signal-desktop/ts/linkPreviews/linkPreviewFetch.ts

// Copyright 2020-2021 Signal Messenger, LLC
// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only

import { RequestInit, Response } from 'node-fetch';
import { AbortSignal } from 'abort-controller';

import {
  IMAGE_GIF,
  IMAGE_ICO,
  IMAGE_JPEG,
  IMAGE_PNG,
  IMAGE_WEBP,
  MIMEType,
} from '../types/MIME';

const USER_AGENT = 'WhatsApp/2';

const MAX_REQUEST_COUNT_WITH_REDIRECTS = 20;

// Lifted from the `fetch` spec [here][0].
// [0]: https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#redirect-status
const REDIRECT_STATUSES = new Set([301, 302, 303, 307, 308]);

const MAX_CONTENT_TYPE_LENGTH_TO_PARSE = 100;

// Though we'll accept HTML of any Content-Length (including no specified length), we
//   will only load some of the HTML. So we might start loading a 99 gigabyte HTML page
//   but only parse the first 500 kilobytes. However, if the Content-Length is less than
//   this, we won't waste space.
const MAX_HTML_BYTES_TO_LOAD = 500 * 1024;

// `<title>x` is 8 bytes. Nothing else (meta tags, etc) will even fit, so we can ignore
//   it. This is mostly to protect us against empty response bodies.
const MIN_HTML_CONTENT_LENGTH = 8;

// Similar to the above. We don't want to show tiny images (even though the more likely
//   case is that the Content-Length is 0).
const MIN_IMAGE_CONTENT_LENGTH = 8;
const MAX_IMAGE_CONTENT_LENGTH = 1024 * 1024;
const VALID_IMAGE_MIME_TYPES: Set<MIMEType> = new Set([
  IMAGE_GIF,
  IMAGE_ICO,
  IMAGE_JPEG,
  IMAGE_PNG,
  IMAGE_WEBP,
]);

// We want to discard unreasonable dates. Update this in ~950 years. (This may discard
//   some reasonable dates, which is okay because it is only for link previews.)
const MIN_DATE = 0;
const MAX_DATE = new Date(3000, 0, 1).valueOf();

const emptyContentType = { type: null, charset: null };

type FetchFn = (href: string, init: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>;

export interface LinkPreviewMetadata {
  title: string;
  description: null | string;
  date: null | number;
  imageHref: null | string;
}

export interface LinkPreviewImage {
  data: ArrayBuffer;
  contentType: MIMEType;
}

type ParsedContentType =
  | { type: null; charset: null }
  | { type: MIMEType; charset: null | string };

// This throws non-helpful errors because (1) it logs (2) it will be immediately caught.
async function fetchWithRedirects(
  fetchFn: FetchFn,
  href: string,
  options: RequestInit
): Promise<Response> {
  const urlsSeen = new Set<string>();

  let nextHrefToLoad = href;
  for (let i = 0; i < MAX_REQUEST_COUNT_WITH_REDIRECTS; i += 1) {
    if (urlsSeen.has(nextHrefToLoad)) {
      window.log.warn('fetchWithRedirects: found a redirect loop');
      throw new Error('redirect loop');
    }
    urlsSeen.add(nextHrefToLoad);

    // This `await` is deliberatly inside of a loop.
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
    const response = await fetchFn(nextHrefToLoad, {
      ...options,
      redirect: 'manual',
    });

    if (!REDIRECT_STATUSES.has(response.status)) {
      return response;
    }

    const location = response.headers.get('location');
    if (!location) {
      window.log.warn(
        'fetchWithRedirects: got a redirect status code but no Location header; bailing'
      );
      throw new Error('no location with redirect');
    }

    const newUrl = maybeParseUrl(location, nextHrefToLoad);
    if (newUrl?.protocol !== 'https:') {
      window.log.warn(
        'fetchWithRedirects: got a redirect status code and an invalid Location header'
      );
      throw new Error('invalid location');
    }

    nextHrefToLoad = newUrl.href;
  }

  window.log.warn('fetchWithRedirects: too many redirects');
  throw new Error('too many redirects');
}

function maybeParseUrl(href: string, base: string): null | URL {
  let result: URL;
  try {
    result = new URL(href, base);
  } catch (err) {
    return null;
  }
  // We never need the hash
  result.hash = '';
  return result;
}

