grpc-flamingo 1.11.0

data/src/core/ext/filters/http/client/http_client_filter.cc

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/string_util.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "src/core/ext/filters/http/client/http_client_filter.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/gpr/string.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/gprpp/manual_constructor.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/profiling/timers.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/slice/b64.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/slice/percent_encoding.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/slice/slice_internal.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/slice/slice_string_helpers.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/transport/static_metadata.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/transport/transport_impl.h"
+
+#define EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE "application/grpc"
+#define EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE_LENGTH sizeof(EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE) - 1
+
+/* default maximum size of payload eligable for GET request */
+static const size_t kMaxPayloadSizeForGet = 2048;
+
+namespace {
+struct call_data {
+  grpc_call_combiner* call_combiner;
+  // State for handling send_initial_metadata ops.
+  grpc_linked_mdelem method;
+  grpc_linked_mdelem scheme;
+  grpc_linked_mdelem authority;
+  grpc_linked_mdelem te_trailers;
+  grpc_linked_mdelem content_type;
+  grpc_linked_mdelem user_agent;
+  // State for handling recv_initial_metadata ops.
+  grpc_metadata_batch* recv_initial_metadata;
+  grpc_closure* original_recv_initial_metadata_ready;
+  grpc_closure recv_initial_metadata_ready;
+  // State for handling recv_trailing_metadata ops.
+  grpc_metadata_batch* recv_trailing_metadata;
+  grpc_closure* original_recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete;
+  grpc_closure recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete;
+  // State for handling send_message ops.
+  grpc_transport_stream_op_batch* send_message_batch;
+  size_t send_message_bytes_read;
+  grpc_core::ManualConstructor<grpc_core::ByteStreamCache> send_message_cache;
+  grpc_core::ManualConstructor<grpc_core::ByteStreamCache::CachingByteStream>
+      send_message_caching_stream;
+  grpc_closure on_send_message_next_done;
+  grpc_closure* original_send_message_on_complete;
+  grpc_closure send_message_on_complete;
+};
+
+struct channel_data {
+  grpc_mdelem static_scheme;
+  grpc_mdelem user_agent;
+  size_t max_payload_size_for_get;
+};
+}  // namespace
+
+static grpc_error* client_filter_incoming_metadata(grpc_call_element* elem,
+                                                   grpc_metadata_batch* b) {
+  if (b->idx.named.status != nullptr) {
+    if (grpc_mdelem_eq(b->idx.named.status->md, GRPC_MDELEM_STATUS_200)) {
+      grpc_metadata_batch_remove(b, b->idx.named.status);
+    } else {
+      char* val = grpc_dump_slice(GRPC_MDVALUE(b->idx.named.status->md),
+                                  GPR_DUMP_ASCII);
+      char* msg;
+      gpr_asprintf(&msg, "Received http2 header with status: %s", val);
+      grpc_error* e = grpc_error_set_str(
+          grpc_error_set_int(
+              grpc_error_set_str(
+                  GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_FROM_STATIC_STRING(
+                      "Received http2 :status header with non-200 OK status"),
+                  GRPC_ERROR_STR_VALUE, grpc_slice_from_copied_string(val)),
+              GRPC_ERROR_INT_GRPC_STATUS, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED),
+          GRPC_ERROR_STR_GRPC_MESSAGE, grpc_slice_from_copied_string(msg));
+      gpr_free(val);
+      gpr_free(msg);
+      return e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (b->idx.named.grpc_message != nullptr) {
+    grpc_slice pct_decoded_msg = grpc_permissive_percent_decode_slice(
+        GRPC_MDVALUE(b->idx.named.grpc_message->md));
+    if (grpc_slice_is_equivalent(pct_decoded_msg,
+                                 GRPC_MDVALUE(b->idx.named.grpc_message->md))) {
+      grpc_slice_unref_internal(pct_decoded_msg);
+    } else {
+      grpc_metadata_batch_set_value(b->idx.named.grpc_message, pct_decoded_msg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (b->idx.named.content_type != nullptr) {
+    if (!grpc_mdelem_eq(b->idx.named.content_type->md,
+                        GRPC_MDELEM_CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_SLASH_GRPC)) {
+      if (grpc_slice_buf_start_eq(GRPC_MDVALUE(b->idx.named.content_type->md),
+                                  EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE,
+                                  EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE_LENGTH) &&
+          (GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(GRPC_MDVALUE(
+               b->idx.named.content_type->md))[EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE_LENGTH] ==
+               '+' ||
+           GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(GRPC_MDVALUE(
+               b->idx.named.content_type->md))[EXPECTED_CONTENT_TYPE_LENGTH] ==
+               ';')) {
+        /* Although the C implementation doesn't (currently) generate them,
+           any custom +-suffix is explicitly valid. */
+        /* TODO(klempner): We should consider preallocating common values such
