Netty4 HTTP

Since Camel 2.14

The netty4-http component is an extension to Netty4 component to facilitiate HTTP transport with Netty4.

This camel component supports both producer and consumer endpoints.

INFO: Stream. Netty is stream based, which means the input it receives is submitted to Camel as a stream. That means you will only be able to read the content of the stream once. If you find a situation where the message body appears to be empty or you need to access the data multiple times (eg: doing multicasting, or redelivery error handling) you should use Stream caching or convert the message body to a String which is safe to be re-read multiple times. Notice Netty4 HTTP reads the entire stream into memory using io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpObjectAggregator to build the entire full http message. But the resulting message is still a stream based message which is readable once.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-netty4-http</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

The URI scheme for a netty component is as follows

netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:8080[?options]

You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&…

INFO: Query parameters vs endpoint options. You may be wondering how Camel recognizes URI query parameters and endpoint options. For example you might create endpoint URI as follows - netty4-http:http//example.com?myParam=myValue&compression=true . In this example myParam is the HTTP parameter, while compression is the Camel endpoint option. The strategy used by Camel in such situations is to resolve available endpoint options and remove them from the URI. It means that for the discussed example, the HTTP request sent by Netty HTTP producer to the endpoint will look as follows - http//example.com?myParam=myValue , because compression endpoint option will be resolved and removed from the target URL. Keep also in mind that you cannot specify endpoint options using dynamic headers (like CamelHttpQuery). Endpoint options can be specified only at the endpoint URI definition level (like to or from DSL elements).

HTTP Options

INFO: A lot more options. Important: This component inherits all the options from Netty4. So make sure to look at the Netty4 documentation as well.

 Notice that some options from xref:netty4-component.adoc[Netty4] is not
applicable when using this Netty4 HTTP component, such as options
related to UDP transport.

The Netty4 HTTP component supports 9 options, which are listed below.

Name	Description	Default	Type
nettyHttpBinding (advanced)	To use a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding for binding to/from Netty and Camel Message API.		NettyHttpBinding
configuration (common)	To use the NettyConfiguration as configuration when creating endpoints.		NettyHttpConfiguration
headerFilterStrategy (advanced)	To use a custom org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy to filter headers.		HeaderFilterStrategy
securityConfiguration (security)	Refers to a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpSecurityConfiguration for configuring secure web resources.		NettyHttpSecurity Configuration
useGlobalSslContext Parameters (security)	Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.	false	boolean
maximumPoolSize (advanced)	The thread pool size for the EventExecutorGroup if its in use. The default value is 16.	16	int
executorService (advanced)	To use the given EventExecutorGroup.		EventExecutorGroup
sslContextParameters (security)	To configure security using SSLContextParameters		SSLContextParameters
resolveProperty Placeholders (advanced)	Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.	true	boolean

Name

Description

Default

Type

nettyHttpBinding (advanced)

To use a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding for binding to/from Netty and Camel Message API.

NettyHttpBinding

configuration (common)

To use the NettyConfiguration as configuration when creating endpoints.

NettyHttpConfiguration

headerFilterStrategy (advanced)

To use a custom org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy to filter headers.

HeaderFilterStrategy

securityConfiguration (security)

Refers to a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpSecurityConfiguration for configuring secure web resources.

NettyHttpSecurity Configuration

useGlobalSslContext Parameters (security)

Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.

false

boolean

maximumPoolSize (advanced)

The thread pool size for the EventExecutorGroup if its in use. The default value is 16.

int

executorService (advanced)

To use the given EventExecutorGroup.

EventExecutorGroup

sslContextParameters (security)

To configure security using SSLContextParameters

SSLContextParameters

resolveProperty Placeholders (advanced)

Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.

true

boolean

The Netty4 HTTP endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

netty4-http:protocol:host:port/path

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (4 parameters):

Name	Description	Type
protocol	Required The protocol to use which is either http or https	String
host	Required The local hostname such as localhost, or 0.0.0.0 when being a consumer. The remote HTTP server hostname when using producer.	String
port	The host port number	int
path	Resource path	String

Name

Description

Default

Type

protocol

Required The protocol to use which is either http or https

String

host

Required The local hostname such as localhost, or 0.0.0.0 when being a consumer. The remote HTTP server hostname when using producer.

String

port

The host port number

int

path

Resource path

String

Query Parameters (79 parameters):

