axum/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/src/main.rs

//! Run with
//!
//! ```not_rust
//! cargo run -p example-consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware
//! ```

use axum::{
    async_trait,
    body::{Body, Bytes},
    extract::{FromRequest, Request},
    http::StatusCode,
    middleware::{self, Next},
    response::{IntoResponse, Response},
    routing::post,
    Router,
};
use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    tracing_subscriber::registry()
        .with(
            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "example_consume_body_in_extractor_or_middleware=debug".into()),
        )
        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
        .init();

    let app = Router::new()
        .route("/", post(handler))
        .layer(middleware::from_fn(print_request_body));

    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
        .await
        .unwrap();
    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
}

// middleware that shows how to consume the request body upfront
async fn print_request_body(request: Request, next: Next) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, Response> {
    let request = buffer_request_body(request).await?;

    Ok(next.run(request).await)
}

// the trick is to take the request apart, buffer the body, do what you need to do, then put
// the request back together
async fn buffer_request_body(request: Request) -> Result<Request, Response> {
    let (parts, body) = request.into_parts();

    // this wont work if the body is an long running stream
    let bytes = hyper::body::to_bytes(body)
        .await
        .map_err(|err| (StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, err.to_string()).into_response())?;

    do_thing_with_request_body(bytes.clone());

    Ok(Request::from_parts(parts, Body::from(bytes)))
}

fn do_thing_with_request_body(bytes: Bytes) {
    tracing::debug!(body = ?bytes);
}

async fn handler(BufferRequestBody(body): BufferRequestBody) {
    tracing::debug!(?body, "handler received body");
}

// extractor that shows how to consume the request body upfront
struct BufferRequestBody(Bytes);

// we must implement `FromRequest` (and not `FromRequestParts`) to consume the body
#[async_trait]
impl<S> FromRequest<S> for BufferRequestBody
where
    S: Send + Sync,
{
    type Rejection = Response;

    async fn from_request(req: Request, state: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
        let body = Bytes::from_request(req, state)
            .await
            .map_err(|err| err.into_response())?;

        do_thing_with_request_body(body.clone());

        Ok(Self(body))
    }
}