feat(rpc): add compression to JSON-RPC (#12352)

Cargo.lock

@@ -8944,12 +8944,14 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-rpc-types-engine",
  "http",
+ "http-body-util",
  "jsonrpsee",
  "jsonrpsee-http-client",
  "pin-project",
  "reqwest",
  "tokio",
  "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower-http",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -10904,12 +10906,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
+checksum = "8437150ab6bbc8c5f0f519e3d5ed4aa883a83dd4cdd3d1b21f9482936046cb97"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression",
- "base64 0.21.7",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -10926,7 +10928,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower 0.5.1",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",

Cargo.toml

@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ hyper-util = "0.1.5"
 pin-project = "1.0.12"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
 tower = "0.4"
-tower-http = "0.5"
+tower-http = "0.6"
+
 
 # p2p
 discv5 = "0.8.0"
@@ -567,6 +568,7 @@ jsonrpsee-types = "0.24"
 # http
 http = "1.0"
 http-body = "1.0"
+http-body-util = "0.1.2"
 jsonwebtoken = "9"
 proptest-arbitrary-interop = "0.1.0"
 

crates/rpc/rpc-builder/src/lib.rs

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ use std::{
     time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
+use crate::{auth::AuthRpcModule, error::WsHttpSamePortError, metrics::RpcRequestMetrics};
 use error::{ConflictingModules, RpcError, ServerKind};
 use eth::DynEthApiBuilder;
 use http::{header::AUTHORIZATION, HeaderMap};
@@ -197,15 +198,13 @@ use reth_rpc_eth_api::{
     EthApiServer, EthApiTypes, FullEthApiServer, RpcBlock, RpcReceipt, RpcTransaction,
 };
 use reth_rpc_eth_types::{EthConfig, EthStateCache, EthSubscriptionIdProvider};
-use reth_rpc_layer::{AuthLayer, Claims, JwtAuthValidator, JwtSecret};
+use reth_rpc_layer::{AuthLayer, Claims, CompressionLayer, JwtAuthValidator, JwtSecret};
 use reth_tasks::{pool::BlockingTaskGuard, TaskSpawner, TokioTaskExecutor};
 use reth_transaction_pool::{noop::NoopTransactionPool, TransactionPool};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tower::Layer;
 use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
 
-use crate::{auth::AuthRpcModule, error::WsHttpSamePortError, metrics::RpcRequestMetrics};
-
 pub use cors::CorsDomainError;
 
 // re-export for convenience
@@ -1647,6 +1646,12 @@ impl<RpcMiddleware> RpcServerConfig<RpcMiddleware> {
         jwt_secret.map(|secret| AuthLayer::new(JwtAuthValidator::new(secret)))
     }
 
+    /// Returns a [`CompressionLayer`] that adds compression support (gzip, deflate, brotli, zstd)
+    /// based on the client's `Accept-Encoding` header
+    fn maybe_compression_layer() -> Option<CompressionLayer> {
+        Some(CompressionLayer::new())
+    }
+
     /// Builds and starts the configured server(s): http, ws, ipc.
     ///
     /// If both http and ws are on the same port, they are combined into one server.
@@ -1711,7 +1716,8 @@ impl<RpcMiddleware> RpcServerConfig<RpcMiddleware> {
                     .set_http_middleware(
                         tower::ServiceBuilder::new()
                             .option_layer(Self::maybe_cors_layer(cors)?)
-                            .option_layer(Self::maybe_jwt_layer(self.jwt_secret)),
+                            .option_layer(Self::maybe_jwt_layer(self.jwt_secret))
+                            .option_layer(Self::maybe_compression_layer()),
                     )
                     .set_rpc_middleware(
                         self.rpc_middleware.clone().layer(
@@ -1783,8 +1789,9 @@ impl<RpcMiddleware> RpcServerConfig<RpcMiddleware> {
                 .http_only()
                 .set_http_middleware(
                     tower::ServiceBuilder::new()
-                        .option_layer(Self::maybe_cors_layer(self.http_cors_domains.clone())?)
+                        .option_layer(Self::maybe_cors_layer(self.ws_cors_domains.clone())?)
-                        .option_layer(Self::maybe_jwt_layer(self.jwt_secret)),
+                        .option_layer(Self::maybe_jwt_layer(self.jwt_secret))
+                        .option_layer(Self::maybe_compression_layer()),
                 )
                 .set_rpc_middleware(
                     self.rpc_middleware.clone().layer(

crates/rpc/rpc-layer/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ http.workspace = true
 jsonrpsee-http-client.workspace = true
 pin-project.workspace = true
 tower.workspace = true
-
+tower-http = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reqwest.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
 jsonrpsee = { workspace = true, features = ["server"] }
+http-body-util.workspace=true

