added attach over http/rpc support

rpc/comms/comms.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"strconv"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/api"
@@ -82,7 +84,28 @@ func ClientFromEndpoint(endpoint string, c codec.Codec) (EthereumClient, error)
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "rpc:") {
+		parts := strings.Split(endpoint, ":")
+		addr := "http://localhost"
+		port := uint(8545)
+		if len(parts) >= 3 {
+			addr = parts[1] + ":" + parts[2]
+		}
 
+		if len(parts) >= 4 {
+			p, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[3])
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			port = uint(p)
+		}
+
+		cfg := HttpConfig{
+			ListenAddress: addr,
+			ListenPort:    port,
+		}
+
+		return NewHttpClient(cfg, codec.JSON), nil
 	}
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid endpoint")

rpc/comms/http.go

@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/api"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/codec"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/shared"
 	"github.com/rs/cors"
 )
 
@@ -65,13 +69,19 @@ func StopHttp() {
 }
 
 type httpClient struct {
-	codec codec.ApiCoder
+	address string
+	port    uint
+	codec   codec.ApiCoder
+	lastRes interface{}
+	lastErr error
 }
 
 // Create a new in process client
-func NewHttpClient(cfg HttpConfig, codec codec.Codec) *httpClient {
+func NewHttpClient(cfg HttpConfig, c codec.Codec) *httpClient {
 	return &httpClient{
-		codec: codec.New(nil),
+		address: cfg.ListenAddress,
+		port:    cfg.ListenPort,
+		codec:   c.New(nil),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -80,9 +90,103 @@ func (self *httpClient) Close() {
 }
 
 func (self *httpClient) Send(req interface{}) error {
-	return nil
+	var body []byte
+	var err error
+
+	self.lastRes = nil
+	self.lastErr = nil
+
+	if body, err = self.codec.Encode(req); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	httpReq, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", self.address, self.port), bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	client := http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(httpReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.Status == "200 OK" {
+		reply, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		var rpcSuccessResponse shared.SuccessResponse
+		if err = self.codec.Decode(reply, &rpcSuccessResponse); err == nil {
+			self.lastRes = rpcSuccessResponse.Result
+			self.lastErr = err
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			var rpcErrorResponse shared.ErrorResponse
+			if err = self.codec.Decode(reply, &rpcErrorResponse); err == nil {
+				self.lastRes = rpcErrorResponse.Error
+				self.lastErr = err
+				return nil
+			} else {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
 }
 
 func (self *httpClient) Recv() (interface{}, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	return self.lastRes, self.lastErr
+}
+
+func (self *httpClient) SupportedModules() (map[string]string, error) {
+	var body []byte
+	var err error
+
+	payload := shared.Request{
+		Id:      1,
+		Jsonrpc: "2.0",
+		Method:  "modules",
+	}
+
+	if body, err = self.codec.Encode(payload); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", self.address, self.port), bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	client := http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.Status == "200 OK" {
+		reply, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		var rpcRes shared.SuccessResponse
+		if err = self.codec.Decode(reply, &rpcRes); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		result := make(map[string]string)
+		if modules, ok := rpcRes.Result.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+			for a, v := range modules {
+				result[a] = fmt.Sprintf("%s", v)
+			}
+			return result, nil
+		}
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse module response - %v", rpcRes.Result)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("resp.Status = %s\n", resp.Status)
+		fmt.Printf("err = %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil, err
 }

rpc/comms/ipc.go

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 
+	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/api"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/codec"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/shared"
-	"encoding/json"
 )
 
 type IpcConfig struct {