From d6fbccab55ccf3962d430e2aed005b6789ad61ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Heckel
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:23:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add 'Cache: no' header, closes #41
---
cmd/app.go | 2 +-
config/config.yml | 4 +++
docs/config.md | 8 +++--
docs/publish.md | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
server/cache_mem.go | 15 +++++++++
server/cache_mem_test.go | 14 ++++++++
server/index.gohtml | 4 +--
server/server.go | 27 ++++++++++------
server/server_test.go | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
server/static/css/app.css | 13 +++++---
server/static/js/app.js | 4 +--
11 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cmd/app.go b/cmd/app.go
index 50f80564..379a58a0 100644
--- a/cmd/app.go
+++ b/cmd/app.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func execRun(c *cli.Context) error {
return errors.New("keepalive interval cannot be lower than five seconds")
} else if managerInterval < 5*time.Second {
return errors.New("manager interval cannot be lower than five seconds")
- } else if cacheDuration < managerInterval {
+ } else if cacheDuration > 0 && cacheDuration < managerInterval {
return errors.New("cache duration cannot be lower than manager interval")
} else if keyFile != "" && !util.FileExists(keyFile) {
return errors.New("if set, key file must exist")
diff --git a/config/config.yml b/config/config.yml
index dec13fbb..972b4f94 100644
--- a/config/config.yml
+++ b/config/config.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
# If set, messages are cached in a local SQLite database instead of only in-memory. This
# allows for service restarts without losing messages in support of the since= parameter.
#
+# To disable the cache entirely (on-disk/in-memory), set "cache-duration" to 0.
+#
# Note: If you are running ntfy with systemd, make sure this cache file is owned by the
# ntfy user and group by running: chown ntfy.ntfy .
#
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
# Duration for which messages will be buffered before they are deleted.
# This is required to support the "since=..." and "poll=1" parameter.
#
+# You can disable the cache entirely by setting this to 0.
+#
# cache-duration: 12h
# Interval in which keepalive messages are sent to the client. This is to prevent
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 57a12a96..1f8a54d2 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ restart**. You can override this behavior using the following config settings:
* `cache-file`: if set, ntfy will store messages in a SQLite based cache (default is empty, which means in-memory cache).
**This is required if you'd like messages to be retained across restarts**.
-* `cache-duration`: defines the duration for which messages are stored in the cache (default is `12h`)
+* `cache-duration`: defines the duration for which messages are stored in the cache (default is `12h`).
+
+You can also entirely disable the cache by setting `cache-duration` to `0`. When the cache is disabled, messages are only
+passed on to the connected subscribers, but never stored on disk or even kept in memory longer than is needed to forward
+the message to the subscribers.
Subscribers can retrieve cached messaging using the [`poll=1` parameter](subscribe/api.md#polling), as well as the
[`since=` parameter](subscribe/api.md#fetching-cached-messages).
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ variable before running the `ntfy` command (e.g. `export NTFY_LISTEN_HTTP=:80`).
| `cert-file` | `NTFY_CERT_FILE` | *filename* | - | HTTPS/TLS certificate file, only used if `listen-https` is set. |
| `firebase-key-file` | `NTFY_FIREBASE_KEY_FILE` | *filename* | - | If set, also publish messages to a Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) topic for your app. This is optional and only required to save battery when using the Android app. See [Firebase (FCM](#firebase-fcm). |
| `cache-file` | `NTFY_CACHE_FILE` | *filename* | - | If set, messages are cached in a local SQLite database instead of only in-memory. This allows for service restarts without losing messages in support of the since= parameter. See [message cache](#message-cache). |
-| `cache-duration` | `NTFY_CACHE_DURATION` | *duration* | 12h | Duration for which messages will be buffered before they are deleted. This is required to support the `since=...` and `poll=1` parameter. |
+| `cache-duration` | `NTFY_CACHE_DURATION` | *duration* | 12h | Duration for which messages will be buffered before they are deleted. This is required to support the `since=...` and `poll=1` parameter. Set this to `0` to disable the cache entirely. |
| `keepalive-interval` | `NTFY_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL` | *duration* | 30s | Interval in which keepalive messages are sent to the client. This is to prevent intermediaries closing the connection for inactivity. Note that the Android app has a hardcoded timeout at 77s, so it should be less than that. |
| `manager-interval` | `$NTFY_MANAGER_INTERVAL` | *duration* | 1m | Interval in which the manager prunes old messages, deletes topics and prints the stats. |
| `global-topic-limit` | `NTFY_GLOBAL_TOPIC_LIMIT` | *number* | 5000 | Rate limiting: Total number of topics before the server rejects new topics. |
diff --git a/docs/publish.md b/docs/publish.md
index 375840ec..4f86fe81 100644
--- a/docs/publish.md
+++ b/docs/publish.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If you have the [Android app](subscribe/phone.md) installed on your phone, this
There are more features related to publishing messages: You can set a [notification priority](#message-priority),
-a [title](#message-title), and [tag messages](#tags-emojis) 🥳 🎉. Here's an example that uses all of them at once:
+a [title](#message-title), and [tag messages](#tags-emojis) 🥳 🎉. Here's an example that uses some of them at together:
=== "Command line (curl)"
```
@@ -332,3 +332,56 @@ them with a comma, e.g. `tag1,tag2,tag3`.
