Mainflux.mainflux/http

HTTP adapter

HTTP adapter provides an HTTP API for sending messages through the platform.

Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their default values.

Variable	Description	Default
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL	Log level for the HTTP Adapter	info
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_PORT	Service HTTP port	8180
MF_BROKER_URL	Message broker instance URL	nats://localhost:4222
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS	Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on	false
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS	Path to trusted CAs in PEM format
MF_JAEGER_URL	Jaeger server URL	localhost:6831
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL	Things service Auth gRPC URL	localhost:8181
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT	Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds	1s

Deployment

The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the http-adapter service section in docker-compose to see how service is deployed.

To start the service outside of the container, execute the following shell script:

# download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux

cd mainflux

# compile the http
make http

# copy binary to bin
make install

# set the environment variables and run the service
MF_BROKER_URL=[Message broker instance URL] \
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL=[HTTP Adapter Log Level] \
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS=[Path to trusted CAs in PEM format] \
MF_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL=[Things service Auth gRPC URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT=[Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-http

Setting MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS expects a file in PEM format of trusted CAs. This will enable TLS against the Things gRPC endpoint trusting only those CAs that are provided.

Usage

HTTP Authorization request header contains the credentials to authenticate a Thing. The authorization header can be a plain Thing key or a Thing key encoded as a password for Basic Authentication. In case the Basic Authentication schema is used, the username is ignored. For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out the API documentation.