crates/rpc/rpc-layer/src/compression_layer.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+use jsonrpsee_http_client::{HttpBody, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
+use std::{
+    future::Future,
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+use tower::{Layer, Service};
+use tower_http::compression::{Compression, CompressionLayer as TowerCompressionLayer};
+
+/// This layer is a wrapper around [`tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer`] that integrates
+/// with jsonrpsee's HTTP types. It automatically compresses responses based on the client's
+/// Accept-Encoding header.
+#[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct CompressionLayer {
+    inner_layer: TowerCompressionLayer,
+}
+
+impl CompressionLayer {
+    /// Creates a new compression layer with zstd, gzip, brotli and deflate enabled.
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner_layer: TowerCompressionLayer::new().gzip(true).br(true).deflate(true).zstd(true),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for CompressionLayer {
+    /// Creates a new compression layer with default settings.
+    /// See [`CompressionLayer::new`] for details.
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> Layer<S> for CompressionLayer {
+    type Service = CompressionService<S>;
+
+    fn layer(&self, inner: S) -> Self::Service {
+        CompressionService { compression: self.inner_layer.layer(inner) }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Service that performs response compression.
+///
+/// Created by [`CompressionLayer`].
+#[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct CompressionService<S> {
+    compression: Compression<S>,
+}
+
+impl<S> Service<HttpRequest> for CompressionService<S>
+where
+    S: Service<HttpRequest, Response = HttpResponse>,
+    S::Future: Send + 'static,
+{
+    type Response = HttpResponse;
+    type Error = S::Error;
+    type Future = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>> + Send>>;
+
+    fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+        self.compression.poll_ready(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn call(&mut self, req: HttpRequest) -> Self::Future {
+        let fut = self.compression.call(req);
+
+        Box::pin(async move {
+            let resp = fut.await?;
+            let (parts, compressed_body) = resp.into_parts();
+            let http_body = HttpBody::new(compressed_body);
+
+            Ok(Self::Response::from_parts(parts, http_body))
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use http::header::{ACCEPT_ENCODING, CONTENT_ENCODING};
+    use http_body_util::BodyExt;
+    use jsonrpsee_http_client::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
+    use std::{convert::Infallible, future::ready};
+
+    const TEST_DATA: &str = "compress test data ";
+    const REPEAT_COUNT: usize = 1000;
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    struct MockRequestService;
+
+    impl Service<HttpRequest> for MockRequestService {
+        type Response = HttpResponse;
+        type Error = Infallible;
+        type Future = std::future::Ready<Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>>;
+
+        fn poll_ready(
+            &mut self,
+            _: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
+        ) -> std::task::Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+            std::task::Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+        }
+
+        fn call(&mut self, _: HttpRequest) -> Self::Future {
+            let body = HttpBody::from(TEST_DATA.repeat(REPEAT_COUNT));
+            let response = HttpResponse::builder().body(body).unwrap();
+            ready(Ok(response))
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn setup_compression_service(
+    ) -> impl Service<HttpRequest, Response = HttpResponse, Error = Infallible> {
+        CompressionLayer::new().layer(MockRequestService)
+    }
+
+    async fn get_response_size(response: HttpResponse) -> usize {
+        // Get the total size of the response body
+        response.into_body().collect().await.unwrap().to_bytes().len()
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_gzip_compression() {
+        let mut service = setup_compression_service();
+        let request =
+            HttpRequest::builder().header(ACCEPT_ENCODING, "gzip").body(HttpBody::empty()).unwrap();
+
+        let uncompressed_len = TEST_DATA.repeat(REPEAT_COUNT).len();
+
+        // Make the request
+        let response = service.call(request).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Verify the response has gzip content-encoding
+        assert_eq!(
+            response.headers().get(CONTENT_ENCODING).unwrap(),
+            "gzip",
+            "Response should be gzip encoded"
+        );
+
+        // Verify the response body is actually compressed (should be smaller than original)
+        let compressed_size = get_response_size(response).await;
+        assert!(
+            compressed_size < uncompressed_len,
+            "Compressed size ({compressed_size}) should be smaller than original size ({uncompressed_len})"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_no_compression_when_not_requested() {
+        // Create a service with compression
+        let mut service = setup_compression_service();
+        let request = HttpRequest::builder().body(HttpBody::empty()).unwrap();
+
+        let response = service.call(request).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            response.headers().get(CONTENT_ENCODING).is_none(),
+            "Response should not be compressed when not requested"
+        );
+
+        let uncompressed_len = TEST_DATA.repeat(REPEAT_COUNT).len();
+
+        // Verify the response body matches the original size
+        let response_size = get_response_size(response).await;
+        assert!(
+            response_size == uncompressed_len,
+            "Response size ({response_size}) should equal original size ({uncompressed_len})"
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/rpc/rpc-layer/src/lib.rs

@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ use jsonrpsee_http_client::HttpResponse;
 
 mod auth_client_layer;
 mod auth_layer;
+mod compression_layer;
 mod jwt_validator;
 
 pub use auth_layer::{AuthService, ResponseFuture};
+pub use compression_layer::CompressionLayer;
 
 // Export alloy JWT types
 pub use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{Claims, JwtError, JwtSecret};