Name	Description	Default	Type
bridgeEndpoint (common)	If the option is true, the producer will ignore the Exchange.HTTP_URI header, and use the endpoint’s URI for request. You may also set the throwExceptionOnFailure to be false to let the producer send all the fault response back. The consumer working in the bridge mode will skip the gzip compression and WWW URL form encoding (by adding the Exchange.SKIP_GZIP_ENCODING and Exchange.SKIP_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED headers to the consumed exchange).	false	boolean
disconnect (common)	Whether or not to disconnect(close) from Netty Channel right after use. Can be used for both consumer and producer.	false	boolean
keepAlive (common)	Setting to ensure socket is not closed due to inactivity	true	boolean
reuseAddress (common)	Setting to facilitate socket multiplexing	true	boolean
reuseChannel (common)	This option allows producers and consumers (in client mode) to reuse the same Netty Channel for the lifecycle of processing the Exchange. This is useful if you need to call a server multiple times in a Camel route and want to use the same network connection. When using this, the channel is not returned to the connection pool until the Exchange is done; or disconnected if the disconnect option is set to true. The reused Channel is stored on the Exchange as an exchange property with the key NettyConstants#NETTY_CHANNEL which allows you to obtain the channel during routing and use it as well.	false	boolean
sync (common)	Setting to set endpoint as one-way or request-response	true	boolean
tcpNoDelay (common)	Setting to improve TCP protocol performance	true	boolean
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	boolean
matchOnUriPrefix (consumer)	Whether or not Camel should try to find a target consumer by matching the URI prefix if no exact match is found.	false	boolean
send503whenSuspended (consumer)	Whether to send back HTTP status code 503 when the consumer has been suspended. If the option is false then the Netty Acceptor is unbound when the consumer is suspended, so clients cannot connect anymore.	true	boolean
backlog (consumer)	Allows to configure a backlog for netty consumer (server). Note the backlog is just a best effort depending on the OS. Setting this option to a value such as 200, 500 or 1000, tells the TCP stack how long the accept queue can be If this option is not configured, then the backlog depends on OS setting.		int
bossCount (consumer)	When netty works on nio mode, it uses default bossCount parameter from Netty, which is 1. User can use this operation to override the default bossCount from Netty	1	int
bossGroup (consumer)	Set the BossGroup which could be used for handling the new connection of the server side across the NettyEndpoint		EventLoopGroup
chunkedMaxContentLength (consumer)	Value in bytes the max content length per chunked frame received on the Netty HTTP server.	1048576	int
compression (consumer)	Allow using gzip/deflate for compression on the Netty HTTP server if the client supports it from the HTTP headers.	false	boolean
disconnectOnNoReply (consumer)	If sync is enabled then this option dictates NettyConsumer if it should disconnect where there is no reply to send back.	true	boolean
exceptionHandler (consumer)	To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.		ExceptionHandler
exchangePattern (consumer)	Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.		ExchangePattern
httpMethodRestrict (consumer)	To disable HTTP methods on the Netty HTTP consumer. You can specify multiple separated by comma.		String
mapHeaders (consumer)	If this option is enabled, then during binding from Netty to Camel Message then the headers will be mapped as well (eg added as header to the Camel Message as well). You can turn off this option to disable this. The headers can still be accessed from the org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.NettyHttpMessage message with the method getHttpRequest() that returns the Netty HTTP request io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest instance.	true	boolean
maxHeaderSize (consumer)	The maximum length of all headers. If the sum of the length of each header exceeds this value, a io.netty.handler.codec.TooLongFrameException will be raised.	8192	int
nettyServerBootstrapFactory (consumer)	To use a custom NettyServerBootstrapFactory		NettyServerBootstrap Factory
nettySharedHttpServer (consumer)	To use a shared Netty HTTP server. See Netty HTTP Server Example for more details.		NettySharedHttpServer
noReplyLogLevel (consumer)	If sync is enabled this option dictates NettyConsumer which logging level to use when logging a there is no reply to send back.	WARN	LoggingLevel
serverClosedChannel ExceptionCaughtLogLevel (consumer)	If the server (NettyConsumer) catches an java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException then its logged using this logging level. This is used to avoid logging the closed channel exceptions, as clients can disconnect abruptly and then cause a flood of closed exceptions in the Netty server.	DEBUG	LoggingLevel
serverExceptionCaughtLog Level (consumer)	If the server (NettyConsumer) catches an exception then its logged using this logging level.	WARN	LoggingLevel
serverInitializerFactory (consumer)	To use a custom ServerInitializerFactory		ServerInitializer Factory
traceEnabled (consumer)	Specifies whether to enable HTTP TRACE for this Netty HTTP consumer. By default TRACE is turned off.	false	boolean
urlDecodeHeaders (consumer)	If this option is enabled, then during binding from Netty to Camel Message then the header values will be URL decoded (eg %20 will be a space character. Notice this option is used by the default org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.NettyHttpBinding and therefore if you implement a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding then you would need to decode the headers accordingly to this option.	false	boolean
usingExecutorService (consumer)	Whether to use ordered thread pool, to ensure events are processed orderly on the same channel.	true	boolean
connectTimeout (producer)	Time to wait for a socket connection to be available. Value is in milliseconds.	10000	int
cookieHandler (producer)	Configure a cookie handler to maintain a HTTP session		CookieHandler
requestTimeout (producer)	Allows to use a timeout for the Netty producer when calling a remote server. By default no timeout is in use. The value is in milli seconds, so eg 30000 is 30 seconds. The requestTimeout is using Netty’s ReadTimeoutHandler to trigger the timeout.		long
throwExceptionOnFailure (producer)	Option to disable throwing the HttpOperationFailedException in case of failed responses from the remote server. This allows you to get all responses regardless of the HTTP status code.	true	boolean
clientInitializerFactory (producer)	To use a custom ClientInitializerFactory		ClientInitializer Factory
lazyChannelCreation (producer)	Channels can be lazily created to avoid exceptions, if the remote server is not up and running when the Camel producer is started.	true	boolean
okStatusCodeRange (producer)	The status codes which are considered a success response. The values are inclusive. Multiple ranges can be defined, separated by comma, e.g. 200-204,209,301-304. Each range must be a single number or from-to with the dash included. The default range is 200-299	200-299	String
producerPoolEnabled (producer)	Whether producer pool is enabled or not. Important: If you turn this off then a single shared connection is used for the producer, also if you are doing request/reply. That means there is a potential issue with interleaved responses if replies comes back out-of-order. Therefore you need to have a correlation id in both the request and reply messages so you can properly correlate the replies to the Camel callback that is responsible for continue processing the message in Camel. To do this you need to implement NettyCamelStateCorrelationManager as correlation manager and configure it via the correlationManager option. See also the correlationManager option for more details.	true	boolean
