# HTTP.jl in docker

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 13, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764 "2019-02-13T21:16:51Z")
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### Author: ![anj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anj)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764/1 "2019-02-13T21:16:51Z")

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[SOLVED] [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764/4)  
I am trying to create a simple HTTP server running in docker and seem to be failing. Here is the simplest app: `test_http.jl`

```julia
using HTTP
HTTP.listen() do req::HTTP.Request
    req.target == "/" && return HTTP.Response(200, "OK")
end

```

and the dockerfile `DockerfileJuliaHTTP`

```julia
FROM julia:1.1.0

RUN julia -e 'using Pkg;Pkg.REPLMode.pkgstr("add HTTP ;precompile");using HTTP'

WORKDIR /root/code
ADD . /root/code

CMD julia -i test_http.jl

```

then I build the image like this  
`docker build -f DockerfileJuliaHTTP -t http-simple .`

and start docker  
`docker run --rm -p 9090:8081 -it http-simple`

I cannot access it using [http://localhost:9090/](http://localhost:9090/) from the browser running on the host

Interestingly, if I login into that container. start julia and try to execute (note, it is 8081 port, since inside the container)  
`HTTP.request("GET","http://localhost:8081/")`

I get those errors on the server

```julia
Error: error handling request
│ exception =
│ MethodError: no method matching (::getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")))(::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
│ Closest candidates are:
│ #3(!Matched::HTTP.Messages.Request) at /root/code/test_http.jl:6
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] macro expansion at /root/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:352 [inlined]
│ [2] (::getfield(HTTP.Servers, Symbol("##13#14")){getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")),HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket},HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})() at ./task.jl:259
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356
┌ Error: error handling request
│ exception =
│ MethodError: no method matching (::getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")))(::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
│ Closest candidates are:
│ #3(!Matched::HTTP.Messages.Request) at /root/code/test_http.jl:6
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] macro expansion at /root/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:352 [inlined]
│ [2] (::getfield(HTTP.Servers, Symbol("##13#14")){getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")),HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket},HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})() at ./task.jl:259
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356
┌ Error: error handling request
│ exception =
│ MethodError: no method matching (::getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")))(::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
│ Closest candidates are:
│ #3(!Matched::HTTP.Messages.Request) at /root/code/test_http.jl:6
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] macro expansion at /root/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:352 [inlined]
│ [2] (::getfield(HTTP.Servers, Symbol("##13#14")){getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")),HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket},HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})() at ./task.jl:259
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356
┌ Error: error handling request
│ exception =
│ MethodError: no method matching (::getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")))(::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
│ Closest candidates are:
│ #3(!Matched::HTTP.Messages.Request) at /root/code/test_http.jl:6
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] macro expansion at /root/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:352 [inlined]
│ [2] (::getfield(HTTP.Servers, Symbol("##13#14")){getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")),HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket},HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})() at ./task.jl:259
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356
┌ Error: error handling request
│ exception =
│ MethodError: no method matching (::getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")))(::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
│ Closest candidates are:
│ #3(!Matched::HTTP.Messages.Request) at /root/code/test_http.jl:6
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] macro expansion at /root/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:352 [inlined]
│ [2] (::getfield(HTTP.Servers, Symbol("##13#14")){getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")),HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket},HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})() at ./task.jl:259
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356

```

and after a while bunch of those

```julia
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356
┌ Warning: Connection Timeout: 💀 0↑🔒 0↓🔒 62s 127.0.0.1:8081:8081 ≣16
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:307
┌ Warning: Connection Timeout: 💀 0↑🔒 0↓🔒 63s 127.0.0.1:8081:8081 ≣16
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:307
┌ Warning: Connection Timeout: 💀 0↑🔒 0↓🔒 64s 127.0.0.1:8081:8081 ≣16
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:307
┌ Warning: Connection Timeout: 💀 0↑🔒 0↓🔒 69s 127.0.0.1:8081:8081 ≣16
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:307
┌ Warning: Connection Timeout: 💀 0↑🔒 0↓🔒 62s 127.0.0.1:8081:8081 ≣16
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:307

```

In general the docker setup functions fine (downloading bunch of images, I can connect to them, no problem, all works out of the box).

