)
+		reconnect = newClientTransportIO(os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
 	case "":
-		return DialIPC(ctx, rawurl)
+		reconnect = newClientTransportIPC(rawurl)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no known transport for URL scheme %q", u.Scheme)
 	}
+
+	return newClient(ctx, reconnect)
 }
 
 // ClientFromContext retrieves the client from the context, if any. This can be used to perform

rpc/client_opt.go

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+)
+
+// ClientOption is a configuration option for the RPC client.
+type ClientOption interface {
+	applyOption(*clientConfig)
+}
+
+type clientConfig struct {
+	httpClient  *http.Client
+	httpHeaders http.Header
+	httpAuth    HTTPAuth
+
+	wsDialer *websocket.Dialer
+}
+
+func (cfg *clientConfig) initHeaders() {
+	if cfg.httpHeaders == nil {
+		cfg.httpHeaders = make(http.Header)
+	}
+}
+
+func (cfg *clientConfig) setHeader(key, value string) {
+	cfg.initHeaders()
+	cfg.httpHeaders.Set(key, value)
+}
+
+type optionFunc func(*clientConfig)
+
+func (fn optionFunc) applyOption(opt *clientConfig) {
+	fn(opt)
+}
+
+// WithWebsocketDialer configures the websocket.Dialer used by the RPC client.
+func WithWebsocketDialer(dialer websocket.Dialer) ClientOption {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.wsDialer = &dialer
+	})
+}
+
+// WithHeader configures HTTP headers set by the RPC client. Headers set using this option
+// will be used for both HTTP and WebSocket connections.
+func WithHeader(key, value string) ClientOption {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.initHeaders()
+		cfg.httpHeaders.Set(key, value)
+	})
+}
+
+// WithHeaders configures HTTP headers set by the RPC client. Headers set using this
+// option will be used for both HTTP and WebSocket connections.
+func WithHeaders(headers http.Header) ClientOption {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.initHeaders()
+		for k, vs := range headers {
+			cfg.httpHeaders[k] = vs
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// WithHTTPClient configures the http.Client used by the RPC client.
+func WithHTTPClient(c *http.Client) ClientOption {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.httpClient = c
+	})
+}
+
+// WithHTTPAuth configures HTTP request authentication. The given provider will be called
+// whenever a request is made. Note that only one authentication provider can be active at
+// any time.
+func WithHTTPAuth(a HTTPAuth) ClientOption {
+	if a == nil {
+		panic("nil auth")
+	}
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.httpAuth = a
+	})
+}
+
+// A HTTPAuth function is called by the client whenever a HTTP request is sent.
+// The function must be safe for concurrent use.
+//
+// Usually, HTTPAuth functions will call h.Set("authorization", "...") to add
+// auth information to the request.
+type HTTPAuth func(h http.Header) error

rpc/client_opt_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package rpc_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+)
+
+// This example configures a HTTP-based RPC client with two options - one setting the
+// overall request timeout, the other adding a custom HTTP header to all requests.
+func ExampleDialOptions() {
+	tokenHeader := rpc.WithHeader("x-token", "foo")
+	httpClient := rpc.WithHTTPClient(&http.Client{
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+	})
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	c, err := rpc.DialOptions(ctx, "http://rpc.example.com", httpClient, tokenHeader)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	c.Close()
+}

rpc/http.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type httpConn struct {
 	closeCh   chan interface{}
 	mu        sync.Mutex // protects headers
 	headers   http.Header
+	auth      HTTPAuth
 }
 
 // httpConn implements ServerCodec, but it is treated specially by Client
@@ -117,8 +118,15 @@ var DefaultHTTPTimeouts = HTTPTimeouts{
 	IdleTimeout:       120 * time.Second,
 }
 
+// DialHTTP creates a new RPC client that connects to an RPC server over HTTP.
+func DialHTTP(endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
+	return DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint, new(http.Client))
+}
+
 // DialHTTPWithClient creates a new RPC client that connects to an RPC server over HTTP
 // using the provided HTTP Client.
+//
+// Deprecated: use DialOptions and the WithHTTPClient option.
 func DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint string, client *http.Client) (*Client, error) {
 	// Sanity check URL so we don't end up with a client that will fail every request.
 	_, err := url.Parse(endpoint)
@@ -126,24 +134,35 @@ func DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint string, client *http.Client) (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	initctx := context.Background()
+	var cfg clientConfig
-	headers := make(http.Header, 2)
+	fn := newClientTransportHTTP(endpoint, &cfg)
-	headers.Set("accept", contentType)
+	return newClient(context.Background(), fn)
-	headers.Set("content-type", contentType)
-	return newClient(initctx, func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
-		hc := &httpConn{
-			client:  client,
-			headers: headers,
-			url:     endpoint,
-			closeCh: make(chan interface{}),
-		}
-		return hc, nil
-	})
 }
 