+           as +proto or +json, or at least stashing them if we see them. */
+        /* TODO(klempner): Should we be surfacing this to application code? */
+      } else {
+        /* TODO(klempner): We're currently allowing this, but we shouldn't
+           see it without a proxy so log for now. */
+        char* val = grpc_dump_slice(GRPC_MDVALUE(b->idx.named.content_type->md),
+                                    GPR_DUMP_ASCII);
+        gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Unexpected content-type '%s'", val);
+        gpr_free(val);
+      }
+    }
+    grpc_metadata_batch_remove(b, b->idx.named.content_type);
+  }
+
+  return GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+}
+
+static void recv_initial_metadata_ready(void* user_data, grpc_error* error) {
+  grpc_call_element* elem = static_cast<grpc_call_element*>(user_data);
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  if (error == GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    error = client_filter_incoming_metadata(elem, calld->recv_initial_metadata);
+  } else {
+    GRPC_ERROR_REF(error);
+  }
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(calld->original_recv_initial_metadata_ready, error);
+}
+
+static void recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete(void* user_data,
+                                               grpc_error* error) {
+  grpc_call_element* elem = static_cast<grpc_call_element*>(user_data);
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  if (error == GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    error =
+        client_filter_incoming_metadata(elem, calld->recv_trailing_metadata);
+  } else {
+    GRPC_ERROR_REF(error);
+  }
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(calld->original_recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete, error);
+}
+
+static void send_message_on_complete(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
+  grpc_call_element* elem = static_cast<grpc_call_element*>(arg);
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  calld->send_message_cache.Destroy();
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(calld->original_send_message_on_complete,
+                   GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+}
+
+// Pulls a slice from the send_message byte stream, updating
+// calld->send_message_bytes_read.
+static grpc_error* pull_slice_from_send_message(call_data* calld) {
+  grpc_slice incoming_slice;
+  grpc_error* error = calld->send_message_caching_stream->Pull(&incoming_slice);
+  if (error == GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    calld->send_message_bytes_read += GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(incoming_slice);
+    grpc_slice_unref_internal(incoming_slice);
+  }
+  return error;
+}
+
+// Reads as many slices as possible from the send_message byte stream.
+// Upon successful return, if calld->send_message_bytes_read ==
+// calld->send_message_caching_stream->length(), then we have completed
+// reading from the byte stream; otherwise, an async read has been dispatched
+// and on_send_message_next_done() will be invoked when it is complete.
+static grpc_error* read_all_available_send_message_data(call_data* calld) {
+  while (calld->send_message_caching_stream->Next(
+      SIZE_MAX, &calld->on_send_message_next_done)) {
+    grpc_error* error = pull_slice_from_send_message(calld);
+    if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) return error;
+    if (calld->send_message_bytes_read ==
+        calld->send_message_caching_stream->length()) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+}
+
+// Async callback for ByteStream::Next().
+static void on_send_message_next_done(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
+  grpc_call_element* elem = static_cast<grpc_call_element*>(arg);
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    grpc_transport_stream_op_batch_finish_with_failure(
+        calld->send_message_batch, error, calld->call_combiner);
+    return;
+  }
+  error = pull_slice_from_send_message(calld);
+  if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    grpc_transport_stream_op_batch_finish_with_failure(
+        calld->send_message_batch, error, calld->call_combiner);
+    return;
+  }
+  // There may or may not be more to read, but we don't care.  If we got
+  // here, then we know that all of the data was not available
+  // synchronously, so we were not able to do a cached call.  Instead,
+  // we just reset the byte stream and then send down the batch as-is.
+  calld->send_message_caching_stream->Reset();
+  grpc_call_next_op(elem, calld->send_message_batch);
+}
+
+static char* slice_buffer_to_string(grpc_slice_buffer* slice_buffer) {
+  char* payload_bytes =
+      static_cast<char*>(gpr_malloc(slice_buffer->length + 1));
+  size_t offset = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < slice_buffer->count; ++i) {
+    memcpy(payload_bytes + offset,
+           GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(slice_buffer->slices[i]),
+           GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(slice_buffer->slices[i]));
+    offset += GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(slice_buffer->slices[i]);
+  }
+  *(payload_bytes + offset) = '\0';
+  return payload_bytes;
+}
+
+// Modifies the path entry in the batch's send_initial_metadata to
+// append the base64-encoded query for a GET request.
