Run the command in an attached thread

migrations/2022-10-11-151321_create_history/up.sql

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CREATE TABLE hooklog (
     repo_url TEXT NOT NULL,
     command_with_args TEXT NOT NULL,
     current_dir TEXT NOT NULL,
-    stdout TEXT NOT NULL,
-    stderr TEXT NOT NULL,
+    stdout TEXT,
+    stderr TEXT,
     status_code INTEGER CHECK (status_code >= 0)
 );

src/db.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use chrono::Local;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use diesel::r2d2::{ConnectionManager, Pool, PooledConnection};
 use std::env;
-use std::process::Output;
 
 use crate::config::Hook;
 use crate::models::{HookLog, NewHookLog};
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ fn get_conn(
         .or(Err("Could not get database pool!".to_string()))
 }
 
-pub fn add_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, hook: &Hook, output: &Output) -> Result<i32, String> {
+pub fn add_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, hook: &Hook) -> Result<HookLog, String> {
     let conn = &mut get_conn(pool)?;
 
     let command_with_args = hook.command.to_owned() + " " + &hook.args.join(" ");
@@ -37,18 +36,47 @@ pub fn add_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, hook: &Hook, output: &Output) -> Result<i32,
         repo_url: &hook.repo_url,
         command_with_args: &command_with_args,
         current_dir: &hook.current_dir,
-        stdout: std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap_or("Could not convert stdout to str!"),
-        stderr: std::str::from_utf8(&output.stderr).unwrap_or("Could not convert stderr to str!"),
-        status_code: output.status.code(),
     };
 
-    match diesel::insert_into(hooklog::table)
+    diesel::insert_into(hooklog::table)
         .values(&new_hook_log)
         .get_result::<HookLog>(conn)
-    {
-        Ok(hook_log) => Ok(hook_log.id),
-        Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
+        .or_else(|e| Err(e.to_string()))
 }
+
+pub fn fill_hook_log(
+    pool: &DBPool,
+    hook_log_id: i32,
+    stdout: &[u8],
+    stderr: &[u8],
+    status_code: Option<i32>,
+) {
+    let conn = &mut match get_conn(pool) {
+        Ok(pool) => pool,
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("Error while trying to fill hook log: {e}");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    match diesel::update(hooklog::dsl::hooklog.find(hook_log_id))
+        .set((
+            hooklog::dsl::stdout.eq(Some(
+                std::str::from_utf8(&stdout).unwrap_or("Could not convert stdout to str!"),
+            )),
+            hooklog::dsl::stderr.eq(Some(
+                std::str::from_utf8(stderr).unwrap_or("Could not convert stderr to str!"),
+            )),
+            hooklog::dsl::status_code.eq(status_code),
+        ))
+        .execute(conn)
+    {
+        Ok(_) => return,
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("Could not update hook log: {}", e.to_string());
+            return;
+        }
+    };
 }
 
 pub fn get_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, id: i32) -> Result<HookLog, String> {

src/guards.rs

@@ -106,13 +106,8 @@ impl<'r> FromData<'r> for Repo<'r> {
 }
 
 fn is_valid_signature(secret: &[u8], received_signature: &[u8], payload: &[u8]) -> bool {
-    let mut mac = match Hmac::<Sha256>::new_from_slice(secret) {
-        Ok(mac) => mac,
-        Err(_) => {
-            println!("Can not generate a mac from the secret!");
-            return false;
-        }
-    };
+    let mut mac =
+        Hmac::<Sha256>::new_from_slice(secret).expect("Can not generate a mac from the secret!");
     mac.update(payload);
     let expected_signature = mac.finalize().into_bytes();
 

src/models.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ pub struct HookLog {
     pub repo_url: String,
     pub command_with_args: String,
     pub current_dir: String,
-    pub stdout: String,
-    pub stderr: String,
+    pub stdout: Option<String>,
+    pub stderr: Option<String>,
     pub status_code: Option<i32>,
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,4 @@ pub struct NewHookLog<'a> {
     pub repo_url: &'a str,
     pub command_with_args: &'a str,
     pub current_dir: &'a str,
-    pub stdout: &'a str,
-    pub stderr: &'a str,
-    pub status_code: Option<i32>,
 }

src/routes.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use rocket::response::status::BadRequest;
 use rocket::{get, post, State};
 use rocket_dyn_templates::Template;
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::thread;
 
 use crate::db;
 use crate::guards;
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ pub fn index(
 
 #[post("/trigger", format = "json", data = "<repo>")]
 pub fn trigger(
+    repo: guards::Repo,
     db_state: &State<states::DB>,
     config_state: &State<states::Config>,
-    repo: guards::Repo,
 ) -> Result<String, BadRequest<String>> {
     let hook = match config_state.get_hook(repo.clone_url) {
         Some(hook) => hook,
@@ -49,17 +50,48 @@ pub fn trigger(
         }
     };
 
-    let output = match Command::new(&hook.command)
-        .args(&hook.args)
-        .current_dir(&hook.current_dir)
-        .output()
-    {
-        Ok(output) => output,
-        Err(_) => return Err(bad_req("Can not run the hook command!")),
+    let hook_log_id = match db::add_hook_log(&db_state.pool, hook) {
+        Ok(hook_log) => hook_log.id,
+        Err(e) => return Err(bad_req(e)),
     };
 
-    match db::add_hook_log(&db_state.pool, hook, &output) {
-        Ok(new_hook_log_id) => Ok(format!("{}/?id={}", config_state.base_url, new_hook_log_id)),
-        Err(e) => Err(bad_req(e)),
+    {
+        // Spawn and detach a thread that runs the command and fills the output in the log.
+        // This is useful to give a quick response to the git server in case that the command has a long
+        // execution time. It prevents reaching the webhook timeout of the git server.
+
+        let command = hook.command.clone();
+        let args = hook.args.clone();
+        let current_dir = hook.current_dir.clone();
+        let db_pool = db_state.pool.clone();
+
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let stdout: Vec<u8>;
+            let stderr: Vec<u8>;
+            let status_code: Option<i32>;
+
+            match Command::new(command)
+                .args(args)
+                .current_dir(current_dir)
+                .output()
+            {
+                Ok(output) => {
+                    stdout = output.stdout;
+                    stderr = output.stderr;
+                    status_code = output.status.code();
                 }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    stdout = Vec::new();
+                    stderr = format!("Error while running the hook command: {}", e.to_string())
+                        .as_bytes()
+                        .to_vec();
+                    status_code = Some(1);
+                }
+            };
+
+            db::fill_hook_log(&db_pool, hook_log_id, &stdout, &stderr, status_code);
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(format!("{}/?id={}", config_state.base_url, hook_log_id))
 }

src/schema.rs

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ diesel::table! {
         repo_url -> Text,
         command_with_args -> Text,
         current_dir -> Text,
-        stdout -> Text,
-        stderr -> Text,
+        stdout -> Nullable<Text>,
+        stderr -> Nullable<Text>,
         status_code -> Nullable<Integer>,
     }
 }