REST API: add ssz encoding for publishBlock (#4154)

beacon_chain/rpc/rest_beacon_api.nim

@@ -769,12 +769,16 @@ proc installBeaconApiHandlers*(router: var RestRouter, node: BeaconNode) =
       block:
         if contentBody.isNone():
           return RestApiResponse.jsonError(Http400, EmptyRequestBodyError)
-        let body = contentBody.get()
-        let res = decodeBody(RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock, body)
-        if res.isErr():
+        let
+          body = contentBody.get()
+          version = request.headers.getString("eth-consensus-version")
+        var
+          restBlock = decodeBody(RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock, body,
+                                 version).valueOr:
             return RestApiResponse.jsonError(Http400, InvalidBlockObjectError,
-                                           $res.error())
-        var forked = ForkedSignedBeaconBlock(res.get())
+                                             $error)
+          forked = ForkedSignedBeaconBlock(restBlock)
+
         if forked.kind != node.dag.cfg.blockForkAtEpoch(
              getForkedBlockField(forked, slot).epoch):
           return RestApiResponse.jsonError(Http400, InvalidBlockObjectError)

beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/eth2_rest_serialization.nim

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
 # at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
 
-import std/typetraits
+import std/[typetraits, strutils]
 import stew/[assign2, results, base10, byteutils], presto/common,
        libp2p/peerid, serialization, json_serialization,
        json_serialization/std/[options, net, sets],
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ type
     SignedBlindedBeaconBlock |
     SignedValidatorRegistrationV1 |
     SignedVoluntaryExit |
-    Web3SignerRequest |
+    Web3SignerRequest
+
+  EncodeOctetTypes* =
     altair.SignedBeaconBlock |
     bellatrix.SignedBeaconBlock |
     phase0.SignedBeaconBlock
@@ -2273,6 +2275,58 @@ proc parseRoot(value: string): Result[Eth2Digest, cstring] =
   except ValueError:
     err("Unable to decode root value")
 
+proc decodeBody*(
+       t: typedesc[RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock],
+       body: ContentBody,
+       version: string
+     ): Result[RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock, cstring] =
+  if body.contentType == ApplicationJsonMediaType:
+    let data =
+      try:
+        RestJson.decode(body.data, RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock,
+                        requireAllFields = true,
+                        allowUnknownFields = true)
+      except SerializationError as exc:
+        debug "Failed to deserialize REST JSON data",
+              err = exc.formatMsg("<data>"),
+              data = string.fromBytes(body.data)
+        return err("Unable to deserialize data")
+      except CatchableError:
+        return err("Unexpected deserialization error")
+    ok(data)
+  elif body.contentType == OctetStreamMediaType:
+    let blockFork = ? BeaconBlockFork.decodeString(version)
+    case blockFork
+    of BeaconBlockFork.Phase0:
+      let blck =
+        try:
+          SSZ.decode(body.data, phase0.SignedBeaconBlock)
+        except SerializationError:
+          return err("Unable to deserialize data")
+        except CatchableError:
+          return err("Unexpected deserialization error")
+      ok(RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock(ForkedSignedBeaconBlock.init(blck)))
+    of BeaconBlockFork.Altair:
+      let blck =
+        try:
+          SSZ.decode(body.data, altair.SignedBeaconBlock)
+        except SerializationError:
+          return err("Unable to deserialize data")
+        except CatchableError:
+          return err("Unexpected deserialization error")
+      ok(RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock(ForkedSignedBeaconBlock.init(blck)))
+    of BeaconBlockFork.Bellatrix:
+      let blck =
+        try:
+          SSZ.decode(body.data, bellatrix.SignedBeaconBlock)
+        except SerializationError:
+          return err("Unable to deserialize data")
+        except CatchableError:
+          return err("Unexpected deserialization error")
+      ok(RestPublishedSignedBeaconBlock(ForkedSignedBeaconBlock.init(blck)))
+  else:
+    return err("Unsupported or invalid content media type")
+
 proc decodeBody*[T](t: typedesc[T],
                     body: ContentBody): Result[T, cstring] =
   if body.contentType != ApplicationJsonMediaType:
@@ -2329,6 +2383,33 @@ proc encodeBytes*[T: EncodeArrays](value: T,
   else:
     err("Content-Type not supported")
 
+proc encodeBytes*[T: EncodeOctetTypes](
+       value: T,
+       contentType: string
+     ): RestResult[seq[byte]] =
+  case contentType
+  of "application/json":
+    let data =
+      try:
+        var stream = memoryOutput()
+        var writer = JsonWriter[RestJson].init(stream)
+        writer.writeValue(value)
+        stream.getOutput(seq[byte])
+      except IOError:
+        return err("Input/output error")
+      except SerializationError:
+        return err("Serialization error")
+    ok(data)
+  of "application/octet-stream":
+    let data =
+      try:
+        SSZ.encode(value)
+      except CatchableError:
+        return err("Serialization error")
+    ok(data)
+  else:
+    err("Content-Type not supported")
+
 proc decodeBytes*[T: DecodeTypes](
        t: typedesc[T],
        value: openArray[byte],
@@ -2698,3 +2779,19 @@ proc decodeString*(t: typedesc[ValidatorFilter],
     })
   else:
     err("Incorrect validator state identifier value")
+
+proc decodeString*(t: typedesc[BeaconBlockFork],
+                   value: string): Result[BeaconBlockFork, cstring] =
+  case toLowerAscii(value)
+  of "phase0": ok(BeaconBlockFork.Phase0)
+  of "altair": ok(BeaconBlockFork.Altair)
+  of "bellatrix": ok(BeaconBlockFork.Bellatrix)
+  else: err("Unsupported or invalid beacon block fork version")
+
+proc decodeString*(t: typedesc[BeaconStateFork],
+                   value: string): Result[BeaconStateFork, cstring] =
+  case toLowerAscii(value)
+  of "phase0": ok(BeaconStateFork.Phase0)
+  of "altair": ok(BeaconStateFork.Altair)
+  of "bellatrix": ok(BeaconStateFork.Bellatrix)
+  else: err("Unsupported or invalid beacon state fork version")

beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/rest_beacon_calls.nim

@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ proc publishBlock*(body: bellatrix.SignedBeaconBlock): RestPlainResponse {.
      meth: MethodPost.}
   ## https://ethereum.github.io/beacon-APIs/#/Beacon/publishBlock
 
+proc publishSszBlock*(
+       client: RestClientRef,
+       blck: ForkySignedBeaconBlock
+     ): Future[RestPlainResponse] {.async.} =
+  ## https://ethereum.github.io/beacon-APIs/#/Beacon/publishBlock
+  let
+    consensus = typeof(blck).toFork.toString()
+    resp = await client.publishBlock(
+      blck, restContentType = $OctetStreamMediaType,
+      extraHeaders = @[("eth-consensus-version", consensus)])
+  return resp
+
 proc getBlockV2Plain*(block_id: BlockIdent): RestPlainResponse {.
      rest, endpoint: "/eth/v2/beacon/blocks/{block_id}",
      accept: preferSSZ,