/**
 * Parses a Content-Type header value. Refer to [RFC 2045][0] for details (though this is
 * a simplified version for link previews.
 * [0]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045
 */
const parseContentType = (headerValue: string | null): ParsedContentType => {
  if (!headerValue || headerValue.length > MAX_CONTENT_TYPE_LENGTH_TO_PARSE) {
    return emptyContentType;
  }

  const [rawType, ...rawParameters] = headerValue
    .toLowerCase()
    .split(/;/g)
    .map(part => part.trim())
    .filter(Boolean);
  if (!rawType) {
    return emptyContentType;
  }

  let charset: null | string = null;
  for (let i = 0; i < rawParameters.length; i += 1) {
    const rawParameter = rawParameters[i];
    const parsed = new URLSearchParams(rawParameter);
    const parsedCharset = parsed.get('charset')?.trim();
    if (parsedCharset) {
      charset = parsedCharset;
      break;
    }
  }

  return {
    type: rawType as MIMEType,
    charset,
  };
};

const isInlineContentDisposition = (headerValue: string | null): boolean =>
  !headerValue || headerValue.split(';', 1)[0] === 'inline';

const parseContentLength = (headerValue: string | null): number => {
  // No need to parse gigantic Content-Lengths; only parse the first 10 digits.
  if (typeof headerValue !== 'string' || !/^\d{1,10}$/g.test(headerValue)) {
    return Infinity;
  }
  const result = parseInt(headerValue, 10);
  return Number.isNaN(result) ? Infinity : result;
};

const emptyHtmlDocument = (): HTMLDocument =>
  new DOMParser().parseFromString('', 'text/html');

// The charset behavior here follows the [W3 guidelines][0]. The priority is BOM, HTTP
//   header, `http-equiv` meta tag, `charset` meta tag, and finally a UTF-8 fallback.
//   (This fallback could, perhaps, be smarter based on user locale.)
// [0]: https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-encoding-declarations.en
const parseHtmlBytes = (
  bytes: Readonly<Uint8Array>,
  httpCharset: string | null
): HTMLDocument => {
  const hasBom = bytes[0] === 0xef && bytes[1] === 0xbb && bytes[2] === 0xbf;

  let isSureOfCharset: boolean;
  let decoder: TextDecoder;
  if (hasBom) {
    decoder = new TextDecoder();
    isSureOfCharset = true;
  } else if (httpCharset) {
    try {
      decoder = new TextDecoder(httpCharset);
      isSureOfCharset = true;
    } catch (err) {
      decoder = new TextDecoder();
      isSureOfCharset = false;
    }
  } else {
    decoder = new TextDecoder();
    isSureOfCharset = false;
  }

  let decoded: string;
  try {
    decoded = decoder.decode(bytes);
  } catch (err) {
    decoded = '';
  }

  let document: HTMLDocument;
  try {
    document = new DOMParser().parseFromString(decoded, 'text/html');
  } catch (err) {
    document = emptyHtmlDocument();
  }

  if (!isSureOfCharset) {
    const httpEquiv = document
      .querySelector('meta[http-equiv="content-type"]')
      ?.getAttribute('content');
    if (httpEquiv) {
      const httpEquivCharset = parseContentType(httpEquiv).charset;
      if (httpEquivCharset) {
        return parseHtmlBytes(bytes, httpEquivCharset);
      }
    }

    const metaCharset = document
      .querySelector('meta[charset]')
      ?.getAttribute('charset');
    if (metaCharset) {
      return parseHtmlBytes(bytes, metaCharset);
    }
  }

  return document;
};

const getHtmlDocument = async (
  body: AsyncIterable<string | Uint8Array>,
  contentLength: number,
  httpCharset: string | null,
  abortSignal: AbortSignal
): Promise<HTMLDocument> => {
  let result: HTMLDocument = emptyHtmlDocument();

  const maxHtmlBytesToLoad = Math.min(contentLength, MAX_HTML_BYTES_TO_LOAD);
  const buffer = new Uint8Array(new ArrayBuffer(maxHtmlBytesToLoad));
  let bytesLoadedSoFar = 0;

  try {
    // `for ... of` is much cleaner here, so we allow it.
    /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
    for await (let chunk of body) {
      if (abortSignal.aborted) {
        break;
      }

