release v0.1.4

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Cargo.lock

@@ -4491,7 +4491,7 @@ checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "varde-ctl"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -4504,9 +4504,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "varde-daemon"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "base64",
  "iroh",
  "iroh-blobs",
  "iroh-mdns-address-lookup",
@@ -4529,7 +4530,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "varde-proto"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",

Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = ["varde-proto", "varde-daemon", "varde-ctl"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/varde"

varde-ctl/src/main.rs

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ fn print_human(data: Option<&ResponseData>) {
     match data {
         ResponseData::Added { hash, bytes } => println!("added {hash} ({bytes} bytes)"),
         ResponseData::Pinned { hash } => println!("pinned {hash}"),
+        ResponseData::Bytes { data } => println!("{data}"),
         ResponseData::Done {} => println!("ok"),
         ResponseData::Materialized { bytes, reflinked } => {
             let how = if *reflinked { "reflinked" } else { "copied" };

varde-daemon/Cargo.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ required-features = ["socket-api"]
 varde-proto = { workspace = true }
 iroh = { workspace = true }
 iroh-blobs = { workspace = true }
+# Request::Put / Read carry content inline, base64.
+base64 = "0.22"
 # mDNS/local-network address lookup left iroh core in 1.0.
 iroh-mdns-address-lookup = "0.4"
 # Interop with iroh-blobs streams and channels; both are already in the

varde-daemon/src/daemon.rs

@@ -371,6 +371,39 @@ impl Daemon {
                     bytes,
                 })
             }
+            Request::Put { data } => {
+                use base64::Engine as _;
+                let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+                    .decode(data.as_bytes())
+                    .map_err(|e| OpError::InvalidArgument(format!("put: data is not base64: {e}")))?;
+                if bytes.len() as u64 > varde_proto::MAX_INLINE_BYTES {
+                    return Err(OpError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                        "put: {} bytes, more than {} inline; add it by path",
+                        bytes.len(),
+                        varde_proto::MAX_INLINE_BYTES
+                    )));
+                }
+                let (hash, bytes) = self.store.add_bytes(bytes).await?;
+                self.meta.record_format(&hash.to_hex(), StoredFormat::Raw)?;
+                Ok(ResponseData::Added {
+                    hash: hash.to_hex().to_string(),
+                    bytes,
+                })
+            }
+            Request::Read { hash } => {
+                use base64::Engine as _;
+                let parsed = parse_hash(&hash)?;
+                if self.meta.format_of(&parsed.to_hex()) == StoredFormat::HashSeq {
+                    return Err(OpError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                        "read: {} is a collection; materialize it",
+                        parsed.to_hex()
+                    )));
+                }
+                let bytes = self.store.read_bytes(parsed, varde_proto::MAX_INLINE_BYTES).await?;
+                Ok(ResponseData::Bytes {
+                    data: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(bytes),
+                })
+            }
             Request::Pin { hash, policy } => {
                 let parsed = parse_hash(&hash)?;
                 self.meta.pin(&parsed.to_hex(), policy)?;

varde-daemon/src/store.rs

@@ -228,6 +228,30 @@ impl BlobStore {
 
     /// Export `hash` to `dest`. Returns bytes written and whether at least
     /// one file was reflinked.
+    /// Import `data` as one raw blob (`Request::Put`).
+    pub async fn add_bytes(&self, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(Hash, u64), OpError> {
+        let size = data.len() as u64;
+        let tag = self.store.add_bytes(data).temp_tag().await.map_err(internal)?;
+        info!(hash = %tag.hash().to_hex(), size, "imported bytes");
+        Ok((tag.hash(), size))
+    }
+
+    /// The whole content of a complete raw blob (`Request::Read`), when it
+    /// is no larger than `limit`.
+    pub async fn read_bytes(&self, hash: Hash, limit: u64) -> Result<Vec<u8>, OpError> {
+        match self.store.blobs().status(hash).await.map_err(internal)? {
+            BlobStatus::Complete { size } if size > limit => Err(OpError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                "{} is {size} bytes, more than {limit} can be read inline; materialize it",
+                hash.to_hex()
+            ))),
+            BlobStatus::Complete { .. } => {
+                let bytes = self.store.blobs().get_bytes(hash).await.map_err(internal)?;
+                Ok(bytes.to_vec())
+            }
+            _ => Err(OpError::NotFound(format!("{} is not complete in the store", hash.to_hex()))),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn materialize(
         &self,
         hash: Hash,