My real app, which uses `Bukdu.jl` on top of `HTTP.jl` experiences similar problem: cannot connect to container from the host PC. Although I get one step further: If I login into container’s console and start running HTTP requests it runs all fine. Wonder if there is some configuration of the image/docker I am missing which seem to confuse HTTP.

I run  
docker in Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS inside VirtualBox on Windows 10

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### Author: ![anj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anj)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764/2 "2019-02-13T21:57:26Z")

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Looks like it is not a docker problem

Installed Julia on above mentioned Ubuntu setup and getting very same issue.  
Error: error handling request

```julia
│ exception =
│ MethodError: no method matching (::getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")))(::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
│ Closest candidates are:
│ #3(::HTTP.Messages.Request) at REPL[3]:2
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] macro expansion at /home/sd/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:352 [inlined]
│ [2] (::getfield(HTTP.Servers, Symbol("##13#14")){getfield(Main, Symbol("##3#4")),HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket},HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request,HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})() at ./task.jl:259
└ @ HTTP.Servers ~/.julia/packages/HTTP/GN0Te/src/Servers.jl:356

```

and since it is very fresh install of julia, here is how HTTP got installed

```julia
(v1.1) pkg> add HTTP
   Cloning default registries into `~/.julia`
   Cloning registry from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git"
     Added registry `General` to `~/.julia/registries/General`
 Resolving package versions...
 Installed IniFile ──────── v0.5.0
 Installed BinaryProvider ─ v0.5.3
 Installed HTTP ─────────── v0.8.0
 Installed MbedTLS ──────── v0.6.7
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.1/Project.toml`
  [cd3eb016] + HTTP v0.8.0
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v1.1/Manifest.toml`
  [b99e7846] + BinaryProvider v0.5.3
  [cd3eb016] + HTTP v0.8.0
  [83e8ac13] + IniFile v0.5.0
  [739be429] + MbedTLS v0.6.7
  [2a0f44e3] + Base64 
  [ade2ca70] + Dates 
  [8ba89e20] + Distributed 
  [b77e0a4c] + InteractiveUtils 
  [76f85450] + LibGit2 
  [8f399da3] + Libdl 
  [56ddb016] + Logging 
  [d6f4376e] + Markdown 
  [44cfe95a] + Pkg 
  [de0858da] + Printf 
  [3fa0cd96] + REPL 
  [9a3f8284] + Random 
  [ea8e919c] + SHA 
  [9e88b42a] + Serialization 
  [6462fe0b] + Sockets 
  [8dfed614] + Test 
  [cf7118a7] + UUIDs 
  [4ec0a83e] + Unicode 
  Building MbedTLS → `~/.julia/packages/MbedTLS/XkQiX/deps/build.log`

```

submitted issue to [HTTP.jl](https://github.com/JuliaWeb/HTTP.jl/issues/384)

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### Author: ![anj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anj)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764/3 "2019-02-14T08:49:31Z")

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Well looks like it is back to docker. I have a working HTTP.jl in linux now. and it still fails in the docker environment

Here is the code which works fine in linux

```julia
using HTTP
HTTP.listen("127.0.0.1", 8080, verbose = true) do http
        write(http, "OK")
end

```

yet, if I create docker image (as per original post )

```julia
FROM julia:1.1.0

RUN julia -e 'using Pkg;Pkg.REPLMode.pkgstr("add HTTP ;precompile");using HTTP'

WORKDIR /root/code
ADD . /root/code

CMD julia -i test_http.jl

```

and start it  
docker run --rm -it -p 8080:8080 http-simple

I cannot connect to container from the host browser/curl. yet if I login in container’s console. curl works just fine within the container.

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### Author: ![anj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anj)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-in-docker/20764/4 "2019-02-14T08:57:18Z")

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[SOLVED] so looks like I need to bind to **0.0.0.0** instead on **127.0.0.1** in docker. The following code works in docker

```julia
using HTTP
HTTP.listen("0.0.0.0", 8080, verbose = true) do http
        write(http, "OK")
end

```