+static grpc_error* update_path_for_get(grpc_call_element* elem,
+                                       grpc_transport_stream_op_batch* batch) {
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  grpc_slice path_slice =
+      GRPC_MDVALUE(batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata
+                       ->idx.named.path->md);
+  /* sum up individual component's lengths and allocate enough memory to
+   * hold combined path+query */
+  size_t estimated_len = GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(path_slice);
+  estimated_len++; /* for the '?' */
+  estimated_len += grpc_base64_estimate_encoded_size(
+      batch->payload->send_message.send_message->length(), true /* url_safe */,
+      false /* multi_line */);
+  grpc_slice path_with_query_slice = GRPC_SLICE_MALLOC(estimated_len);
+  /* memcopy individual pieces into this slice */
+  char* write_ptr =
+      reinterpret_cast<char*> GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(path_with_query_slice);
+  char* original_path =
+      reinterpret_cast<char*> GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(path_slice);
+  memcpy(write_ptr, original_path, GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(path_slice));
+  write_ptr += GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(path_slice);
+  *write_ptr++ = '?';
+  char* payload_bytes =
+      slice_buffer_to_string(calld->send_message_cache->cache_buffer());
+  grpc_base64_encode_core(write_ptr, payload_bytes,
+                          batch->payload->send_message.send_message->length(),
+                          true /* url_safe */, false /* multi_line */);
+  gpr_free(payload_bytes);
+  /* remove trailing unused memory and add trailing 0 to terminate string */
+  char* t = reinterpret_cast<char*> GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(path_with_query_slice);
+  /* safe to use strlen since base64_encode will always add '\0' */
+  path_with_query_slice =
+      grpc_slice_sub_no_ref(path_with_query_slice, 0, strlen(t));
+  /* substitute previous path with the new path+query */
+  grpc_mdelem mdelem_path_and_query =
+      grpc_mdelem_from_slices(GRPC_MDSTR_PATH, path_with_query_slice);
+  grpc_metadata_batch* b =
+      batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata;
+  return grpc_metadata_batch_substitute(b, b->idx.named.path,
+                                        mdelem_path_and_query);
+}
+
+static void remove_if_present(grpc_metadata_batch* batch,
+                              grpc_metadata_batch_callouts_index idx) {
+  if (batch->idx.array[idx] != nullptr) {
+    grpc_metadata_batch_remove(batch, batch->idx.array[idx]);
+  }
+}
+
+static void hc_start_transport_stream_op_batch(
+    grpc_call_element* elem, grpc_transport_stream_op_batch* batch) {
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  channel_data* channeld = static_cast<channel_data*>(elem->channel_data);
+  GPR_TIMER_SCOPE("hc_start_transport_stream_op_batch", 0);
+
+  if (batch->recv_initial_metadata) {
+    /* substitute our callback for the higher callback */
+    calld->recv_initial_metadata =
+        batch->payload->recv_initial_metadata.recv_initial_metadata;
+    calld->original_recv_initial_metadata_ready =
+        batch->payload->recv_initial_metadata.recv_initial_metadata_ready;
+    batch->payload->recv_initial_metadata.recv_initial_metadata_ready =
+        &calld->recv_initial_metadata_ready;
+  }
+
+  if (batch->recv_trailing_metadata) {
+    /* substitute our callback for the higher callback */
+    calld->recv_trailing_metadata =
+        batch->payload->recv_trailing_metadata.recv_trailing_metadata;
+    calld->original_recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete = batch->on_complete;
+    batch->on_complete = &calld->recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete;
+  }
+
+  grpc_error* error = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+  bool batch_will_be_handled_asynchronously = false;
+  if (batch->send_initial_metadata) {
+    // Decide which HTTP VERB to use. We use GET if the request is marked
+    // cacheable, and the operation contains both initial metadata and send
+    // message, and the payload is below the size threshold, and all the data
+    // for this request is immediately available.