producerPoolMaxActive (producer)	Sets the cap on the number of objects that can be allocated by the pool (checked out to clients, or idle awaiting checkout) at a given time. Use a negative value for no limit.	-1	int
producerPoolMaxIdle (producer)	Sets the cap on the number of idle instances in the pool.	100	int
producerPoolMinEvictable Idle (producer)	Sets the minimum amount of time (value in millis) an object may sit idle in the pool before it is eligible for eviction by the idle object evictor.	300000	long
producerPoolMinIdle (producer)	Sets the minimum number of instances allowed in the producer pool before the evictor thread (if active) spawns new objects.		int
useRelativePath (producer)	Sets whether to use a relative path in HTTP requests.	false	boolean
allowSerializedHeaders (advanced)	Only used for TCP when transferExchange is true. When set to true, serializable objects in headers and properties will be added to the exchange. Otherwise Camel will exclude any non-serializable objects and log it at WARN level.	false	boolean
bootstrapConfiguration (advanced)	To use a custom configured NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration for configuring this endpoint.		NettyServerBootstrap Configuration
channelGroup (advanced)	To use a explicit ChannelGroup.		ChannelGroup
configuration (advanced)	To use a custom configured NettyHttpConfiguration for configuring this endpoint.		NettyHttpConfiguration
disableStreamCache (advanced)	Determines whether or not the raw input stream from Netty HttpRequest#getContent() or HttpResponset#getContent() is cached or not (Camel will read the stream into a in light-weight memory based Stream caching) cache. By default Camel will cache the Netty input stream to support reading it multiple times to ensure it Camel can retrieve all data from the stream. However you can set this option to true when you for example need to access the raw stream, such as streaming it directly to a file or other persistent store. Mind that if you enable this option, then you cannot read the Netty stream multiple times out of the box, and you would need manually to reset the reader index on the Netty raw stream. Also Netty will auto-close the Netty stream when the Netty HTTP server/HTTP client is done processing, which means that if the asynchronous routing engine is in use then any asynchronous thread that may continue routing the org.apache.camel.Exchange may not be able to read the Netty stream, because Netty has closed it.	false	boolean
headerFilterStrategy (advanced)	To use a custom org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy to filter headers.		HeaderFilterStrategy
nativeTransport (advanced)	Whether to use native transport instead of NIO. Native transport takes advantage of the host operating system and is only supported on some platforms. You need to add the netty JAR for the host operating system you are using. See more details at: http://netty.io/wiki/native-transports.html	false	boolean
nettyHttpBinding (advanced)	To use a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding for binding to/from Netty and Camel Message API.		NettyHttpBinding
options (advanced)	Allows to configure additional netty options using option. as prefix. For example option.child.keepAlive=false to set the netty option child.keepAlive=false. See the Netty documentation for possible options that can be used.		Map
receiveBufferSize (advanced)	The TCP/UDP buffer sizes to be used during inbound communication. Size is bytes.	65536	int
receiveBufferSizePredictor (advanced)	Configures the buffer size predictor. See details at Jetty documentation and this mail thread.		int
sendBufferSize (advanced)	The TCP/UDP buffer sizes to be used during outbound communication. Size is bytes.	65536	int
synchronous (advanced)	Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).	false	boolean
transferException (advanced)	If enabled and an Exchange failed processing on the consumer side, and if the caused Exception was send back serialized in the response as a application/x-java-serialized-object content type. On the producer side the exception will be deserialized and thrown as is, instead of the HttpOperationFailedException. The caused exception is required to be serialized. This is by default turned off. If you enable this then be aware that Java will deserialize the incoming data from the request to Java and that can be a potential security risk.	false	boolean
transferExchange (advanced)	Only used for TCP. You can transfer the exchange over the wire instead of just the body. The following fields are transferred: In body, Out body, fault body, In headers, Out headers, fault headers, exchange properties, exchange exception. This requires that the objects are serializable. Camel will exclude any non-serializable objects and log it at WARN level.	false	boolean
workerCount (advanced)	When netty works on nio mode, it uses default workerCount parameter from Netty, which is cpu_core_threads x 2. User can use this operation to override the default workerCount from Netty.		int
workerGroup (advanced)	To use a explicit EventLoopGroup as the boss thread pool. For example to share a thread pool with multiple consumers or producers. By default each consumer or producer has their own worker pool with 2 x cpu count core threads.		EventLoopGroup
decoder (codec)	Deprecated To use a single decoder. This options is deprecated use encoders instead.		ChannelHandler
decoders (codec)	A list of decoders to be used. You can use a String which have values separated by comma, and have the values be looked up in the Registry. Just remember to prefix the value with # so Camel knows it should lookup.		String
encoder (codec)	Deprecated To use a single encoder. This options is deprecated use encoders instead.		ChannelHandler
encoders (codec)	A list of encoders to be used. You can use a String which have values separated by comma, and have the values be looked up in the Registry. Just remember to prefix the value with # so Camel knows it should lookup.		String
enabledProtocols (security)	Which protocols to enable when using SSL	TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2	String
keyStoreFile (security)	Client side certificate keystore to be used for encryption		File
keyStoreFormat (security)	Keystore format to be used for payload encryption. Defaults to JKS if not set		String
keyStoreResource (security)	Client side certificate keystore to be used for encryption. Is loaded by default from classpath, but you can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from different systems.		String
needClientAuth (security)	Configures whether the server needs client authentication when using SSL.	false	boolean
passphrase (security)	Password setting to use in order to encrypt/decrypt payloads sent using SSH		String
securityConfiguration (security)	Refers to a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpSecurityConfiguration for configuring secure web resources.		NettyHttpSecurity Configuration
securityOptions (security)	To configure NettyHttpSecurityConfiguration using key/value pairs from the map		Map
securityProvider (security)	Security provider to be used for payload encryption. Defaults to SunX509 if not set.		String
ssl (security)	Setting to specify whether SSL encryption is applied to this endpoint	false	boolean
sslClientCertHeaders (security)	When enabled and in SSL mode, then the Netty consumer will enrich the Camel Message with headers having information about the client certificate such as subject name, issuer name, serial number, and the valid date range.	false	boolean
sslContextParameters (security)	To configure security using SSLContextParameters		SSLContextParameters
sslHandler (security)	Reference to a class that could be used to return an SSL Handler		SslHandler
trustStoreFile (security)	Server side certificate keystore to be used for encryption		File
trustStoreResource (security)	Server side certificate keystore to be used for encryption. Is loaded by default from classpath, but you can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from different systems.		String

