core-lightning/doc/developers-guide/app-development/wss-proxy.md

title	slug	hidden	createdAt	updatedAt
WSS Proxy	wss-proxy	false	2024-04-15T09:54:01.784Z	2024-04-15T09:54:01.784Z

WSS-Proxy

The WSS Proxy plugin is a Python-based proxy server. It facilitates encrypted communication between clients and WebSocket server. It acts as an intermediary, forwarding RPC JSON commands from the client to the WebSocket server. Once the WebSocket server processes these commands and generates a response, the proxy server relays that response back to the client. This creates a seamless interaction bridge between the client and server.

Installation

The plugin is built-in with Core Lightning but its python dependencies are not, and must be installed separately. Install required packages with pip install -r plugins/wss-proxy/requirements.txt.

Configuration

If wss-bind-addr is not specified, the plugin will disable itself.

• --wss-bind-addr: WSS proxy address to connect with WS. Format :.

• --wss-certs: Defines the path for cert & key. Default path is same as RPC file path to utilize gRPC/clnrest's client certificate. If it is missing at the configured location, new identity will be generated.

wss-bind-addr=127.0.0.1:5002
wss-certs=/home/user/.lightning/regtest

lnmessage Client Example

import Lnmessage from 'lnmessage';
import crypto from 'crypto';
import WebSocket from 'ws';
import fs from 'fs';

const NODE_PUBKEY = '025...26';
const WSS_PORT = 5002;
const NODE_IP = '127.0.0.1';
const RUNE = 'ZrAK...MA==';
const CERT_PATH = '/home/user/.lightning/regtest';

class SecureWebSocket extends WebSocket {
  constructor(url) {
    const options = {};
    options.rejectUnauthorized = false;
    options.cert = fs.readFileSync(`${CERT_PATH}/client.pem`);
    options.key = fs.readFileSync(`${CERT_PATH}/client-key.pem`);
    super(url, options);
  }
}

globalThis.WebSocket = SecureWebSocket;

async function connect() {
  const ln = new Lnmessage({
    ip: NODE_IP,
    remoteNodePublicKey: NODE_PUBKEY,
    privateKey: crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex'),
    logger: { info: console.log, warn: console.warn, error: console.error },
    wsProxy: `wss://${NODE_IP}:${WSS_PORT}`,
    port: WSS_PORT
  })
  await ln.connect();
  ln.commando({reqId: crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('hex'), method: 'getinfo', params: [], rune: RUNE}).then(res => {
    console.warn('[WARN - ' + new Date().toISOString() + '] - ' + 'GETINFO' + ':\n' + JSON.stringify(res));
  }).catch(err => {
    console.error('[ERROR - ' + new Date().toISOString() + '] - ' + 'GETINFO' + ':\n' + JSON.stringify(err));  
  });
}

connect();