+    grpc_mdelem method = GRPC_MDELEM_METHOD_POST;
+    if (batch->send_message &&
+        (batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata_flags &
+         GRPC_INITIAL_METADATA_CACHEABLE_REQUEST) &&
+        batch->payload->send_message.send_message->length() <
+            channeld->max_payload_size_for_get) {
+      calld->send_message_bytes_read = 0;
+      calld->send_message_cache.Init(
+          std::move(batch->payload->send_message.send_message));
+      calld->send_message_caching_stream.Init(calld->send_message_cache.get());
+      batch->payload->send_message.send_message.reset(
+          calld->send_message_caching_stream.get());
+      calld->original_send_message_on_complete = batch->on_complete;
+      batch->on_complete = &calld->send_message_on_complete;
+      calld->send_message_batch = batch;
+      error = read_all_available_send_message_data(calld);
+      if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+      // If all the data has been read, then we can use GET.
+      if (calld->send_message_bytes_read ==
+          calld->send_message_caching_stream->length()) {
+        method = GRPC_MDELEM_METHOD_GET;
+        error = update_path_for_get(elem, batch);
+        if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+        batch->send_message = false;
+        calld->send_message_caching_stream->Orphan();
+      } else {
+        // Not all data is available.  The batch will be sent down
+        // asynchronously in on_send_message_next_done().
+        batch_will_be_handled_asynchronously = true;
+        // Fall back to POST.
+        gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG,
+                "Request is marked Cacheable but not all data is available.  "
+                "Falling back to POST");
+      }
+    } else if (batch->payload->send_initial_metadata
+                   .send_initial_metadata_flags &
+               GRPC_INITIAL_METADATA_IDEMPOTENT_REQUEST) {
+      method = GRPC_MDELEM_METHOD_PUT;
+    }
+
+    remove_if_present(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        GRPC_BATCH_METHOD);
+    remove_if_present(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        GRPC_BATCH_SCHEME);
+    remove_if_present(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        GRPC_BATCH_TE);
+    remove_if_present(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        GRPC_BATCH_CONTENT_TYPE);
+    remove_if_present(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        GRPC_BATCH_USER_AGENT);
+
+    /* Send : prefixed headers, which have to be before any application
+       layer headers. */
+    error = grpc_metadata_batch_add_head(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        &calld->method, method);
+    if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+    error = grpc_metadata_batch_add_head(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        &calld->scheme, channeld->static_scheme);
+    if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+    error = grpc_metadata_batch_add_tail(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        &calld->te_trailers, GRPC_MDELEM_TE_TRAILERS);
+    if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+    error = grpc_metadata_batch_add_tail(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        &calld->content_type, GRPC_MDELEM_CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_SLASH_GRPC);
+    if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+    error = grpc_metadata_batch_add_tail(
+        batch->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata,
+        &calld->user_agent, GRPC_MDELEM_REF(channeld->user_agent));
+    if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) goto done;
+  }
+
+done:
+  if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    grpc_transport_stream_op_batch_finish_with_failure(
+        calld->send_message_batch, error, calld->call_combiner);
+  } else if (!batch_will_be_handled_asynchronously) {
+    grpc_call_next_op(elem, batch);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Constructor for call_data */
+static grpc_error* init_call_elem(grpc_call_element* elem,
+                                  const grpc_call_element_args* args) {
+  call_data* calld = static_cast<call_data*>(elem->call_data);
+  calld->call_combiner = args->call_combiner;
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&calld->recv_initial_metadata_ready,
+                    recv_initial_metadata_ready, elem,
+                    grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&calld->recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete,
+                    recv_trailing_metadata_on_complete, elem,
+                    grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&calld->send_message_on_complete, send_message_on_complete,
+                    elem, grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&calld->on_send_message_next_done,
+                    on_send_message_next_done, elem, grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
+  return GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+}
+
+/* Destructor for call_data */
+static void destroy_call_elem(grpc_call_element* elem,
+                              const grpc_call_final_info* final_info,
+                              grpc_closure* ignored) {}
+