Detail view of notifications with tags
+## Message caching
+By default, the ntfy server caches messages on disk for 12 hours (see [message caching](config.md#message-cache)), so
+all messages you publish are stored server-side for a little while. The reason for this is to overcome temporary
+client-side network disruptions, but arguably this feature also may raise privacy concerns.
+
+To avoid messages being cached server-side entirely, you can set `X-Cache` header (or its alias: `Cache`) to `no`.
+This will make sure that your message is not cached on the server, even if server-side caching is enabled. Messages
+are still delivered to connected subscribers, but [`since=`](subscribe/api.md#fetching-cached-messages) and
+[`poll=1`](subscribe/api.md#polling) won't return the message anymore.
+
+=== "Command line (curl)"
+ ```
+ curl -H "X-Cache: no" -d "This message won't be stored server-side" ntfy.sh/mytopic
+ curl -H "Cache: no" -d "This message won't be stored server-side" ntfy.sh/mytopic
+ ```
+
+=== "HTTP"
+ ``` http
+ POST /mytopic HTTP/1.1
+ Host: ntfy.sh
+ Cache: no
+
+ This message won't be stored server-side
+ ```
+
+=== "JavaScript"
+ ``` javascript
+ fetch('https://ntfy.sh/mytopic', {
+ method: 'POST',
+ body: 'This message won't be stored server-side',
+ headers: { 'Cache': 'no' }
+ })
+ ```
+
+=== "Go"
+ ``` go
+ req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://ntfy.sh/mytopic", strings.NewReader("This message won't be stored server-side"))
+ req.Header.Set("Cache", "no")
+ http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+ ```
+
+=== "PHP"
+ ``` php-inline
+ file_get_contents('https://ntfy.sh/mytopic', false, stream_context_create([
+ 'http' => [
+ 'method' => 'POST',
+ 'header' =>
+ "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n" .
+ "Cache: no",
+ 'content' => 'This message won't be stored server-side'
+ ]
+ ]));
+ ```
diff --git a/server/cache_mem.go b/server/cache_mem.go
index 0edcd488..9272ebd2 100644
--- a/server/cache_mem.go
+++ b/server/cache_mem.go
@@ -7,20 +7,35 @@ import (
type memCache struct {
messages map[string][]*message
+ nop bool
mu sync.Mutex
}
var _ cache = (*memCache)(nil)
+// newMemCache creates an in-memory cache
func newMemCache() *memCache {
return &memCache{
messages: make(map[string][]*message),
+ nop: false,
+ }
+}
+
+// newNopCache creates an in-memory cache that discards all messages;
+// it is always empty and can be used if caching is entirely disabled
+func newNopCache() *memCache {
+ return &memCache{
+ messages: make(map[string][]*message),
+ nop: true,
}
}
func (s *memCache) AddMessage(m *message) error {
s.mu.Lock()
defer s.mu.Unlock()
+ if s.nop {
+ return nil
+ }
if m.Event != messageEvent {
return errUnexpectedMessageType
}
diff --git a/server/cache_mem_test.go b/server/cache_mem_test.go
index 0878fe80..a1c854d1 100644
--- a/server/cache_mem_test.go
+++ b/server/cache_mem_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
package server
import (
+ "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"testing"
)
@@ -19,3 +20,16 @@ func TestMemCache_MessagesTagsPrioAndTitle(t *testing.T) {
func TestMemCache_Prune(t *testing.T) {
testCachePrune(t, newMemCache())
}
+
+func TestMemCache_NopCache(t *testing.T) {
+ c := newNopCache()
+ assert.Nil(t, c.AddMessage(newDefaultMessage("mytopic", "my message")))
+
+ messages, err := c.Messages("mytopic", sinceAllMessages)
+ assert.Nil(t, err)
+ assert.Empty(t, messages)
+
+ topics, err := c.Topics()
+ assert.Nil(t, err)
+ assert.Empty(t, topics)
+}
diff --git a/server/index.gohtml b/server/index.gohtml
index 22700b8a..c3d7666a 100644
--- a/server/index.gohtml
+++ b/server/index.gohtml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
There are more features related to publishing messages: You can set a
notification priority, a title,
and tag messages.
