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+// Copyright © 2020 Intel Corporation
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#[macro_use(crate_authors)]
+extern crate clap;
+
+use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+use std::process;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    Socket(std::io::Error),
+    StatusCodeParsing(std::num::ParseIntError),
+    MissingProtocol,
+    ContentLengthParsing(std::num::ParseIntError),
+    ServerResponse(StatusCode),
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum StatusCode {
+    Continue,
+    OK,
+    NoContent,
+    BadRequest,
+    NotFound,
+    InternalServerError,
+    NotImplemented,
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+impl StatusCode {
+    fn from_raw(code: usize) -> StatusCode {
+        match code {
+            100 => StatusCode::Continue,
+            200 => StatusCode::OK,
+            204 => StatusCode::NoContent,
+            400 => StatusCode::BadRequest,
+            404 => StatusCode::NotFound,
+            500 => StatusCode::InternalServerError,
+            501 => StatusCode::NotImplemented,
+            _ => StatusCode::Unknown,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse(code: &str) -> Result<StatusCode, Error> {
+        Ok(StatusCode::from_raw(
+            code.trim().parse().map_err(Error::StatusCodeParsing)?,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    fn check(self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        match self {
+            StatusCode::OK | StatusCode::Continue | StatusCode::NoContent => Ok(()),
+            _ => Err(Error::ServerResponse(self)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_header<'a>(res: &'a str, header: &'a str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    let header_str = format!("{}: ", header);
+    if let Some(o) = res.find(&header_str) {
+        Some(&res[o + header_str.len()..o + res[o..].find('\r').unwrap()])
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_status_code(res: &str) -> Result<StatusCode, Error> {
+    if let Some(o) = res.find("HTTP/1.1") {
+        Ok(StatusCode::parse(
+            &res[o + "HTTP/1.1 ".len()..res[o..].find('\r').unwrap()],
+        )?)
+    } else {
+        Err(Error::MissingProtocol)
+    }
+}
+
+fn simple_api_command(socket: &mut UnixStream, method: &str, c: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    socket
+        .write_all(
+            format!(
+                "{} /api/v1/vm.{} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nAccept: */*\r\n\r\n",
+                method, c
+            )
+            .as_bytes(),
+        )
+        .map_err(Error::Socket)?;
+    socket.flush().map_err(Error::Socket)?;
+
+    let mut res = String::new();
+    let mut body_offset = None;
+    let mut content_length: Option<usize> = None;
+    loop {
+        let mut bytes = vec![0; 256];
+        let count = socket.read(&mut bytes).map_err(Error::Socket)?;
+        res.push_str(std::str::from_utf8(&bytes[0..count]).unwrap());
+
+        // End of headers
+        if let Some(o) = res.find("\r\n\r\n") {
+            body_offset = Some(o + "\r\n\r\n".len());
+
+            // With all headers available we can see if there is any body
+            content_length = if let Some(length) = get_header(&res, "Content-Length") {
+                Some(length.trim().parse().map_err(Error::ContentLengthParsing)?)
+            } else {
+                None
+            };
+
+            if content_length.is_none() {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(body_offset) = body_offset {
+            if let Some(content_length) = content_length {
+                if res.len() >= content_length + body_offset {
+                    println!("{}", &res[body_offset..]);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    get_status_code(&res)?.check()
+}
+
+fn do_command(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut socket =
+        UnixStream::connect(matches.value_of("api-socket").unwrap()).map_err(Error::Socket)?;
+
+    match matches.subcommand_name() {
+        Some("info") => simple_api_command(&mut socket, "GET", "info"),
+        Some(c) => simple_api_command(&mut socket, "PUT", c),
+        None => unreachable!(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let app = App::new("ch-remote")
+        .author(crate_authors!())
+        .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequired)
+        .about("Remotely control a cloud-hypervisor VMM.")
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("api-socket")
+                .long("api-socket")
+                .help("HTTP API socket path (UNIX domain socket).")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .min_values(1)
+                .required(true),
+        )
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("info").about("Info on the VM"))
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("pause").about("Pause the VM"))
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("reboot").about("Reboot the VM"))
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("resume").about("Resume the VM"))
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("shutdown").about("Shutdown the VM"));
+
+    let matches = app.get_matches();
+
+    if let Err(e) = do_command(&matches) {
+        eprintln!("Error running command: {:?}", e);
+        process::exit(1)
+    };
+}