Name

Description

Default

Type

bridgeEndpoint (common)

If the option is true, the producer will ignore the Exchange.HTTP_URI header, and use the endpoint’s URI for request. You may also set the throwExceptionOnFailure to be false to let the producer send all the fault response back. The consumer working in the bridge mode will skip the gzip compression and WWW URL form encoding (by adding the Exchange.SKIP_GZIP_ENCODING and Exchange.SKIP_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED headers to the consumed exchange).

false

boolean

disconnect (common)

Whether or not to disconnect(close) from Netty Channel right after use. Can be used for both consumer and producer.

false

boolean

keepAlive (common)

Setting to ensure socket is not closed due to inactivity

true

boolean

reuseAddress (common)

Setting to facilitate socket multiplexing

true

boolean

reuseChannel (common)

This option allows producers and consumers (in client mode) to reuse the same Netty Channel for the lifecycle of processing the Exchange. This is useful if you need to call a server multiple times in a Camel route and want to use the same network connection. When using this, the channel is not returned to the connection pool until the Exchange is done; or disconnected if the disconnect option is set to true. The reused Channel is stored on the Exchange as an exchange property with the key NettyConstants#NETTY_CHANNEL which allows you to obtain the channel during routing and use it as well.

false

boolean

sync (common)

Setting to set endpoint as one-way or request-response

true

boolean

tcpNoDelay (common)

Setting to improve TCP protocol performance

true

boolean

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

matchOnUriPrefix (consumer)

Whether or not Camel should try to find a target consumer by matching the URI prefix if no exact match is found.

false

boolean

send503whenSuspended (consumer)

Whether to send back HTTP status code 503 when the consumer has been suspended. If the option is false then the Netty Acceptor is unbound when the consumer is suspended, so clients cannot connect anymore.

true

boolean

backlog (consumer)

Allows to configure a backlog for netty consumer (server). Note the backlog is just a best effort depending on the OS. Setting this option to a value such as 200, 500 or 1000, tells the TCP stack how long the accept queue can be If this option is not configured, then the backlog depends on OS setting.

int

bossCount (consumer)

When netty works on nio mode, it uses default bossCount parameter from Netty, which is 1. User can use this operation to override the default bossCount from Netty

int

bossGroup (consumer)

Set the BossGroup which could be used for handling the new connection of the server side across the NettyEndpoint

EventLoopGroup

chunkedMaxContentLength (consumer)

Value in bytes the max content length per chunked frame received on the Netty HTTP server.

1048576

int

compression (consumer)

Allow using gzip/deflate for compression on the Netty HTTP server if the client supports it from the HTTP headers.

false

boolean

disconnectOnNoReply (consumer)

If sync is enabled then this option dictates NettyConsumer if it should disconnect where there is no reply to send back.

true

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.

ExchangePattern

httpMethodRestrict (consumer)

To disable HTTP methods on the Netty HTTP consumer. You can specify multiple separated by comma.

String

mapHeaders (consumer)

If this option is enabled, then during binding from Netty to Camel Message then the headers will be mapped as well (eg added as header to the Camel Message as well). You can turn off this option to disable this. The headers can still be accessed from the org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.NettyHttpMessage message with the method getHttpRequest() that returns the Netty HTTP request io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest instance.

true

boolean

maxHeaderSize (consumer)

The maximum length of all headers. If the sum of the length of each header exceeds this value, a io.netty.handler.codec.TooLongFrameException will be raised.

8192

int

nettyServerBootstrapFactory (consumer)

To use a custom NettyServerBootstrapFactory

NettyServerBootstrap Factory

nettySharedHttpServer (consumer)

To use a shared Netty HTTP server. See Netty HTTP Server Example for more details.

NettySharedHttpServer

noReplyLogLevel (consumer)

If sync is enabled this option dictates NettyConsumer which logging level to use when logging a there is no reply to send back.

WARN

LoggingLevel

serverClosedChannel ExceptionCaughtLogLevel (consumer)

If the server (NettyConsumer) catches an java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException then its logged using this logging level. This is used to avoid logging the closed channel exceptions, as clients can disconnect abruptly and then cause a flood of closed exceptions in the Netty server.

DEBUG

LoggingLevel

serverExceptionCaughtLog Level (consumer)

If the server (NettyConsumer) catches an exception then its logged using this logging level.

WARN

LoggingLevel

serverInitializerFactory (consumer)

To use a custom ServerInitializerFactory

ServerInitializer Factory

traceEnabled (consumer)

Specifies whether to enable HTTP TRACE for this Netty HTTP consumer. By default TRACE is turned off.

false

boolean

urlDecodeHeaders (consumer)

If this option is enabled, then during binding from Netty to Camel Message then the header values will be URL decoded (eg %20 will be a space character. Notice this option is used by the default org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.NettyHttpBinding and therefore if you implement a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding then you would need to decode the headers accordingly to this option.

false

boolean

usingExecutorService (consumer)

Whether to use ordered thread pool, to ensure events are processed orderly on the same channel.

true

boolean

connectTimeout (producer)

Time to wait for a socket connection to be available. Value is in milliseconds.

10000

int

cookieHandler (producer)

Configure a cookie handler to maintain a HTTP session

CookieHandler

requestTimeout (producer)

Allows to use a timeout for the Netty producer when calling a remote server. By default no timeout is in use. The value is in milli seconds, so eg 30000 is 30 seconds. The requestTimeout is using Netty’s ReadTimeoutHandler to trigger the timeout.

long

throwExceptionOnFailure (producer)

Option to disable throwing the HttpOperationFailedException in case of failed responses from the remote server. This allows you to get all responses regardless of the HTTP status code.

true

boolean

clientInitializerFactory (producer)

To use a custom ClientInitializerFactory

ClientInitializer Factory

lazyChannelCreation (producer)

Channels can be lazily created to avoid exceptions, if the remote server is not up and running when the Camel producer is started.

true

boolean

okStatusCodeRange (producer)

The status codes which are considered a success response. The values are inclusive. Multiple ranges can be defined, separated by comma, e.g. 200-204,209,301-304. Each range must be a single number or from-to with the dash included. The default range is 200-299

200-299

String

producerPoolEnabled (producer)

Whether producer pool is enabled or not. Important: If you turn this off then a single shared connection is used for the producer, also if you are doing request/reply. That means there is a potential issue with interleaved responses if replies comes back out-of-order. Therefore you need to have a correlation id in both the request and reply messages so you can properly correlate the replies to the Camel callback that is responsible for continue processing the message in Camel. To do this you need to implement NettyCamelStateCorrelationManager as correlation manager and configure it via the correlationManager option. See also the correlationManager option for more details.

true

boolean

producerPoolMaxActive (producer)

Sets the cap on the number of objects that can be allocated by the pool (checked out to clients, or idle awaiting checkout) at a given time. Use a negative value for no limit.

