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1 // Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef URL_ORIGIN_H_
6 #define URL_ORIGIN_H_
8 #include <string>
10 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
11 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
12 #include "url/scheme_host_port.h"
13 #include "url/third_party/mozilla/url_parse.h"
14 #include "url/url_canon.h"
15 #include "url/url_constants.h"
16 #include "url/url_export.h"
18 class GURL;
20 namespace url {
22 // An Origin is a tuple of (scheme, host, port), as described in RFC 6454.
24 // TL;DR: If you need to make a security-relevant decision, use 'url::Origin'.
25 // If you only need to extract the bits of a URL which are relevant for a
26 // network connection, use 'url::SchemeHostPort'.
28 // STL;SDR: If you aren't making actual network connections, use 'url::Origin'.
30 // 'Origin', like 'SchemeHostPort', is composed of a tuple of (scheme, host,
31 // port), but contains a number of additional concepts which make it appropriate
32 // for use as a security boundary and access control mechanism between contexts.
34 // This class ought to be used when code needs to determine if two resources
35 // are "same-origin", and when a canonical serialization of an origin is
36 // required. Note that some origins are "unique", meaning that they are not
37 // same-origin with any other origin (including themselves).
39 // There are a few subtleties to note:
41 // * Invalid and non-standard GURLs are parsed as unique origins. This includes
42 // non-hierarchical URLs like 'data:text/html,...' and 'javascript:alert(1)'.
44 // * GURLs with schemes of 'filesystem' or 'blob' parse the origin out of the
45 // internals of the URL. That is, 'filesystem:https://example.com/temporary/f'
46 // is parsed as ('https', 'example.com', 443).
48 // * Unique origins all serialize to the string "null"; this means that the
49 // serializations of two unique origins are identical to each other, though
50 // the origins themselves are not "the same". This means that origins'
51 // serializations must not be relied upon for security checks.
53 // * GURLs with a 'file' scheme are tricky. They are parsed as ('file', '', 0),
54 // but their behavior may differ from embedder to embedder.
56 // * The host component of an IPv6 address includes brackets, just like the URL
57 // representation.
59 // Usage:
61 // * Origins are generally constructed from an already-canonicalized GURL:
63 // GURL url("https://example.com/");
64 // url::Origin origin(url);
65 // origin.scheme(); // "https"
66 // origin.host(); // "example.com"
67 // origin.port(); // 443
68 // origin.IsUnique(); // false
70 // * To answer the question "Are |this| and |that| "same-origin" with each
71 // other?", use |Origin::IsSameOriginWith|:
73 // if (this.IsSameOriginWith(that)) {
74 // // Amazingness goes here.
75 // }
76 class URL_EXPORT Origin {
77 public:
78 // Creates a unique Origin.
79 Origin();
81 // Creates an Origin from |url|, as described at
82 // https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#origin, with the following additions:
84 // 1. If |url| is invalid or non-standard, a unique Origin is constructed.
85 // 2. 'filesystem' URLs behave as 'blob' URLs (that is, the origin is parsed
86 // out of everything in the URL which follows the scheme).
87 // 3. 'file' URLs all parse as ("file", "", 0).
88 explicit Origin(const GURL& url);
90 // Creates an Origin from a |scheme|, |host|, and |port|. All the parameters
91 // must be valid and canonicalized. In particular, note that this cannot be
92 // used to create unique origins; 'url::Origin()' is the right way to do that.
94 // This constructor should be used in order to pass 'Origin' objects back and
95 // forth over IPC (as transitioning through GURL would risk potentially
96 // dangerous recanonicalization); other potential callers should prefer the
97 // 'GURL'-based constructor.
98 static Origin UnsafelyCreateOriginWithoutNormalization(
99 base::StringPiece scheme,
100 base::StringPiece host,
101 uint16 port);
103 ~Origin();
105 // For unique origins, these return ("", "", 0).
106 const std::string& scheme() const { return tuple_.scheme(); }
107 const std::string& host() const { return tuple_.host(); }
108 uint16 port() const { return tuple_.port(); }
110 bool unique() const { return unique_; }
112 // An ASCII serialization of the Origin as per Section 6.2 of RFC 6454, with
113 // the addition that all Origins with a 'file' scheme serialize to "file://".
114 std::string Serialize() const;
116 // Two Origins are "same-origin" if their schemes, hosts, and ports are exact
117 // matches; and neither is unique.
118 bool IsSameOriginWith(const Origin& other) const;
120 // Allows SchemeHostPort to used as a key in STL (for example, a std::set or
121 // std::map).
122 bool operator<(const Origin& other) const;
124 private:
125 Origin(base::StringPiece scheme, base::StringPiece host, uint16 port);
127 SchemeHostPort tuple_;
128 bool unique_;
131 URL_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
132 const Origin& origin);
134 } // namespace url
136 #endif // URL_ORIGIN_H_