      // This check exists to satisfy TypeScript; chunk should always be a Buffer.
      if (typeof chunk === 'string') {
        chunk = Buffer.from(chunk, httpCharset || 'utf8');
      }

      const truncatedChunk = chunk.slice(
        0,
        maxHtmlBytesToLoad - bytesLoadedSoFar
      );
      buffer.set(truncatedChunk, bytesLoadedSoFar);
      bytesLoadedSoFar += truncatedChunk.byteLength;

      result = parseHtmlBytes(buffer.slice(0, bytesLoadedSoFar), httpCharset);

      const hasLoadedMaxBytes = bytesLoadedSoFar >= maxHtmlBytesToLoad;
      if (hasLoadedMaxBytes) {
        break;
      }
    }
    /* eslint-enable no-restricted-syntax */
  } catch (err) {
    window.log.warn(
      'getHtmlDocument: error when reading body; continuing with what we got'
    );
  }

  return result;
};

const getOpenGraphContent = (
  document: HTMLDocument,
  properties: ReadonlyArray<string>
): string | null => {
  for (let i = 0; i < properties.length; i += 1) {
    const property = properties[i];
    const content = document
      .querySelector(`meta[property="${property}"]`)
      ?.getAttribute('content')
      ?.trim();
    if (content) {
      return content;
    }
  }
  return null;
};

const getLinkHrefAttribute = (
  document: HTMLDocument,
  rels: ReadonlyArray<string>
): string | null => {
  for (let i = 0; i < rels.length; i += 1) {
    const rel = rels[i];
    const href = document
      .querySelector(`link[rel="${rel}"]`)
      ?.getAttribute('href')
      ?.trim();
    if (href) {
      return href;
    }
  }
  return null;
};

const parseMetadata = (
  document: HTMLDocument,
  href: string
): LinkPreviewMetadata | null => {
  const title =
    getOpenGraphContent(document, ['og:title']) || document.title.trim();
  if (!title) {
    window.log.warn(
      "parseMetadata: HTML document doesn't have a title; bailing"
    );
    return null;
  }

  const description =
    getOpenGraphContent(document, ['og:description']) ||
    document
      .querySelector('meta[name="description"]')
      ?.getAttribute('content')
      ?.trim() ||
    null;

  const rawImageHref =
    getOpenGraphContent(document, ['og:image', 'og:image:url']) ||
    getLinkHrefAttribute(document, [
      'shortcut icon',
      'icon',
      'apple-touch-icon',
    ]);
  const imageUrl = rawImageHref ? maybeParseUrl(rawImageHref, href) : null;
  const imageHref = imageUrl ? imageUrl.href : null;

  let date: number | null = null;
  const rawDate = getOpenGraphContent(document, [
    'og:published_time',
    'article:published_time',
    'og:modified_time',
    'article:modified_time',
  ]);
  if (rawDate) {
    const parsed = Date.parse(rawDate);
    if (parsed > MIN_DATE && parsed < MAX_DATE) {
      date = parsed;
    }
  }

  return {
    title,
    description,
    imageHref,
    date,
  };
};

/**
 * This attempts to fetch link preview metadata, returning `null` if it cannot be found
 * for any reason.
 *
 * NOTE: This does NOT validate the incoming URL for safety. For example, it may fetch an
 * insecure HTTP href. It also does not offer a timeout; that is up to the caller.
 *
 * At a high level, it:
 *
 * 1. Makes a GET request, following up to 20 redirects (`fetch`'s default).
 * 2. Checks the response status code and headers to make sure it's a normal HTML
 *    response.
 * 3. Streams up to `MAX_HTML_BYTES_TO_LOAD`, stopping when (1) it has loaded all of the
 *    HTML (2) loaded the maximum number of bytes (3) finished loading the `<head>`.
 * 4. Parses the resulting HTML with `DOMParser`.
 * 5. Grabs the title, description, image URL, and date.
 */
export async function fetchLinkPreviewMetadata(
  fetchFn: FetchFn,
  href: string,
  abortSignal: AbortSignal
): Promise<null | LinkPreviewMetadata> {
  let response: Response;
  try {
    response = await fetchWithRedirects(fetchFn, href, {
      headers: {
        Accept: 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml',
        'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
      },
      signal: abortSignal,
    });
  } catch (err) {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewMetadata: failed to fetch link preview HTML; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }

  if (!response.ok) {
    window.log.warn(
      `fetchLinkPreviewMetadata: got a ${response.status} status code; bailing`
    );
    return null;
  }

  if (!response.body) {
    window.log.warn('fetchLinkPreviewMetadata: no response body; bailing');
    return null;
  }

  if (
    !isInlineContentDisposition(response.headers.get('Content-Disposition'))
  ) {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewMetadata: Content-Disposition header is not inline; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }

  if (abortSignal.aborted) {
    return null;
  }

  const contentLength = parseContentLength(
    response.headers.get('Content-Length')
  );
  if (contentLength < MIN_HTML_CONTENT_LENGTH) {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewMetadata: Content-Length is too short; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }

  const contentType = parseContentType(response.headers.get('Content-Type'));
  if (contentType.type !== 'text/html') {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewMetadata: Content-Type is not HTML; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }

  const document = await getHtmlDocument(
    response.body,
    contentLength,
    contentType.charset,
    abortSignal
  );

  // [The Node docs about `ReadableStream.prototype[Symbol.asyncIterator]`][0] say that
  //   the stream will be destroyed if you `break` out of the loop, but I could not
  //   reproduce this. Also [`destroy` is a documented method][1] but it is not in the
  //   Node types, which is why we do this cast to `any`.
  // [0]: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v12.x/api/stream.html#stream_readable_symbol_asynciterator
  // [1]: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v12.x/api/stream.html#stream_readable_destroy_error
  try {
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
    (response.body as any).destroy();
  } catch (err) {
    // Ignored.
  }

  if (abortSignal.aborted) {
    return null;
  }

  return parseMetadata(document, response.url);
}

/**
 * This attempts to fetch an image, returning `null` if it fails for any reason.
 *
 * NOTE: This does NOT validate the incoming URL for safety. For example, it may fetch an
 * insecure HTTP href. It also does not offer a timeout; that is up to the caller.
 */
export async function fetchLinkPreviewImage(
  fetchFn: FetchFn,
  href: string,
  abortSignal: AbortSignal
): Promise<null | LinkPreviewImage> {
  let response: Response;
  try {
    response = await fetchWithRedirects(fetchFn, href, {
      headers: {
        'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
      },
      size: MAX_IMAGE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
      signal: abortSignal,
    });
  } catch (err) {
    window.log.warn('fetchLinkPreviewImage: failed to fetch image; bailing');
    return null;
  }

  if (abortSignal.aborted) {
    return null;
  }

  if (!response.ok) {
    window.log.warn(
      `fetchLinkPreviewImage: got a ${response.status} status code; bailing`
    );
    return null;
  }

  const contentLength = parseContentLength(
    response.headers.get('Content-Length')
  );
  if (contentLength < MIN_IMAGE_CONTENT_LENGTH) {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewImage: Content-Length is too short; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }
  if (contentLength > MAX_IMAGE_CONTENT_LENGTH) {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewImage: Content-Length is too large or is unset; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }

  const { type: contentType } = parseContentType(
    response.headers.get('Content-Type')
  );
  if (!contentType || !VALID_IMAGE_MIME_TYPES.has(contentType)) {
    window.log.warn(
      'fetchLinkPreviewImage: Content-Type is not an image; bailing'
    );
    return null;
  }

  let data: ArrayBuffer;
  try {
    data = await response.arrayBuffer();
  } catch (err) {
    window.log.warn('fetchLinkPreviewImage: failed to read body; bailing');
    return null;
  }

  return { data, contentType };
}