-1

int

producerPoolMaxIdle (producer)

Sets the cap on the number of idle instances in the pool.

100

int

producerPoolMinEvictable Idle (producer)

Sets the minimum amount of time (value in millis) an object may sit idle in the pool before it is eligible for eviction by the idle object evictor.

300000

long

producerPoolMinIdle (producer)

Sets the minimum number of instances allowed in the producer pool before the evictor thread (if active) spawns new objects.

int

useRelativePath (producer)

Sets whether to use a relative path in HTTP requests.

false

boolean

allowSerializedHeaders (advanced)

Only used for TCP when transferExchange is true. When set to true, serializable objects in headers and properties will be added to the exchange. Otherwise Camel will exclude any non-serializable objects and log it at WARN level.

false

boolean

bootstrapConfiguration (advanced)

To use a custom configured NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration for configuring this endpoint.

NettyServerBootstrap Configuration

channelGroup (advanced)

To use a explicit ChannelGroup.

ChannelGroup

configuration (advanced)

To use a custom configured NettyHttpConfiguration for configuring this endpoint.

NettyHttpConfiguration

disableStreamCache (advanced)

Determines whether or not the raw input stream from Netty HttpRequest#getContent() or HttpResponset#getContent() is cached or not (Camel will read the stream into a in light-weight memory based Stream caching) cache. By default Camel will cache the Netty input stream to support reading it multiple times to ensure it Camel can retrieve all data from the stream. However you can set this option to true when you for example need to access the raw stream, such as streaming it directly to a file or other persistent store. Mind that if you enable this option, then you cannot read the Netty stream multiple times out of the box, and you would need manually to reset the reader index on the Netty raw stream. Also Netty will auto-close the Netty stream when the Netty HTTP server/HTTP client is done processing, which means that if the asynchronous routing engine is in use then any asynchronous thread that may continue routing the org.apache.camel.Exchange may not be able to read the Netty stream, because Netty has closed it.

false

boolean

headerFilterStrategy (advanced)

To use a custom org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy to filter headers.

HeaderFilterStrategy

nativeTransport (advanced)

Whether to use native transport instead of NIO. Native transport takes advantage of the host operating system and is only supported on some platforms. You need to add the netty JAR for the host operating system you are using. See more details at: http://netty.io/wiki/native-transports.html

false

boolean

nettyHttpBinding (advanced)

To use a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding for binding to/from Netty and Camel Message API.

NettyHttpBinding

options (advanced)

Allows to configure additional netty options using option. as prefix. For example option.child.keepAlive=false to set the netty option child.keepAlive=false. See the Netty documentation for possible options that can be used.

Map

receiveBufferSize (advanced)

The TCP/UDP buffer sizes to be used during inbound communication. Size is bytes.

65536

int

receiveBufferSizePredictor (advanced)

Configures the buffer size predictor. See details at Jetty documentation and this mail thread.

int

sendBufferSize (advanced)

The TCP/UDP buffer sizes to be used during outbound communication. Size is bytes.

65536

int

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

transferException (advanced)

If enabled and an Exchange failed processing on the consumer side, and if the caused Exception was send back serialized in the response as a application/x-java-serialized-object content type. On the producer side the exception will be deserialized and thrown as is, instead of the HttpOperationFailedException. The caused exception is required to be serialized. This is by default turned off. If you enable this then be aware that Java will deserialize the incoming data from the request to Java and that can be a potential security risk.

false

boolean

transferExchange (advanced)

Only used for TCP. You can transfer the exchange over the wire instead of just the body. The following fields are transferred: In body, Out body, fault body, In headers, Out headers, fault headers, exchange properties, exchange exception. This requires that the objects are serializable. Camel will exclude any non-serializable objects and log it at WARN level.

false

boolean

workerCount (advanced)

When netty works on nio mode, it uses default workerCount parameter from Netty, which is cpu_core_threads x 2. User can use this operation to override the default workerCount from Netty.

int

workerGroup (advanced)

To use a explicit EventLoopGroup as the boss thread pool. For example to share a thread pool with multiple consumers or producers. By default each consumer or producer has their own worker pool with 2 x cpu count core threads.

EventLoopGroup

decoder (codec)

Deprecated To use a single decoder. This options is deprecated use encoders instead.

ChannelHandler

decoders (codec)

A list of decoders to be used. You can use a String which have values separated by comma, and have the values be looked up in the Registry. Just remember to prefix the value with # so Camel knows it should lookup.

String

encoder (codec)

Deprecated To use a single encoder. This options is deprecated use encoders instead.

ChannelHandler

encoders (codec)

A list of encoders to be used. You can use a String which have values separated by comma, and have the values be looked up in the Registry. Just remember to prefix the value with # so Camel knows it should lookup.

String

enabledProtocols (security)

Which protocols to enable when using SSL

TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2

String

keyStoreFile (security)

Client side certificate keystore to be used for encryption

File

keyStoreFormat (security)

Keystore format to be used for payload encryption. Defaults to JKS if not set

String

keyStoreResource (security)

Client side certificate keystore to be used for encryption. Is loaded by default from classpath, but you can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from different systems.

String

needClientAuth (security)

Configures whether the server needs client authentication when using SSL.

false

boolean

passphrase (security)

Password setting to use in order to encrypt/decrypt payloads sent using SSH

String

securityConfiguration (security)

Refers to a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpSecurityConfiguration for configuring secure web resources.

NettyHttpSecurity Configuration

securityOptions (security)

To configure NettyHttpSecurityConfiguration using key/value pairs from the map

Map

securityProvider (security)

Security provider to be used for payload encryption. Defaults to SunX509 if not set.

