Icecast audio streaming #57782
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Hi @woutrikkerink Why This Happens:In HTTP/1.0, without a Workaround Options:You want to handle these cases where the client doesn't provide Here are a few possible workarounds: 1. Force Kestrel to Read Raw Data Until Connection CloseSince the stream is still coming through despite no You can try reading the request body in a loop, even though Kestrel doesn't think there is a body: app.MapMethods("/stream/{mount}", new[] { "SOURCE" }, async (HttpContext context, string mount) =>
{
context.Response.StatusCode = 200;
context.Response.Headers["Server"] = "Icecast 2.5.0";
context.Response.Headers["Connection"] = "close";
await context.Response.StartAsync();
await context.Response.BodyWriter.FlushAsync();
// Manually read the incoming stream, even without Content-Length
var buffer = new byte[4096]; // Buffer size depends on expected data size
while (!context.RequestAborted.IsCancellationRequested)
{
var bytesRead = await context.Request.Body.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
if (bytesRead == 0)
{
// No more data, connection likely closed
break;
}
// Process the incoming data
// Example: Write to a file, buffer it, or forward to another service
await ProcessStreamData(buffer, bytesRead);
}
});This way, you're reading the data as it comes in, and it will stop once the connection is closed by the client. This effectively handles the scenario where the request body size is unknown. 2. Modify Incoming Requests (using Middleware)You can try intercepting the request in middleware to modify or add headers before Kestrel processes them. If you can inject a You can add middleware to "patch" the request: app.Use(async (context, next) =>
{
// If the request is missing Content-Length, try adding it (if possible)
if (!context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("Content-Length"))
{
// Add a default Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding if necessary
// Warning: This is tricky because you might not know the actual length in advance
context.Request.Headers["Transfer-Encoding"] = "chunked"; // or handle differently
}
await next.Invoke();
});This middleware would allow you to modify the request headers and add something Kestrel can work with, although this assumes you can predict how much data will come in. 3. Use a Reverse Proxy (e.g., Nginx)Another option is to front your Kestrel server with a reverse proxy like Nginx or HAProxy, which can handle the odd HTTP/1.0 requests, reformat them properly, and forward them to Kestrel with valid headers ( For example, you could set up Nginx to handle these requests and add a server {
listen 80;
location /stream/ {
proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
# Handle HTTP/1.0 clients without Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding
proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
proxy_http_version 1.0;
proxy_pass_request_headers on;
}
}4. Consider Using
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Hi @behdad088, Thanks for your reply. 1. Force Kestrel to Read Raw Data Until Connection Close 2. Modify Incoming Requests (using Middleware) 3. Use a Reverse Proxy (e.g., Nginx) 4. Consider Using HttpSysServer Instead of Kestrel |
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I'm still looking for a solution within Kestrel. |
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It seems like you're still facing issues with how Kestrel is handling the HTTP/1.0 requests, where the body stream is being prematurely closed due to the Let's dive into what could be going wrong and explore some additional approaches to address this: Root of the Problem:
Why
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I'm trying to implement an Icecast server (audio streaming). The Icecast protocol is HTTP based. There are a lot of (old) clients and even hardware based clients that can send encoded audio to an Icecast server. I have no control over these clients.
The Icecast protocol looks like this:
My server implementation looks like this:
The client can connect and starts sending the data. The request body is always an empty stream. I think this is because Kestrel expects a 'Content-Length' or 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' header. Http1MessageBody.For returns MessageBody.ZeroContentLengthClose.
aspnetcore/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/Http1MessageBody.cs
Lines 124 to 216 in f2ea31d
To reproduce the issue, you can use Curl as a fake client (by overriding the content-length header):
curl.exe -X SOURCE http://localhost:5000/stream/X7Q9CW.mp3 --http1.0 -H 'Content-Type: audio/mpeg' -H 'content-length: ' --data-binary 'path\to\a\random\binary'Is there any workaround to get to the request body stream? Thanks in advance!
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