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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright OpenBMC Authors
+#pragma once
+#include "bmcweb_config.h"
+
+#include "boost_formatters.hpp"
+#include "http_body.hpp"
+#include "http_request.hpp"
+#include "logging.hpp"
+#include "ossl_random.hpp"
+#include "sessions.hpp"
+#include "websocket.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/asio/buffer.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/error.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/ssl/error.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/error.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/multi_buffer.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/core/role.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http/field.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http/message.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/http/status.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/websocket/error.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/websocket/rfc6455.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/websocket/stream.hpp>
+#include <boost/beast/websocket/stream_base.hpp>
+#include <boost/url/url_view.hpp>
+
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-include-cleaner)
+#include <boost/beast/websocket/ssl.hpp>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <functional>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace crow
+{
+namespace websocket
+{
+
+template <typename Adaptor>
+class ConnectionImpl : public Connection
+{
+    using self_t = ConnectionImpl<Adaptor>;
+
+  public:
+    ConnectionImpl(
+        const boost::urls::url_view& urlViewIn,
+        const std::shared_ptr<persistent_data::UserSession>& sessionIn,
+        Adaptor adaptorIn, std::function<void(Connection&)> openHandlerIn,
+        std::function<void(Connection&, const std::string&, bool)>
+            messageHandlerIn,
+        std::function<void(crow::websocket::Connection&, std::string_view,
+                           crow::websocket::MessageType type,
+                           std::function<void()>&& whenComplete)>
+            messageExHandlerIn,
+        std::function<void(Connection&, const std::string&)> closeHandlerIn,
+        std::function<void(Connection&)> errorHandlerIn) :
+        uri(urlViewIn), ws(std::move(adaptorIn)), inBuffer(inString, 131088),
+        openHandler(std::move(openHandlerIn)),
+        messageHandler(std::move(messageHandlerIn)),
+        messageExHandler(std::move(messageExHandlerIn)),
+        closeHandler(std::move(closeHandlerIn)),
+        errorHandler(std::move(errorHandlerIn)), session(sessionIn)
+    {
+        /* Turn on the timeouts on websocket stream to server role */
+        ws.set_option(boost::beast::websocket::stream_base::timeout::suggested(
+            boost::beast::role_type::server));
+        BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG("Creating new connection {}", logPtr(this));
+    }
+
+    void start(const crow::Request& req)
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG("starting connection {}", logPtr(this));
+
+        using bf = boost::beast::http::field;
+        std::string protocolHeader{
+            req.getHeaderValue(bf::sec_websocket_protocol)};
+
+        ws.set_option(boost::beast::websocket::stream_base::decorator(
+            [session{session},
+             protocolHeader](boost::beast::websocket::response_type& m) {
+                if constexpr (!BMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_CSRF)
+                {
+                    if (session != nullptr)
+                    {
+                        // use protocol for csrf checking
+                        if (session->cookieAuth &&
+                            !bmcweb::constantTimeStringCompare(
+                                protocolHeader, session->csrfToken))
+                        {
+                            BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("Websocket CSRF error");
+                            m.result(boost::beast::http::status::unauthorized);
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!protocolHeader.empty())
+                {
+                    m.insert(bf::sec_websocket_protocol, protocolHeader);
+                }
+
+                m.insert(bf::strict_transport_security,
+                         "max-age=31536000; "
+                         "includeSubdomains; "
+                         "preload");
+                m.insert(bf::pragma, "no-cache");
+                m.insert(bf::cache_control, "no-Store,no-Cache");
+                m.insert("Content-Security-Policy", "default-src 'self'");
+                m.insert("X-XSS-Protection", "1; "
+                                             "mode=block");
+                m.insert("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");
+            }));
+
+        // Make a pointer to keep the req alive while we accept it.