- Here's an example using all of them:
+ Here's an example using some of them together:
curl \
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
Click the link to do so.
- Recent notifications (cached for {{.CacheDuration}}):
+ Recent notifications ({{if .CacheDuration}}cached for {{.CacheDuration | durationToHuman}}{{else}}caching is disabled{{end}}):
You haven't received any notifications for this topic yet.
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 0edaab98..8b6c364d 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (e errHTTP) Error() string {
type indexPage struct {
Topic string
- CacheDuration string
+ CacheDuration time.Duration
}
type sinceTime time.Time
@@ -85,9 +85,13 @@ var (
docsRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^/docs(|/.*)$`)
disallowedTopics = []string{"docs", "static"}
+ templateFnMap = template.FuncMap{
+ "durationToHuman": util.DurationToHuman,
+ }
+
//go:embed "index.gohtml"
indexSource string
- indexTemplate = template.Must(template.New("index").Parse(indexSource))
+ indexTemplate = template.Must(template.New("index").Funcs(templateFnMap).Parse(indexSource))
//go:embed "example.html"
exampleSource string
@@ -139,7 +143,9 @@ func New(conf *config.Config) (*Server, error) {
}
func createCache(conf *config.Config) (cache, error) {
- if conf.CacheFile != "" {
+ if conf.CacheDuration == 0 {
+ return newNopCache(), nil
+ } else if conf.CacheFile != "" {
return newSqliteCache(conf.CacheFile)
}
return newMemCache(), nil
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleInternal(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
func (s *Server) handleHome(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
return indexTemplate.Execute(w, &indexPage{
Topic: r.URL.Path[1:],
- CacheDuration: util.DurationToHuman(s.config.CacheDuration),
+ CacheDuration: s.config.CacheDuration,
})
}
@@ -278,15 +284,17 @@ func (s *Server) handlePublish(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ *visito
if m.Message == "" {
return errHTTPBadRequest
}
- title, priority, tags := parseHeaders(r.Header)
+ title, priority, tags, cache := parseHeaders(r.Header)
m.Title = title
m.Priority = priority
m.Tags = tags
if err := t.Publish(m); err != nil {
return err
}
- if err := s.cache.AddMessage(m); err != nil {
- return err
+ if cache {
+ if err := s.cache.AddMessage(m); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
}
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*") // CORS, allow cross-origin requests
if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(m); err != nil {
@@ -298,7 +306,7 @@ func (s *Server) handlePublish(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ *visito
return nil
}
-func parseHeaders(header http.Header) (title string, priority int, tags []string) {
+func parseHeaders(header http.Header) (title string, priority int, tags []string, cache bool) {
title = readHeader(header, "x-title", "title", "ti", "t")
priorityStr := readHeader(header, "x-priority", "priority", "prio", "p")
if priorityStr != "" {
@@ -324,7 +332,8 @@ func parseHeaders(header http.Header) (title string, priority int, tags []string
tags = append(tags, strings.TrimSpace(s))
}
}
- return title, priority, tags
+ cache = readHeader(header, "x-cache", "cache") != "no"
+ return title, priority, tags, cache
}
func readHeader(header http.Header, names ...string) string {
diff --git a/server/server_test.go b/server/server_test.go
index e4e9448f..1513cb90 100644
--- a/server/server_test.go
+++ b/server/server_test.go
@@ -150,7 +150,74 @@ func TestServer_StaticSites(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, 200, rr.Code)
assert.Contains(t, rr.Body.String(), `Made with ❤️ by Philipp C. Heckel`)
assert.Contains(t, rr.Body.String(), ``)
+}
+func TestServer_PublishNoCache(t *testing.T) {
+ s := newTestServer(t, newTestConfig(t))
+