+static grpc_mdelem scheme_from_args(const grpc_channel_args* args) {
+  unsigned i;
+  size_t j;
+  grpc_mdelem valid_schemes[] = {GRPC_MDELEM_SCHEME_HTTP,
+                                 GRPC_MDELEM_SCHEME_HTTPS};
+  if (args != nullptr) {
+    for (i = 0; i < args->num_args; ++i) {
+      if (args->args[i].type == GRPC_ARG_STRING &&
+          strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_SCHEME) == 0) {
+        for (j = 0; j < GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(valid_schemes); j++) {
+          if (0 == grpc_slice_str_cmp(GRPC_MDVALUE(valid_schemes[j]),
+                                      args->args[i].value.string)) {
+            return valid_schemes[j];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return GRPC_MDELEM_SCHEME_HTTP;
+}
+
+static size_t max_payload_size_from_args(const grpc_channel_args* args) {
+  if (args != nullptr) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < args->num_args; ++i) {
+      if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE_FOR_GET)) {
+        if (args->args[i].type != GRPC_ARG_INTEGER) {
+          gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "%s: must be an integer",
+                  GRPC_ARG_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE_FOR_GET);
+        } else {
+          return static_cast<size_t>(args->args[i].value.integer);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return kMaxPayloadSizeForGet;
+}
+
+static grpc_slice user_agent_from_args(const grpc_channel_args* args,
+                                       const char* transport_name) {
+  gpr_strvec v;
+  size_t i;
+  int is_first = 1;
+  char* tmp;
+  grpc_slice result;
+
+  gpr_strvec_init(&v);
+
+  for (i = 0; args && i < args->num_args; i++) {
+    if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_PRIMARY_USER_AGENT_STRING)) {
+      if (args->args[i].type != GRPC_ARG_STRING) {
+        gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Channel argument '%s' should be a string",
+                GRPC_ARG_PRIMARY_USER_AGENT_STRING);
+      } else {
+        if (!is_first) gpr_strvec_add(&v, gpr_strdup(" "));
+        is_first = 0;
+        gpr_strvec_add(&v, gpr_strdup(args->args[i].value.string));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  gpr_asprintf(&tmp, "%sgrpc-c/%s (%s; %s; %s)", is_first ? "" : " ",
+               grpc_version_string(), GPR_PLATFORM_STRING, transport_name,
+               grpc_g_stands_for());
+  is_first = 0;
+  gpr_strvec_add(&v, tmp);
+
+  for (i = 0; args && i < args->num_args; i++) {
+    if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_SECONDARY_USER_AGENT_STRING)) {
+      if (args->args[i].type != GRPC_ARG_STRING) {
+        gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Channel argument '%s' should be a string",
+                GRPC_ARG_SECONDARY_USER_AGENT_STRING);
+      } else {
+        if (!is_first) gpr_strvec_add(&v, gpr_strdup(" "));
+        is_first = 0;
+        gpr_strvec_add(&v, gpr_strdup(args->args[i].value.string));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  tmp = gpr_strvec_flatten(&v, nullptr);
+  gpr_strvec_destroy(&v);
+  result = grpc_slice_intern(grpc_slice_from_static_string(tmp));
+  gpr_free(tmp);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+/* Constructor for channel_data */
+static grpc_error* init_channel_elem(grpc_channel_element* elem,
+                                     grpc_channel_element_args* args) {
+  channel_data* chand = static_cast<channel_data*>(elem->channel_data);
+  GPR_ASSERT(!args->is_last);
+  GPR_ASSERT(args->optional_transport != nullptr);
+  chand->static_scheme = scheme_from_args(args->channel_args);
+  chand->max_payload_size_for_get =
+      max_payload_size_from_args(args->channel_args);
+  chand->user_agent = grpc_mdelem_from_slices(
+      GRPC_MDSTR_USER_AGENT,
+      user_agent_from_args(args->channel_args,
+                           args->optional_transport->vtable->name));
+  return GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
+}
+
+/* Destructor for channel data */
+static void destroy_channel_elem(grpc_channel_element* elem) {
+  channel_data* chand = static_cast<channel_data*>(elem->channel_data);
+  GRPC_MDELEM_UNREF(chand->user_agent);
+}
+
+const grpc_channel_filter grpc_http_client_filter = {
+    hc_start_transport_stream_op_batch,
+    grpc_channel_next_op,
+    sizeof(call_data),
+    init_call_elem,
+    grpc_call_stack_ignore_set_pollset_or_pollset_set,
+    destroy_call_elem,
+    sizeof(channel_data),
+    init_channel_elem,
+    destroy_channel_elem,
+    grpc_channel_next_get_info,
+    "http-client"};

data/src/core/ext/filters/http/client/http_client_filter.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_EXT_FILTERS_HTTP_CLIENT_HTTP_CLIENT_FILTER_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_EXT_FILTERS_HTTP_CLIENT_HTTP_CLIENT_FILTER_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+
+#include "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h"
+
+/* Processes metadata on the client side for HTTP2 transports */
+extern const grpc_channel_filter grpc_http_client_filter;
+
+/* Channel arg to determine maximum size of payload eligable for GET request */
+#define GRPC_ARG_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE_FOR_GET "grpc.max_payload_size_for_get"
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_EXT_FILTERS_HTTP_CLIENT_HTTP_CLIENT_FILTER_H */