Add uds arg to BaseClient and select tcp or uds in HttpConnection

httpx/client.py

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def __init__(
         app: typing.Callable = None,
         backend: ConcurrencyBackend = None,
         trust_env: bool = True,
+        uds: str = None,
     ):
         if backend is None:
             backend = AsyncioBackend()
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ def __init__(
                 pool_limits=pool_limits,
                 backend=backend,
                 trust_env=self.trust_env,
+                uds=uds,
             )
         elif isinstance(dispatch, Dispatcher):
             async_dispatch = ThreadedDispatcher(dispatch, backend)
@@ -721,6 +723,7 @@ class Client(BaseClient):
     async requests.
     * **trust_env** - *(optional)* Enables or disables usage of environment
     variables for configuration.
+    * **uds** - *(optional)* A path to a Unix domain socket to connect through
     """
 
     def check_concurrency_backend(self, backend: ConcurrencyBackend) -> None:

httpx/concurrency/base.py

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async def open_uds_stream(
         hostname: typing.Optional[str],
         ssl_context: typing.Optional[ssl.SSLContext],
         timeout: TimeoutConfig,
-    ) -> BaseTCPStream:
+    ) -> BaseSocketStream:
         raise NotImplementedError()  # pragma: no cover
 
     def get_semaphore(self, limits: PoolLimits) -> BasePoolSemaphore:

httpx/dispatch/connection.py

@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ def __init__(
         http_versions: HTTPVersionTypes = None,
         backend: ConcurrencyBackend = None,
         release_func: typing.Optional[ReleaseCallback] = None,
+        uds: typing.Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         self.origin = Origin(origin) if isinstance(origin, str) else origin
         self.ssl = SSLConfig(cert=cert, verify=verify, trust_env=trust_env)
         self.timeout = TimeoutConfig(timeout)
         self.http_versions = HTTPVersionConfig(http_versions)
         self.backend = AsyncioBackend() if backend is None else backend
         self.release_func = release_func
+        self.uds = uds
         self.h11_connection = None  # type: typing.Optional[HTTP11Connection]
         self.h2_connection = None  # type: typing.Optional[HTTP2Connection]
 
@@ -84,8 +86,21 @@ async def connect(
         else:
             on_release = functools.partial(self.release_func, self)
 
-        logger.trace(f"start_connect host={host!r} port={port!r} timeout={timeout!r}")
-        stream = await self.backend.open_tcp_stream(host, port, ssl_context, timeout)
+        if self.uds is None:
+            logger.trace(
+                f"start_connect tcp host={host!r} port={port!r} timeout={timeout!r}"
+            )
+            stream = await self.backend.open_tcp_stream(
+                host, port, ssl_context, timeout
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.trace(
+                f"start_connect uds path={self.uds!r} host={host!r} timeout={timeout!r}"
+            )
+            stream = await self.backend.open_uds_stream(
+                self.uds, host, ssl_context, timeout
+            )
+
         http_version = stream.get_http_version()
         logger.trace(f"connected http_version={http_version!r}")
 

httpx/dispatch/connection_pool.py

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def __init__(
         pool_limits: PoolLimits = DEFAULT_POOL_LIMITS,
         http_versions: HTTPVersionTypes = None,
         backend: ConcurrencyBackend = None,
+        uds: typing.Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         self.verify = verify
         self.cert = cert
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.http_versions = http_versions
         self.is_closed = False
         self.trust_env = trust_env
+        self.uds = uds
 
         self.keepalive_connections = ConnectionStore()
         self.active_connections = ConnectionStore()
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ async def acquire_connection(self, origin: Origin) -> HTTPConnection:
                 backend=self.backend,
                 release_func=self.release_connection,
                 trust_env=self.trust_env,
+                uds=self.uds,
             )
             logger.trace(f"new_connection connection={connection!r}")
         else:

tests/client/test_async_client.py

@@ -146,3 +146,17 @@ async def test_100_continue(server, backend):
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.content == data
+
+
+async def test_uds(uds_server, backend):
+    url = uds_server.url
+    uds = uds_server.config.uds
+    assert uds is not None
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(backend=backend, uds=uds) as client:
+        response = await client.get(url)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.text == "Hello, world!"
+    assert response.http_version == "HTTP/1.1"
+    assert response.headers
+    assert repr(response) == "<Response [200 OK]>"
+    assert response.elapsed > timedelta(seconds=0)

tests/client/test_client.py

@@ -138,6 +138,25 @@ def test_base_url(server):
     assert response.url == base_url
 
 
+def test_uds(uds_server):
+    url = uds_server.url
+    uds = uds_server.config.uds
+    assert uds is not None
+    with httpx.Client(uds=uds) as http:
+        response = http.get(url)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.url == url
+    assert response.content == b"Hello, world!"
+    assert response.text == "Hello, world!"
+    assert response.http_version == "HTTP/1.1"
+    assert response.encoding == "iso-8859-1"
+    assert response.request.url == url
+    assert response.headers
+    assert response.is_redirect is False
+    assert repr(response) == "<Response [200 OK]>"
+    assert response.elapsed > timedelta(0)
+
+
 def test_merge_url():
     client = httpx.Client(base_url="https://www.paypal.com/")
     url = client.merge_url("http://www.paypal.com")

tests/conftest.py

@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ def server():
     yield from serve_in_thread(server)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope=SERVER_SCOPE)
+def uds_server():
+    uds = "test_server.sock"
+    config = Config(app=app, lifespan="off", loop="asyncio", uds=uds)
+    server = TestServer(config=config)
+    yield from serve_in_thread(server)
+    os.remove(uds)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope=SERVER_SCOPE)
 def https_server(cert_pem_file, cert_private_key_file):
     config = Config(
@@ -305,13 +314,15 @@ def https_server(cert_pem_file, cert_private_key_file):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope=SERVER_SCOPE)
 def https_uds_server(cert_pem_file, cert_private_key_file):
+    uds = "https_test_server.sock"
     config = Config(
         app=app,
         lifespan="off",
         ssl_certfile=cert_pem_file,
         ssl_keyfile=cert_private_key_file,
-        uds="https_test_server.sock",
+        uds=uds,
         loop="asyncio",
     )
     server = TestServer(config=config)
     yield from serve_in_thread(server)
+    os.remove(uds)