+ response := request(t, s, "PUT", "/mytopic", "this message is not cached", map[string]string{
+ "Cache": "no",
+ })
+ msg := toMessage(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.NotEmpty(t, msg.ID)
+ assert.Equal(t, "this message is not cached", msg.Message)
+
+ response = request(t, s, "GET", "/mytopic/json?poll=1", "", nil)
+ messages := toMessages(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.Empty(t, messages)
+}
+
+func TestServer_PublishAndMultiPoll(t *testing.T) {
+ s := newTestServer(t, newTestConfig(t))
+
+ response := request(t, s, "PUT", "/mytopic1", "message 1", nil)
+ msg := toMessage(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.NotEmpty(t, msg.ID)
+ assert.Equal(t, "mytopic1", msg.Topic)
+ assert.Equal(t, "message 1", msg.Message)
+
+ response = request(t, s, "PUT", "/mytopic2", "message 2", nil)
+ msg = toMessage(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.NotEmpty(t, msg.ID)
+ assert.Equal(t, "mytopic2", msg.Topic)
+ assert.Equal(t, "message 2", msg.Message)
+
+ response = request(t, s, "GET", "/mytopic1/json?poll=1", "", nil)
+ messages := toMessages(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.Equal(t, 1, len(messages))
+ assert.Equal(t, "mytopic1", messages[0].Topic)
+ assert.Equal(t, "message 1", messages[0].Message)
+
+ response = request(t, s, "GET", "/mytopic1,mytopic2/json?poll=1", "", nil)
+ messages = toMessages(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.Equal(t, 2, len(messages))
+ assert.Equal(t, "mytopic1", messages[0].Topic)
+ assert.Equal(t, "message 1", messages[0].Message)
+ assert.Equal(t, "mytopic2", messages[1].Topic)
+ assert.Equal(t, "message 2", messages[1].Message)
+}
+
+func TestServer_PublishWithNopCache(t *testing.T) {
+ c := newTestConfig(t)
+ c.CacheDuration = 0
+ s := newTestServer(t, c)
+
+ subscribeRR := httptest.NewRecorder()
+ subscribeCancel := subscribe(t, s, "/mytopic/json", subscribeRR)
+
+ publishRR := request(t, s, "PUT", "/mytopic", "my first message", nil)
+ assert.Equal(t, 200, publishRR.Code)
+
+ subscribeCancel()
+ messages := toMessages(t, subscribeRR.Body.String())
+ assert.Equal(t, 2, len(messages))
+ assert.Equal(t, openEvent, messages[0].Event)
+ assert.Equal(t, messageEvent, messages[1].Event)
+ assert.Equal(t, "my first message", messages[1].Message)
+
+ response := request(t, s, "GET", "/mytopic/json?poll=1", "", nil)
+ messages = toMessages(t, response.Body.String())
+ assert.Empty(t, messages)
}
func newTestConfig(t *testing.T) *config.Config {
diff --git a/server/static/css/app.css b/server/static/css/app.css
index 07dcc75b..a339d490 100644
--- a/server/static/css/app.css
+++ b/server/static/css/app.css
@@ -470,11 +470,19 @@ li {
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
+#detail .detailDate {
+ margin-bottom: 2px;
+}
+
#detail .detailDate, #detail .detailTags {
color: #888;
font-size: 0.9em;
}
+#detail .detailTags {
+ margin-top: 2px;
+}
+
#detail .detailDate img {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
@@ -483,11 +491,6 @@ li {
#detail .detailTitle {
font-weight: bold;
- font-size: 1.1em;
-}
-
-#detail .detailMessage {
- font-size: 1.1em;
}
#detail #detailMain {
diff --git a/server/static/js/app.js b/server/static/js/app.js
index b1cf4401..c8f47a5e 100644
--- a/server/static/js/app.js
+++ b/server/static/js/app.js
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ const formatTitle = (m) => {
const formatTitleA = (m) => {
const emojiList = toEmojis(m.tags);
- if (emojiList) {
+ if (emojiList.length > 0) {
return `${emojiList.join(" ")} ${m.title}`;
} else {
return m.title;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ const formatMessage = (m) => {
return m.message;
} else {
const emojiList = toEmojis(m.tags);
- if (emojiList) {
+ if (emojiList.length > 0) {
return `${emojiList.join(" ")} ${m.message}`;
} else {
return m.message;