Add option to disable host validation. (#129)

Author: mrstegeman

ESPWebThingAdapter.h

@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@
 
 class WebThingAdapter {
 public:
-  WebThingAdapter(String _name, IPAddress _ip, uint16_t _port = 80)
-      : server(_port), name(_name), ip(_ip.toString()), port(_port) {}
+  WebThingAdapter(String _name, IPAddress _ip, uint16_t _port = 80,
+                  bool _disableHostValidation = false)
+      : server(_port), name(_name), ip(_ip.toString()), port(_port),
+        disableHostValidation(_disableHostValidation) {}
 
   void begin() {
     name.toLowerCase();
@@ -197,12 +199,17 @@ class WebThingAdapter {
   String name;
   String ip;
   uint16_t port;
+  bool disableHostValidation;
   ThingDevice *firstDevice = nullptr;
   ThingDevice *lastDevice = nullptr;
   char body_data[ESP_MAX_PUT_BODY_SIZE];
   bool b_has_body_data = false;
 
   bool verifyHost(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
+    if (disableHostValidation) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     AsyncWebHeader *header = request->getHeader("Host");
     if (header == nullptr) {
       request->send(403);

EthernetWebThingAdapter.h

@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ enum ReadState {
 
 class WebThingAdapter {
 public:
-  WebThingAdapter(String _name, uint32_t _ip, uint16_t _port = 80)
-      : name(_name), port(_port), server(_port)
+  WebThingAdapter(String _name, uint32_t _ip, uint16_t _port = 80,
+                  bool _disableHostValidation = false)
+      : name(_name), port(_port), server(_port),
+        disableHostValidation(_disableHostValidation)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MDNS
         ,
         mdns(udp)
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ class WebThingAdapter {
 private:
   String name, ip;
   uint16_t port;
+  bool disableHostValidation;
   EthernetServer server;
   EthernetClient client;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MDNS
@@ -260,6 +263,10 @@ class WebThingAdapter {
   ThingDevice *firstDevice = nullptr, *lastDevice = nullptr;
 
   bool verifyHost() {
+    if (disableHostValidation) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     int colonIndex = host.indexOf(':');
     if (colonIndex >= 0) {
       host.remove(colonIndex);

WiFi101WebThingAdapter.h

@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ enum ReadState {
 
 class WebThingAdapter {
 public:
-  WebThingAdapter(String _name, uint32_t _ip, uint16_t _port = 80)
-      : name(_name), port(_port), server(_port), mdns(udp) {
+  WebThingAdapter(String _name, uint32_t _ip, uint16_t _port = 80,
+                  bool _disableHostValidation)
+      : name(_name), port(_port), server(_port),
+        disableHostValidation(_disableHostValidation), mdns(udp) {
     ip = "";
     for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
       ip += _ip & 0xff;
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ class WebThingAdapter {
 private:
   String name, ip;
   uint16_t port;
+  bool disableHostValidation;
   WiFiServer server;
   WiFiClient client;
   WiFiUDP udp;
@@ -246,6 +249,10 @@ class WebThingAdapter {
   ThingDevice *firstDevice = nullptr, *lastDevice = nullptr;
 
   bool verifyHost() {
+    if (disableHostValidation) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     int colonIndex = host.indexOf(':');
     if (colonIndex >= 0) {
       host.remove(colonIndex);

library.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "webthing-arduino",
   "description": "A library for creating Web Things using the Web of Things API. Runs on ESP8266, ESP32, Ethernet, and WiFi101-compatible boards. Compatible with the WebThings Gateway.",
   "keywords": "Communication",
-  "version": "0.11.7",
+  "version": "0.12.0",
   "authors": {
     "name": "WebThingsIO",
     "email": "[email protected]",

library.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=webthing-arduino
-version=0.11.7
+version=0.12.0
 author=WebThingsIO <[email protected]>
 maintainer=WebThingsIO <[email protected]>
 sentence=A library for creating Web Things using the Web of Things API