-// DialHTTP creates a new RPC client that connects to an RPC server over HTTP.
+func newClientTransportHTTP(endpoint string, cfg *clientConfig) reconnectFunc {
-func DialHTTP(endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
+	headers := make(http.Header, 2+len(cfg.httpHeaders))
-	return DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint, new(http.Client))
+	headers.Set("accept", contentType)
+	headers.Set("content-type", contentType)
+	for key, values := range cfg.httpHeaders {
+		headers[key] = values
+	}
+
+	client := cfg.httpClient
+	if client == nil {
+		client = new(http.Client)
+	}
+
+	hc := &httpConn{
+		client:  client,
+		headers: headers,
+		url:     endpoint,
+		auth:    cfg.httpAuth,
+		closeCh: make(chan interface{}),
+	}
+
+	return func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+		return hc, nil
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *Client) sendHTTP(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msg interface{}) error {
@@ -195,6 +214,11 @@ func (hc *httpConn) doRequest(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}) (io.ReadClos
 	hc.mu.Lock()
 	req.Header = hc.headers.Clone()
 	hc.mu.Unlock()
+	if hc.auth != nil {
+		if err := hc.auth(req.Header); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 
 	// do request
 	resp, err := hc.client.Do(req)

rpc/ipc.go

@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ func (s *Server) ServeListener(l net.Listener) error {
 // The context is used for the initial connection establishment. It does not
 // affect subsequent interactions with the client.
 func DialIPC(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
-	return newClient(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+	return newClient(ctx, newClientTransportIPC(endpoint))
+}
+
+func newClientTransportIPC(endpoint string) reconnectFunc {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
 		conn, err := newIPCConnection(ctx, endpoint)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return NewCodec(conn), err
-	})
+	}
 }

rpc/stdio.go

@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ func DialStdIO(ctx context.Context) (*Client, error) {
 
 // DialIO creates a client which uses the given IO channels
 func DialIO(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) (*Client, error) {
-	return newClient(ctx, func(_ context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+	return newClient(ctx, newClientTransportIO(in, out))
+}
+
+func newClientTransportIO(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) reconnectFunc {
+	return func(context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
 		return NewCodec(stdioConn{
 			in:  in,
 			out: out,
 		}), nil
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 type stdioConn struct {

rpc/websocket.go

@@ -181,24 +181,23 @@ func parseOriginURL(origin string) (string, string, string, error) {
 	return scheme, hostname, port, nil
 }
 
-// DialWebsocketWithDialer creates a new RPC client that communicates with a JSON-RPC server
+// DialWebsocketWithDialer creates a new RPC client using WebSocket.
-// that is listening on the given endpoint using the provided dialer.
+//
+// The context is used for the initial connection establishment. It does not
+// affect subsequent interactions with the client.
+//
+// Deprecated: use DialOptions and the WithWebsocketDialer option.
 func DialWebsocketWithDialer(ctx context.Context, endpoint, origin string, dialer websocket.Dialer) (*Client, error) {
-	endpoint, header, err := wsClientHeaders(endpoint, origin)
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
+	cfg.wsDialer = &dialer
+	if origin != "" {
+		cfg.setHeader("origin", origin)
+	}
+	connect, err := newClientTransportWS(endpoint, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return newClient(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+	return newClient(ctx, connect)
-		conn, resp, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, endpoint, header)
-		if err != nil {
-			hErr := wsHandshakeError{err: err}
-			if resp != nil {
-				hErr.status = resp.Status
-			}
-			return nil, hErr
-		}
-		return newWebsocketCodec(conn, endpoint, header), nil
-	})
 }
 
 // DialWebsocket creates a new RPC client that communicates with a JSON-RPC server
@@ -207,12 +206,53 @@ func DialWebsocketWithDialer(ctx context.Context, endpoint, origin string, diale
 // The context is used for the initial connection establishment. It does not
 // affect subsequent interactions with the client.
 func DialWebsocket(ctx context.Context, endpoint, origin string) (*Client, error) {
-	dialer := websocket.Dialer{
+	cfg := new(clientConfig)
-		ReadBufferSize:  wsReadBuffer,
+	if origin != "" {
-		WriteBufferSize: wsWriteBuffer,
+		cfg.setHeader("origin", origin)
-		WriteBufferPool: wsBufferPool,
 	}
-	return DialWebsocketWithDialer(ctx, endpoint, origin, dialer)
+	connect, err := newClientTransportWS(endpoint, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return newClient(ctx, connect)
+}
+
+func newClientTransportWS(endpoint string, cfg *clientConfig) (reconnectFunc, error) {
+	dialer := cfg.wsDialer
+	if dialer == nil {
+		dialer = &websocket.Dialer{
+			ReadBufferSize:  wsReadBuffer,
+			WriteBufferSize: wsWriteBuffer,
+			WriteBufferPool: wsBufferPool,
+		}
+	}
+
+	dialURL, header, err := wsClientHeaders(endpoint, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for key, values := range cfg.httpHeaders {
+		header[key] = values
+	}
+
+	connect := func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
+		header := header.Clone()
+		if cfg.httpAuth != nil {
+			if err := cfg.httpAuth(header); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+		conn, resp, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, dialURL, header)
+		if err != nil {
+			hErr := wsHandshakeError{err: err}
+			if resp != nil {
+				hErr.status = resp.Status
+			}
+			return nil, hErr
+		}
+		return newWebsocketCodec(conn, dialURL, header), nil
+	}
+	return connect, nil
 }
 
 func wsClientHeaders(endpoint, origin string) (string, http.Header, error) {