+        using Body = boost::beast::http::request<bmcweb::HttpBody>;
+        std::unique_ptr<Body> mobile = std::make_unique<Body>(req.req);
+        Body* ptr = mobile.get();
+        // Perform the websocket upgrade
+        ws.async_accept(*ptr,
+                        std::bind_front(&self_t::acceptDone, this,
+                                        shared_from_this(), std::move(mobile)));
+    }
+
+    void sendBinary(std::string_view msg) override
+    {
+        ws.binary(true);
+        outBuffer.commit(boost::asio::buffer_copy(outBuffer.prepare(msg.size()),
+                                                  boost::asio::buffer(msg)));
+        doWrite();
+    }
+
+    void sendEx(MessageType type, std::string_view msg,
+                std::function<void()>&& onDone) override
+    {
+        if (doingWrite)
+        {
+            BMCWEB_LOG_CRITICAL(
+                "Cannot mix sendEx usage with sendBinary or sendText");
+            onDone();
+            return;
+        }
+        ws.binary(type == MessageType::Binary);
+
+        ws.async_write(boost::asio::buffer(msg),
+                       [weak(weak_from_this()), onDone{std::move(onDone)}](
+                           const boost::beast::error_code& ec, size_t) {
+                           std::shared_ptr<Connection> self = weak.lock();
+                           if (!self)
+                           {
+                               BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("Connection went away");
+                               return;
+                           }
+
+                           // Call the done handler regardless of whether we
+                           // errored, but before we close things out
+                           onDone();
+
+                           if (ec)
+                           {
+                               BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("Error in ws.async_write {}",
+                                                ec);
+                               self->close("write error");
+                           }
+                       });
+    }
+
+    void sendText(std::string_view msg) override
+    {
+        ws.text(true);
+        outBuffer.commit(boost::asio::buffer_copy(outBuffer.prepare(msg.size()),
+                                                  boost::asio::buffer(msg)));
+        doWrite();
+    }
+
+    void close(std::string_view msg) override
+    {
+        ws.async_close(
+            {boost::beast::websocket::close_code::normal, msg},
+            [self(shared_from_this())](const boost::system::error_code& ec) {
+                if (ec == boost::asio::error::operation_aborted)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (ec)
+                {
+                    BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("Error closing websocket {}", ec);
+                    return;
+                }
+            });
+    }
+
+    boost::urls::url_view url() override
+    {
+        return uri;
+    }
+
+    void acceptDone(const std::shared_ptr<Connection>& /*self*/,
+                    const std::unique_ptr<
+                        boost::beast::http::request<bmcweb::HttpBody>>& /*req*/,
+                    const boost::system::error_code& ec)
+    {
+        if (ec)
+        {
+            BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("Error in ws.async_accept {}", ec);
+            return;
+        }
+        BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG("Websocket accepted connection");
+
+        if (openHandler)
+        {
+            openHandler(*this);
+        }
+        doRead();
+    }
+
+    void deferRead() override
+    {
+        readingDefered = true;
+
+        // If we're not actively reading, we need to take ownership of
+        // ourselves for a small portion of time, do that, and clear when we
+        // resume.
+        selfOwned = shared_from_this();
+    }
+
+    void resumeRead() override
+    {
+        readingDefered = false;
+        doRead();
+
+        // No longer need to keep ourselves alive now that read is active.
+        selfOwned.reset();
+    }
+
+    void doRead()
+    {
+        if (readingDefered)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        ws.async_read(inBuffer, [this, self(shared_from_this())](
+                                    const boost::beast::error_code& ec,
+                                    size_t bytesRead) {
+            if (ec)
+            {
+                if (ec != boost::beast::websocket::error::closed &&
+                    ec != boost::asio::error::eof &&
+                    ec != boost::asio::ssl::error::stream_truncated)
+                {
+                    BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("doRead error {}", ec);
+                }
+                if (closeHandler)
+                {
+                    std::string reason{ws.reason().reason.c_str()};
+                    closeHandler(*this, reason);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            handleMessage(bytesRead);
+        });
+    }
+    void doWrite()
+    {
+        // If we're already doing a write, ignore the request, it will be picked
+        // up when the current write is complete
+        if (doingWrite)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (outBuffer.size() == 0)
+        {
+            // Done for now
+            return;
+        }
+        doingWrite = true;
+        ws.async_write(outBuffer.data(), [this, self(shared_from_this())](
+                                             const boost::beast::error_code& ec,
+                                             size_t bytesSent) {
+            doingWrite = false;
+            outBuffer.consume(bytesSent);
+            if (ec == boost::beast::websocket::error::closed)
+            {
+                // Do nothing here.  doRead handler will call the
+                // closeHandler.
+                close("Write error");
+                return;
+            }
+            if (ec)
+            {
+                BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR("Error in ws.async_write {}", ec);
+                return;
+            }
+            doWrite();
+        });
+    }
+
+  private:
+    void handleMessage(size_t bytesRead)
+    {
+        if (messageExHandler)
+        {
+            // Note, because of the interactions with the read buffers,
+            // this message handler overrides the normal message handler
+            messageExHandler(*this, inString, MessageType::Binary,
+                             [this, self(shared_from_this()), bytesRead]() {
+                                 if (self == nullptr)
+                                 {
+                                     return;
+                                 }
+
+                                 inBuffer.consume(bytesRead);
+                                 inString.clear();
+
+                                 doRead();
+                             });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (messageHandler)
+        {
+            messageHandler(*this, inString, ws.got_text());
+        }
+        inBuffer.consume(bytesRead);
+        inString.clear();
+        doRead();
+    }
+
+    boost::urls::url uri;
+
+    boost::beast::websocket::stream<Adaptor, false> ws;
+
+    bool readingDefered = false;
+    std::string inString;
+    boost::asio::dynamic_string_buffer<std::string::value_type,
+                                       std::string::traits_type,
+                                       std::string::allocator_type>
+        inBuffer;
+
+    boost::beast::multi_buffer outBuffer;
+    bool doingWrite = false;
+
+    std::function<void(Connection&)> openHandler;
+    std::function<void(Connection&, const std::string&, bool)> messageHandler;
+    std::function<void(crow::websocket::Connection&, std::string_view,
+                       crow::websocket::MessageType type,
+                       std::function<void()>&& whenComplete)>
+        messageExHandler;
+    std::function<void(Connection&, const std::string&)> closeHandler;
+    std::function<void(Connection&)> errorHandler;
+    std::shared_ptr<persistent_data::UserSession> session;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Connection> selfOwned;
+};
+} // namespace websocket
+} // namespace crow