String

ssl (security)

Setting to specify whether SSL encryption is applied to this endpoint

false

boolean

sslClientCertHeaders (security)

When enabled and in SSL mode, then the Netty consumer will enrich the Camel Message with headers having information about the client certificate such as subject name, issuer name, serial number, and the valid date range.

false

boolean

sslContextParameters (security)

To configure security using SSLContextParameters

SSLContextParameters

sslHandler (security)

Reference to a class that could be used to return an SSL Handler

SslHandler

trustStoreFile (security)

Server side certificate keystore to be used for encryption

File

trustStoreResource (security)

Server side certificate keystore to be used for encryption. Is loaded by default from classpath, but you can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from different systems.

String

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-netty4-http-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 33 options, which are listed below.

Name	Description	Default	Type
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.allow-default-codec			Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.bridge-endpoint	If the option is true, the producer will ignore the Exchange.HTTP_URI header, and use the endpoint’s URI for request. You may also set the throwExceptionOnFailure to be false to let the producer send all the fault response back. The consumer working in the bridge mode will skip the gzip compression and WWW URL form encoding (by adding the Exchange.SKIP_GZIP_ENCODING and Exchange.SKIP_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED headers to the consumed exchange).	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.chunked-max-content-length	Value in bytes the max content length per chunked frame received on the Netty HTTP server.	1048576	Integer
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.compression	Allow using gzip/deflate for compression on the Netty HTTP server if the client supports it from the HTTP headers.	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.disable-stream-cache	Determines whether or not the raw input stream from Netty HttpRequest#getContent() or HttpResponset#getContent() is cached or not (Camel will read the stream into a in light-weight memory based Stream caching) cache. By default Camel will cache the Netty input stream to support reading it multiple times to ensure it Camel can retrieve all data from the stream. However you can set this option to true when you for example need to access the raw stream, such as streaming it directly to a file or other persistent store. Mind that if you enable this option, then you cannot read the Netty stream multiple times out of the box, and you would need manually to reset the reader index on the Netty raw stream. Also Netty will auto-close the Netty stream when the Netty HTTP server/HTTP client is done processing, which means that if the asynchronous routing engine is in use then any asynchronous thread that may continue routing the org.apache.camel.Exchange may not be able to read the Netty stream, because Netty has closed it.	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.host	The local hostname such as localhost, or 0.0.0.0 when being a consumer. The remote HTTP server hostname when using producer.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.map-headers	If this option is enabled, then during binding from Netty to Camel Message then the headers will be mapped as well (eg added as header to the Camel Message as well). You can turn off this option to disable this. The headers can still be accessed from the org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.NettyHttpMessage message with the method getHttpRequest() that returns the Netty HTTP request io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest instance.	true	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.match-on-uri-prefix	Whether or not Camel should try to find a target consumer by matching the URI prefix if no exact match is found.	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.max-header-size	The maximum length of all headers. If the sum of the length of each header exceeds this value, a io.netty.handler.codec.TooLongFrameException will be raised.	8192	Integer
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.ok-status-code-range	The status codes which are considered a success response. The values are inclusive. Multiple ranges can be defined, separated by comma, e.g. 200-204,209,301-304. Each range must be a single number or from-to with the dash included. The default range is 200-299	200-299	String
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.path	Resource path		String
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.port	The port number. Is default 80 for http and 443 for https.		Integer
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.protocol	The protocol to use which is either http or https		String
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.send503when-suspended	Whether to send back HTTP status code 503 when the consumer has been suspended. If the option is false then the Netty Acceptor is unbound when the consumer is suspended, so clients cannot connect anymore.	true	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.throw-exception-on-failure	Option to disable throwing the HttpOperationFailedException in case of failed responses from the remote server. This allows you to get all responses regardless of the HTTP status code.	true	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.transfer-exception	If enabled and an Exchange failed processing on the consumer side, and if the caused Exception was send back serialized in the response as a application/x-java-serialized-object content type. On the producer side the exception will be deserialized and thrown as is, instead of the HttpOperationFailedException. The caused exception is required to be serialized. This is by default turned off. If you enable this then be aware that Java will deserialize the incoming data from the request to Java and that can be a potential security risk.	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.url-decode-headers	If this option is enabled, then during binding from Netty to Camel Message then the header values will be URL decoded (eg %20 will be a space character. Notice this option is used by the default org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.NettyHttpBinding and therefore if you implement a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding then you would need to decode the headers accordingly to this option.	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.use-relative-path	Sets whether to use a relative path in HTTP requests.	false	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.enabled	Enable netty4-http component	true	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.executor-service	To use the given EventExecutorGroup. The option is a io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutorGroup type.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.header-filter-strategy	To use a custom org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy to filter headers. The option is a org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy type.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.maximum-pool-size	The thread pool size for the EventExecutorGroup if its in use. The default value is 16.	16	Integer
camel.component.netty4-http.netty-http-binding	To use a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding for binding to/from Netty and Camel Message API. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding type.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.resolve-property-placeholders	Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.	true	Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.authenticate	Whether to enable authentication <p/> This is by default enabled.		Boolean
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.constraint	The supported restricted. <p/> Currently only Basic is supported.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.login-denied-logging-level	Sets a logging level to use for logging denied login attempts (incl stacktraces) <p/> This level is by default DEBUG.		LoggingLevel
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.realm	Sets the name of the realm to use.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.role-class-name			String
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.security-authenticator	Sets the {@link SecurityAuthenticator} to use for authenticating the {@link HttpPrincipal} .		SecurityAuthenticator
camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.security-constraint	Sets a {@link SecurityConstraint} to use for checking if a web resource is restricted or not <p/> By default this is <tt>null</tt>, which means all resources is restricted.		SecurityConstraint
camel.component.netty4-http.ssl-context-parameters	To configure security using SSLContextParameters. The option is a org.apache.camel.util.jsse.SSLContextParameters type.		String
camel.component.netty4-http.use-global-ssl-context-parameters	Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.	false	Boolean

Name

Description

Default

Type

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.allow-default-codec

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.bridge-endpoint

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.chunked-max-content-length

Value in bytes the max content length per chunked frame received on the Netty HTTP server.

1048576

Integer

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.compression

Allow using gzip/deflate for compression on the Netty HTTP server if the client supports it from the HTTP headers.

