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- Added comprehensive URL helper utilities for better URL handling - Enhanced logger with timestamp support for improved debugging - Added documentation for the utils module - Refactored code for better maintainability and readability
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This pull request adds a new UrlHelpers utility class for URL manipulation and validation, documents the utils module, and updates the logger to include timestamps. The review highlighted several issues: std::localtime in the logger is not thread-safe; extract_domain and split_components in UrlHelpers fail to correctly handle IPv6 addresses and URLs with queries/fragments but no path; and decode_percent uses a fragile and slow std::sscanf implementation.
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| size_t end = url.find('/', start); | ||
| if (end == std::string::npos) end = url.length(); | ||
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| std::string domain = url.substr(start, end - start); | ||
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| // Remove port if present | ||
| size_t port_pos = domain.find(':'); | ||
| if (port_pos != std::string::npos) { | ||
| domain = domain.substr(0, port_pos); | ||
| } |
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The current implementation of extract_domain has two main issues:
- If the URL has a query or fragment but no path (e.g.,
http://example.com?q=1),url.find('/', start)will fail to find/, causing the query/fragment to be incorrectly included in the extracted domain. - If the host is an IPv6 address (e.g.,
http://[2001:db8::1]:8080/),domain.find(':')will split at the first colon inside the IPv6 address rather than the port colon, corrupting the domain.
Using find_first_of("/?#") and handling IPv6 brackets resolves these issues.
size_t end = url.find_first_of("/?#", start);
if (end == std::string::npos) end = url.length();
std::string domain = url.substr(start, end - start);
// Remove port if present, taking care of IPv6 addresses
size_t port_pos = std::string::npos;
if (!domain.empty() && domain[0] == '[') {
size_t end_bracket = domain.find(']');
if (end_bracket != std::string::npos) {
port_pos = domain.find(':', end_bracket + 1);
}
} else {
port_pos = domain.rfind(':');
}
if (port_pos != std::string::npos) {
domain = domain.substr(0, port_pos);
}| if (str[i] == '%' && i + 2 < str.length()) { | ||
| int value = 0; | ||
| std::sscanf(str.c_str() + i + 1, "%2x", &value); | ||
| decoded += static_cast<char>(value); | ||
| i += 2; | ||
| } else { |
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Using std::sscanf for percent-decoding is slow and fragile. If the characters following % are not valid hex digits (e.g., %g1), std::sscanf will fail and return 0, causing the sequence to be incorrectly decoded to a null character \0 and consuming the characters. It is safer and much faster to manually validate and decode the hex characters, leaving invalid sequences unchanged.
if (str[i] == '%' && i + 2 < str.length()) {
char h1 = str[i + 1];
char h2 = str[i + 2];
if (std::isxdigit(static_cast<unsigned char>(h1)) && std::isxdigit(static_cast<unsigned char>(h2))) {
int value = 0;
if (h1 >= '0' && h1 <= '9') value += (h1 - '0') * 16;
else if (h1 >= 'a' && h1 <= 'f') value += (h1 - 'a' + 10) * 16;
else if (h1 >= 'A' && h1 <= 'F') value += (h1 - 'A' + 10) * 16;
if (h2 >= '0' && h2 <= '9') value += (h2 - '0');
else if (h2 >= 'a' && h2 <= 'f') value += (h2 - 'a' + 10);
else if (h2 >= 'A' && h2 <= 'F') value += (h2 - 'A' + 10);
decoded += static_cast<char>(value);
i += 2;
} else {
decoded += str[i];
}| size_t host_end = url.find('/', host_start); | ||
| if (host_end == std::string::npos) host_end = url.length(); | ||
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| std::string authority = url.substr(host_start, host_end - host_start); | ||
| size_t port_pos = authority.find(':'); | ||
| if (port_pos != std::string::npos) { | ||
| components[1] = authority.substr(0, port_pos); | ||
| components[2] = authority.substr(port_pos + 1); | ||
| } else { | ||
| components[1] = authority; | ||
| } |
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The current implementation of split_components has two major issues:
url.find('/', host_start)will fail to find the end of the host/authority if the URL has a query or fragment but no path (e.g.,http://example.com?q=1), causing the query/fragment to be treated as part of the host.authority.find(':')will incorrectly split IPv6 addresses (e.g.,[2001:db8::1]:8080) at the first colon inside the address rather than the port colon.
Using find_first_of("/?#") and handling IPv6 brackets resolves these issues.
size_t host_end = url.find_first_of("/?#", host_start);
if (host_end == std::string::npos) host_end = url.length();
std::string authority = url.substr(host_start, host_end - host_start);
size_t port_pos = std::string::npos;
if (!authority.empty() && authority[0] == '[') {
size_t end_bracket = authority.find(']');
if (end_bracket != std::string::npos) {
port_pos = authority.find(':', end_bracket + 1);
}
} else {
port_pos = authority.rfind(':');
}
if (port_pos != std::string::npos) {
components[1] = authority.substr(0, port_pos);
components[2] = authority.substr(port_pos + 1);
} else {
components[1] = authority;
}| std::string get_timestamp() { | ||
| auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now(); | ||
| auto time_t = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(now); | ||
| std::stringstream ss; | ||
| ss << std::put_time(std::localtime(&time_t), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"); | ||
| return ss.str(); | ||
| } |
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std::localtime is not thread-safe because it returns a pointer to a shared static std::tm structure. If other threads in the application call std::localtime concurrently, it can lead to data races and undefined behavior. Use thread-safe alternatives like localtime_r (POSIX) or localtime_s (Windows).
| std::string get_timestamp() { | |
| auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now(); | |
| auto time_t = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(now); | |
| std::stringstream ss; | |
| ss << std::put_time(std::localtime(&time_t), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"); | |
| return ss.str(); | |
| } | |
| std::string get_timestamp() { | |
| auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now(); | |
| auto time_t = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(now); | |
| std::tm tm_buf; | |
| #if defined(_MSC_VER) | |
| localtime_s(&tm_buf, &time_t); | |
| #else | |
| localtime_r(&time_t, &tm_buf); | |
| #endif | |
| std::stringstream ss; | |
| ss << std::put_time(&tm_buf, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"); | |
| return ss.str(); | |
| } |
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Summary
This PR improves the overall robustness of the URL parsing system and enhances the logging infrastructure for better debugging capabilities.
Changes Made
URL Helpers: Added a new
UrlHelpersclass with comprehensive URL manipulation utilities including normalization, validation, percent-encoding/decoding, domain extraction, component splitting, and HTTPS upgrade support. These utilities complement the existingUrlclass and provide commonly needed functionality for web crawling contexts.Logger Enhancement: Enhanced the
Loggerclass with timestamp support in ISO 8601 format for improved debugging and log traceability. Each log message now includes a precise timestamp, making it easier to correlate events during crawling operations.Documentation: Added a comprehensive README for the utils module documenting all available components, their purpose, and usage patterns.
Testing
All existing tests continue to pass. The new utilities follow established project conventions and patterns.
Motivation
These improvements address common pain points encountered during development and debugging sessions. The URL helpers reduce code duplication across the codebase, while the timestamped logging makes it significantly easier to trace execution flow and diagnose issues in production environments.