Pulp

# Downloading

In pulp3, there are two competing technologies and designs being considered. For the purposes of the discussion we'll name them **Jupiter** and **Saturn**. The *Jupiter* solution is based on *concurrent.futures* and the Saturn solution is based on *asyncio*. In addition to the underlying technology difference, the solutions meet the requirements in different ways. The *Jupiter* solution includes more classes, provides more abstraction and supports extension through object composition. The *Saturn* solution meets the requirements with the fewest classes possible and minimum abstraction.

The three actors for our use cases is the *Importer*, *Streamer* and Plugin Writer. The *ChangeSet* shares a subset of the Streamer requirements but not included in this discussion.

## Use Cases

### Importer

As an importer, I need to download single files.

**jupiter**:

~~~python

download = HttpDownload(

    url=url,

    writer=FileWriter(path),

    timeout=Timeout(connect=10, read=15),

    user=User(name='elmer', password='...'),

    ssl=SSL(ca_certificate='path-to-certificate',

            client_certificate='path-to-certificate',

            client_key='path-to-key',

            validation=True),

    proxy_url='http://user:password@gateway.org')

try:

    download()

except DownloadError:

    # An error occurred.

else:

   # Go read the downloaded file \o/

~~~

**saturn**:

~~~python

ssl_context = aiohttpSSLContext()

ssl_context.load_cert_chain('path-to-CA_certificate')

ssl_context.load_cert_chain('path-to-CLIENT_certificate')

ssl_context.load_cert_chain('path-to-CLIENT_key')

connector=aiohttp.TCPConnector(verify_ssl=True, ssl_context=ssl_context)

session = aiohttp.ClientSession(

    connector=connector,

    read_timeout=15,

    auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth('elmer', password='...', encoding='utf-8'))

downloader_obj = HttpDownloader(

    session,

    url,

    proxy='http://gateway.org',

    proxy_auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth('elmer', password='...', encoding='utf-8')

downloader_coroutine = downloader_obj.run()

loop = asyncio._get_running_loop()

done, not_done = loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.wait([downloader_coroutine]))

for task in done:

    try:

        result = task.result()  # This is a DownloadResult

    except aiohttp.ClientError:

        # An error occurred.

~~~

question: How can the connect timeout be set in aiohttp?

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As an importer, I can leverage all settings supported by underlying protocol specific client lib.

**jupiter**:

Commonly used settings supported by abstraction. Additional settings could be supported by subclassing.

~~~python

class SpecialDownload(HttpDownload):

    def _settings(self):

        settings = super()._settings()

        settings['special'] = <special value>

        return settings

~~~

**saturn**:

The underlying client lib arguments directly exposed.

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As an importer, I can create an Artifact with a downloaded file using the size and digests calculated during the download.

**jupiter**:

Using the optional *DownloadMonitor* to collect statistics such as size and calculate digests.

~~~python

download = HttpDownload(..)

monitor = DownloadMonitor(download)

...  # perform download.

artifact = Artifact(**monitor.facts())

artifact.save()

~~~

**saturn**:

The *size* and all *digests* always calculated.

~~~python

downloader_obj = HttpDownloader(...)

...  # perform download.

result = task.result(**result.artifact_attributes)

artifact = Artifact()

artifact.save()

~~~

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As an importer, I need to download files concurrently.

**jupiter**:

Using the *Batch* to run the downloads concurrently. Only 3 downloads in memory at once.

~~~python

downloads = (HttpDownload(...) for _ in range(10))

with Batch(downloads, backlog=3) as batch:

    for plan in batch():

        try:

            plan.result()

        except DownloadError:

            # An error occurred.

        else:

            # Use the downloaded file \o/

~~~

**saturn**:

Using the asyncio run loop. This example does not restrict the number of downloads in memory at once.

~~~python

downloads = (HttpDownloader...) for _ in range(10))

loop = asyncio._get_running_loop()

done, not_done = loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.wait([d.run() for d in downloads]))

for task in done:

    try:

        result = task.result()  # This is a DownloadResult

    except aiohttp.ClientError:

        # An error occurred.

~~~

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As an importer, I want to validate downloaded files.  

As an importer, I am not required to keep all content (units) and artifacts in memory to support concurrent downloading.  

As an importer, I need a way to link a downloaded file to an artifact without keeping all content units and artifacts in memory.  

As an importer, I can perform concurrent downloading using a synchronous pattern.  

As an importer, concurrent downloads must share resources such as sessions,connection pools and auth tokens across individual downloads.  

As an importer I can customize how downloading is performed. For example, to support mirror lists  

As an importer, concurrent downloading must limit the number of simultaneous connections. Downloading 5k artifacts cannot open 5k connections.  

As an importer, I can terminate concurrent downlading at any point and not leak resources.  

As an importer, I can download using any protocol. Starting with HTTP/HTTPS and FTP.

### Streamer

As the streamer, I need to download files related to published artifacts and metadata but delegate *the implementation* (protocol, settings, credentials) to the importer. The implementation must be a black-box.  

As the streamer, I can download using any protocol supported by the importer.  

As the streamer, I want to validate downloaded files.  

As the streamer, concurrent downloads must share resources such as sessions,connection pools and auth tokens across individual downloads without having knowledge of such things.  

As the streamer, I need to support complex downloading such as mirror lists. This complexity must be delegated to the importer.  

As the streamer, I need to bridge the downloaded bit stream to the Twisted response. The file is not written to disk.  

As the streamer, I need to forward HTTP headers from the download response to the twisted response.  

As the streamer, I can download using (the same) custom logic as the importer such as supporting mirror lists