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.disable-stream-cache

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.host

The local hostname such as localhost, or 0.0.0.0 when being a consumer. The remote HTTP server hostname when using producer.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.map-headers

true

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.match-on-uri-prefix

Whether or not Camel should try to find a target consumer by matching the URI prefix if no exact match is found.

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.max-header-size

The maximum length of all headers. If the sum of the length of each header exceeds this value, a io.netty.handler.codec.TooLongFrameException will be raised.

8192

Integer

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.ok-status-code-range

200-299

String

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.path

Resource path

String

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.port

The port number. Is default 80 for http and 443 for https.

Integer

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.protocol

The protocol to use which is either http or https

String

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.send503when-suspended

true

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.throw-exception-on-failure

Option to disable throwing the HttpOperationFailedException in case of failed responses from the remote server. This allows you to get all responses regardless of the HTTP status code.

true

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.transfer-exception

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.url-decode-headers

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.configuration.use-relative-path

Sets whether to use a relative path in HTTP requests.

false

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.enabled

Enable netty4-http component

true

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.executor-service

To use the given EventExecutorGroup. The option is a io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutorGroup type.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.header-filter-strategy

To use a custom org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy to filter headers. The option is a org.apache.camel.spi.HeaderFilterStrategy type.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.maximum-pool-size

The thread pool size for the EventExecutorGroup if its in use. The default value is 16.

Integer

camel.component.netty4-http.netty-http-binding

To use a custom org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding for binding to/from Netty and Camel Message API. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpBinding type.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.resolve-property-placeholders

Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.

true

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.authenticate

Whether to enable authentication <p/> This is by default enabled.

Boolean

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.constraint

The supported restricted. <p/> Currently only Basic is supported.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.login-denied-logging-level

Sets a logging level to use for logging denied login attempts (incl stacktraces) <p/> This level is by default DEBUG.

LoggingLevel

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.realm

Sets the name of the realm to use.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.role-class-name

String

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.security-authenticator

Sets the {@link SecurityAuthenticator} to use for authenticating the {@link HttpPrincipal} .

SecurityAuthenticator

camel.component.netty4-http.security-configuration.security-constraint

Sets a {@link SecurityConstraint} to use for checking if a web resource is restricted or not <p/> By default this is <tt>null</tt>, which means all resources is restricted.

SecurityConstraint

camel.component.netty4-http.ssl-context-parameters

To configure security using SSLContextParameters. The option is a org.apache.camel.util.jsse.SSLContextParameters type.

String

camel.component.netty4-http.use-global-ssl-context-parameters

Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.

false

Boolean

Message Headers

The following headers can be used on the producer to control the HTTP request.

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`CamelHttpMethod`	`String`	Allow to control what HTTP method to use such as GET, POST, TRACE etc. The type can also be a `io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod` instance.
`CamelHttpQuery`	`String`	Allows to provide URI query parameters as a `String` value that overrides the endpoint configuration. Separate multiple parameters using the & sign. For example: `foo=bar&beer=yes`.
`CamelHttpPath`	`String`	Allows to provide URI context-path and query parameters as a `String` value that overrides the endpoint configuration. This allows to reuse the same producer for calling same remote http server, but using a dynamic context-path and query parameters.
`Content-Type`	`String`	To set the content-type of the HTTP body. For example: `text/plain; charset="UTF-8"`.
`CamelHttpResponseCode`	`int`	Allows to set the HTTP Status code to use. By default 200 is used for success, and 500 for failure.

CamelHttpMethod

String

Allow to control what HTTP method to use such as GET, POST, TRACE etc. The type can also be a io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod instance.

CamelHttpQuery

String

Allows to provide URI query parameters as a String value that overrides the endpoint configuration. Separate multiple parameters using the & sign. For example: foo=bar&beer=yes.

CamelHttpPath

String

Allows to provide URI context-path and query parameters as a String value that overrides the endpoint configuration. This allows to reuse the same producer for calling same remote http server, but using a dynamic context-path and query parameters.

Content-Type

String

To set the content-type of the HTTP body. For example: text/plain; charset="UTF-8".

CamelHttpResponseCode

int

Allows to set the HTTP Status code to use. By default 200 is used for success, and 500 for failure.

The following headers is provided as meta-data when a route starts from an Netty4 HTTP endpoint:

The description in the table takes offset in a route having: from("netty4-http:http:0.0.0.0:8080/myapp")…

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`CamelHttpMethod`	`String`	The HTTP method used, such as GET, POST, TRACE etc.
`CamelHttpUrl`	`String`	The URL including protocol, host and port, etc: `http://0.0.0.0:8080/myapp`
`CamelHttpUri`	`String`	The URI without protocol, host and port, etc: `/myapp`
`CamelHttpQuery`	`String`	Any query parameters, such as `foo=bar&beer=yes`
`CamelHttpRawQuery`	`String`	Any query parameters, such as `foo=bar&beer=yes`. Stored in the raw form, as they arrived to the consumer (i.e. before URL decoding).
`CamelHttpPath`	`String`	Additional context-path. This value is empty if the client called the context-path `/myapp`. If the client calls `/myapp/mystuff`, then this header value is `/mystuff`. In other words its the value after the context-path configured on the route endpoint.
`CamelHttpCharacterEncoding`	`String`	The charset from the content-type header.
`CamelHttpAuthentication`	`String`	If the user was authenticated using HTTP Basic then this header is added with the value `Basic`.
`Content-Type`	`String`	The content type if provided. For example: `text/plain; charset="UTF-8"`.

CamelHttpMethod

String

The HTTP method used, such as GET, POST, TRACE etc.

CamelHttpUrl

String

The URL including protocol, host and port, etc: http://0.0.0.0:8080/myapp

CamelHttpUri

String

The URI without protocol, host and port, etc: /myapp

CamelHttpQuery

String

Any query parameters, such as foo=bar&beer=yes

CamelHttpRawQuery

String

Any query parameters, such as foo=bar&beer=yes. Stored in the raw form, as they arrived to the consumer (i.e. before URL decoding).

CamelHttpPath

String

Additional context-path. This value is empty if the client called the context-path /myapp. If the client calls /myapp/mystuff, then this header value is /mystuff. In other words its the value after the context-path configured on the route endpoint.