varde-daemon/tests/store_ops.rs

@@ -276,3 +276,45 @@ fn reflink_when_supported() {
     drop(daemon);
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&base);
 }
+
+/// Put and Read carry the bytes on the socket: a client that shares no
+/// filesystem with the daemon (a desktop app and the system daemon, which
+/// runs as its own user behind ProtectHome) stores and reads back without
+/// a path either side must reach. A Put blob reads back by Materialize too.
+#[test]
+fn bytes_round_trip_inline() {
+    use base64::Engine as _;
+    let b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD;
+    let daemon = support::spawn_daemon();
+    let mut client = support::Client::connect(&daemon.socket);
+    let payload: Vec<u8> = (0..50_000u32).flat_map(|i| i.to_le_bytes()).collect();
+
+    let reply = client.request(&Request::Put { data: b64.encode(&payload) });
+    assert!(reply.ok, "put failed: {:?}", reply.error);
+    let hash = match reply.data {
+        Some(ResponseData::Added { hash, bytes }) => {
+            assert_eq!(bytes, payload.len() as u64);
+            hash
+        }
+        other => panic!("unexpected put reply: {other:?}"),
+    };
+
+    let reply = client.request(&Request::Read { hash: hash.clone() });
+    assert!(reply.ok, "read failed: {:?}", reply.error);
+    match reply.data {
+        Some(ResponseData::Bytes { data }) => assert_eq!(b64.decode(data).unwrap(), payload),
+        other => panic!("unexpected read reply: {other:?}"),
+    }
+
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let dest = dir.path().join("out.bin");
+    materialize(&mut client, &hash, &dest, MaterializeMode::Copy).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&dest).unwrap(), payload);
+
+    // Not base64: refused, not stored.
+    let reply = client.request(&Request::Put { data: "not base64!".into() });
+    assert_eq!(reply.error.expect("error body").code, ErrorCode::InvalidArgument);
+    // Unknown hash: not found.
+    let reply = client.request(&Request::Read { hash: "0".repeat(64) });
+    assert!(!reply.ok);
+}

varde-proto/src/lib.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 /// Bumped on incompatible changes; reported in [`GlobalStatus`].
 pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 2;
 
+/// The most bytes a [`Request::Put`] or a [`Request::Read`] reply carries
+/// inline. Larger content goes through `Add`/`Materialize` and a path.
+pub const MAX_INLINE_BYTES: u64 = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+
 /// A request from a client to the daemon. One JSON object per line.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
@@ -61,6 +65,24 @@ pub enum Request {
         #[serde(default)]
         mode: MaterializeMode,
     },
+    /// Import bytes carried in the request, base64 (standard alphabet),
+    /// at most [`MAX_INLINE_BYTES`]. Replies [`ResponseData::Added`].
+    ///
+    /// For a client that shares no filesystem with the daemon: the system
+    /// daemon runs as its own user with `ProtectHome`, so it can neither
+    /// read a file a desktop app wrote for `Add` nor write one back for
+    /// `Materialize`. Added in varde 0.1.4.
+    Put {
+        /// The content, base64.
+        data: String,
+    },
+    /// Read a complete raw blob back in the reply, base64, at most
+    /// [`MAX_INLINE_BYTES`]. Replies [`ResponseData::Bytes`]. The
+    /// counterpart of [`Request::Put`]; added in varde 0.1.4.
+    Read {
+        /// Hash (hex) of the blob.
+        hash: String,
+    },
     /// Query daemon status, globally or for one hash.
     Status {
         /// If set, report on this hash; otherwise report global status.
@@ -228,6 +250,11 @@ pub enum ResponseData {
         /// Whether at least one file was reflinked rather than copied.
         reflinked: bool,
     },
+    /// A blob's content, base64. Reply to [`Request::Read`].
+    Bytes {
+        /// The content, base64 (standard alphabet).
+        data: String,
+    },
     /// Global daemon status. Reply to [`Request::Status`] without a hash.
     Status(GlobalStatus),
     /// Per-hash status. Reply to [`Request::Status`] with a hash.