CamelHttpCharacterEncoding

String

The charset from the content-type header.

CamelHttpAuthentication

String

If the user was authenticated using HTTP Basic then this header is added with the value Basic.

Content-Type

String

The content type if provided. For example: text/plain; charset="UTF-8".

Access to Netty types

This component uses the org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.NettyHttpMessage as the message implementation on the Exchange. This allows end users to get access to the original Netty request/response instances if needed, as shown below. Mind that the original response may not be accessible at all times.

io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest request = exchange.getIn(NettyHttpMessage.class).getHttpRequest();

Examples

In the route below we use Netty4 HTTP as a HTTP server, which returns back a hardcoded "Bye World" message.

    from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:8080/foo")
      .transform().constant("Bye World");

And we can call this HTTP server using Camel also, with the ProducerTemplate as shown below:

    String out = template.requestBody("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:8080/foo", "Hello World", String.class);
    System.out.println(out);

And we get back "Bye World" as the output.

How do I let Netty match wildcards

By default Netty4 HTTP will only match on exact uri’s. But you can instruct Netty to match prefixes. For example

from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:8123/foo").to("mock:foo");

In the route above Netty4 HTTP will only match if the uri is an exact match, so it will match if you enter

 `http://0.0.0.0:8123/foo` but not match if you do
`http://0.0.0.0:8123/foo/bar`.

So if you want to enable wildcard matching you do as follows:

from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:8123/foo?matchOnUriPrefix=true").to("mock:foo");

So now Netty matches any endpoints with starts with foo.

To match any endpoint you can do:

from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:8123?matchOnUriPrefix=true").to("mock:foo");

Using multiple routes with same port

In the same CamelContext you can have multiple routes from Netty4 HTTP that shares the same port (eg a io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap instance). Doing this requires a number of bootstrap options to be identical in the routes, as the routes will share the same io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap instance. The instance will be configured with the options from the first route created.

The options the routes must be identical configured is all the options defined in the org.apache.camel.component.netty4.NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration configuration class. If you have configured another route with different options, Camel will throw an exception on startup, indicating the options is not identical. To mitigate this ensure all options is identical.

Here is an example with two routes that share the same port.

Two routes sharing the same port

from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/foo")
  .to("mock:foo")
  .transform().constant("Bye World");

from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/bar")
  .to("mock:bar")
  .transform().constant("Bye Camel");

And here is an example of a mis configured 2nd route that do not have identical org.apache.camel.component.netty4.NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration option as the 1st route. This will cause Camel to fail on startup.

Two routes sharing the same port, but the 2nd route is misconfigured and will fail on starting

from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/foo")
  .to("mock:foo")
  .transform().constant("Bye World");

// we cannot have a 2nd route on same port with SSL enabled, when the 1st route is NOT
from("netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/bar?ssl=true")
  .to("mock:bar")
  .transform().constant("Bye Camel");

Reusing same server bootstrap configuration with multiple routes

By configuring the common server bootstrap option in an single instance of a org.apache.camel.component.netty4.NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration type, we can use the bootstrapConfiguration option on the Netty4 HTTP consumers to refer and reuse the same options across all consumers.

<bean id="nettyHttpBootstrapOptions" class="org.apache.camel.component.netty4.NettyServerBootstrapConfiguration">
  <property name="backlog" value="200"/>
  <property name="connectionTimeout" value="20000"/>
  <property name="workerCount" value="16"/>
</bean>

And in the routes you refer to this option as shown below

<route>
  <from uri="netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/foo?bootstrapConfiguration=#nettyHttpBootstrapOptions"/>
  ...
</route>

<route>
  <from uri="netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/bar?bootstrapConfiguration=#nettyHttpBootstrapOptions"/>
  ...
</route>

<route>
  <from uri="netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/beer?bootstrapConfiguration=#nettyHttpBootstrapOptions"/>
  ...
</route>

Reusing same server bootstrap configuration with multiple routes across multiple bundles in OSGi container

See the Netty HTTP Server Example for more details and example how to do that.

Using HTTP Basic Authentication

The Netty HTTP consumer supports HTTP basic authentication by specifying the security realm name to use, as shown below

<route>
   <from uri="netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/foo?securityConfiguration.realm=karaf"/>
   ...
</route>

The realm name is mandatory to enable basic authentication. By default the JAAS based authenticator is used, which will use the realm name specified (karaf in the example above) and use the JAAS realm and the JAAS \{{LoginModule}}s of this realm for authentication.

End user of Apache Karaf / ServiceMix has a karaf realm out of the box, and hence why the example above would work out of the box in these containers.

Specifying ACL on web resources

The org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.SecurityConstraint allows to define constrains on web resources. And the org.apache.camel.component.netty.http.SecurityConstraintMapping is provided out of the box, allowing to easily define inclusions and exclusions with roles.

For example as shown below in the XML DSL, we define the constraint bean:

  <bean id="constraint" class="org.apache.camel.component.netty4.http.SecurityConstraintMapping">
    <!-- inclusions defines url -> roles restrictions -->
    <!-- a * should be used for any role accepted (or even no roles) -->
    <property name="inclusions">
      <map>
        <entry key="/*" value="*"/>
        <entry key="/admin/*" value="admin"/>
        <entry key="/guest/*" value="admin,guest"/>
      </map>
    </property>
    <!-- exclusions is used to define public urls, which requires no authentication -->
    <property name="exclusions">
      <set>
        <value>/public/*</value>
      </set>
    </property>
  </bean>

The constraint above is define so that

access to /* is restricted and any roles is accepted (also if user has no roles)
access to /admin/* requires the admin role
access to /guest/* requires the admin or guest role
access to /public/* is an exclusion which means no authentication is needed, and is therefore public for everyone without logging in

To use this constraint we just need to refer to the bean id as shown below:

<route>
   <from uri="netty4-http:http://0.0.0.0:{{port}}/foo?matchOnUriPrefix=true&amp;securityConfiguration.realm=karaf&amp;securityConfiguration.securityConstraint=#constraint"/>
   ...
</route>