1 // voter: A simple CGI vote recorder, approval-voting-style
3 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
4 // under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
5 // by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.
8 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
9 use std::io::prelude::*;
10 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
12 const DATA_PATH: &str = "/var/lib/voter";
13 const COOKIE_NAME: &[u8] = b"__Secure-id";
14 const COOKIE_LENGTH: usize = 12;
16 fn validate_path(path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, cgi::Response> {
17 let invalid_path = || cgi::text_response(404, "Invalid path");
19 return Err(cgi::text_response(404, "(This is the voting place. You should have been given a more specific URL for the specific thing you've been invited to vote on.)"));
21 if path.contains("..") || !path.starts_with('/') {
22 return Err(invalid_path());
24 let dir = Path::new(&format!("{DATA_PATH}{path}")).to_path_buf();
27 .map_err(|_| invalid_path())?
28 .starts_with(DATA_PATH)
30 return Err(invalid_path());
33 return Err(invalid_path());
38 fn get_voter(request: &cgi::Request) -> Result<&[u8], cgi::Response> {
39 // Expect exactly one cookie, exactly as we generate it.
42 .get(cgi::http::header::COOKIE)
43 .map(|c| c.as_bytes())
44 .and_then(|c| c.strip_prefix(COOKIE_NAME))
45 .and_then(|c| c.strip_prefix(b"="))
46 .ok_or_else(|| cgi::text_response(400, "Invalid cookie"))?;
47 if cookie.len() != COOKIE_LENGTH || cookie.contains(&b' ') || cookie.contains(&b';') {
48 Err(cgi::text_response(400, "Invalid cookie"))
54 fn tally_votes(dir: PathBuf) -> std::io::Result<HashMap<String, HashSet<String>>> {
55 let mut tally: HashMap<String, HashSet<String>> = HashMap::new();
56 if let Ok(vfile) = std::fs::File::open(dir.join("votes")) {
57 for liner in std::io::BufReader::new(vfile).lines() {
59 if let Some((voter, datum)) = line.split_once(' ') {
60 if voter.len() == COOKIE_LENGTH {
61 if let Some((vote, candidate)) = datum.split_once(' ') {
63 if let Some(entry) = tally.get_mut(candidate) {
66 } else if vote == "1" {
68 .entry(candidate.to_owned())
70 .insert(voter.to_owned());
80 fn valid_id_char(c: &u8) -> bool {
81 (b'A'..=b'Z').contains(c) || (b'a'..=b'z').contains(c) || (b'0'..=b'9').contains(c)
84 fn make_random_id() -> [u8; COOKIE_LENGTH] {
85 let mut id = [0; COOKIE_LENGTH];
86 for c in id.iter_mut() {
87 while !valid_id_char(c)
95 fn set_cookie(mut response: cgi::Response, path: &str) -> Result<cgi::Response, cgi::Response> {
96 response.headers_mut().append(
97 cgi::http::header::SET_COOKIE,
98 cgi::http::header::HeaderValue::from_bytes(
103 b"; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict; Max-Age=30000000; Path=",
108 .map_err(|_| cgi::text_response(503, "Couldn't make cookie"))?,
113 const HTML_HEADER: &str = "<!DOCTYPE html>
116 <meta charset=\"utf-8\">
119 th { font-size: 70%; text-align: left }
120 input { transform: scale(1.5) }
121 div { animation: 2s infinite linear spin }
123 from { transform:rotate(0) }
124 to { transform:rotate(1turn) }
128 window.onload = function() {
129 for (cb of document.getElementsByTagName('input')) {
130 cb.addEventListener('click', (function(cb) {
132 cb.style.display = 'none'
133 const spin = document.createElement('div')
134 spin.appendChild(document.createTextNode('⏳'))
135 cb.parentElement.insertBefore(spin, cb)
137 const req = new XMLHttpRequest()
138 req.addEventListener('load', function(e) {
139 cb.parentElement.removeChild(cb.previousElementSibling)
140 if (req.status == 200) {
141 cb.style.display = ''
142 const delta = cb.checked ? 1 : -1
143 const count_td = cb.parentElement.previousElementSibling
144 count_td.textContent = parseInt(count_td.textContent) + delta
146 cb.parentElement.insertBefore(document.createTextNode('❗'), cb)
149 req.open('PUT', window.location.href)
150 req.send((cb.checked ? 1 : 0) + ' ' + cb.parentElement.nextElementSibling.innerHTML)
156 function num_cmp(a, b) {
157 return parseInt(b.textContent) - parseInt(a.textContent)
159 function str_cmp(a, b) {
160 if (a.textContent < b.textContent) return -1
161 if (a.textContent > b.textContent) return 1
164 function checked_cmp(a, b) {
165 vs = [a, b].map(x => {
166 const v = x.children[0].checked + 0
167 return isNaN(v) ? -1 : v
171 function sort_table(col, cmp) {
172 const rows = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('tr'))
174 rows.sort((a, b) => cmp(a.children[col], b.children[col]))
176 row.parentElement.appendChild(row)
184 <th onclick='sort_table(0, num_cmp)'>Count</th>
185 <th onclick='sort_table(1, checked_cmp)'>Vote</th>
186 <th onclick='sort_table(2, str_cmp)'>Candidate</th>
188 const HTML_FOOTER: &str = "
193 fn supports(tally: &HashMap<String, HashSet<String>>, me: &str, candidate: &str) -> bool {
196 .map(|supporters| supporters.contains(me))
200 fn prompt_for_vote(dir: PathBuf, request: cgi::Request) -> Result<cgi::Response, cgi::Response> {
201 let voter = get_voter(&request);
202 let me = if let Ok(id) = voter {
203 std::str::from_utf8(id).ok()
208 tally_votes(dir.clone()).map_err(|_| cgi::text_response(503, "Couldn't tally votes"))?;
209 let cfile = std::fs::File::open(dir.join("candidates"))
210 .map_err(|_| cgi::text_response(503, "No candidates"))?;
211 let mut response = cgi::html_response(
213 std::iter::once(Ok(HTML_HEADER.to_owned()))
214 .chain(std::io::BufReader::new(cfile).lines().map(|rc| {
218 .map(|supporters| supporters.len())
220 let checked = if me.map(|me| supports(&tally, me, &c)).unwrap_or(false) {
228 <td><input type=\"checkbox\" autocomplete=\"off\" {checked} disabled></td>
234 .chain(std::iter::once(Ok(HTML_FOOTER.to_owned())))
235 .collect::<std::io::Result<String>>()
236 .map_err(|_| cgi::text_response(503, "Missing candidates"))?,
239 response = set_cookie(response, request.uri().path())?
244 fn write_vote(dir: PathBuf, voter: &[u8], vote: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
245 let datum = [voter, b" ", vote, b"\n"].concat();
246 let vpath = dir.join("votes");
247 let vfile = std::fs::File::options()
251 let mut vlock = fd_lock::RwLock::new(vfile);
252 vlock.write()?.write_all(&datum)?;
256 fn record_vote(dir: PathBuf, request: cgi::Request) -> Result<cgi::Response, cgi::Response> {
257 let body = request.body();
258 // Valid votes look like "0 foo" or "1 bar"
260 || (body[0] != b'0' && body[0] != b'1')
262 || body.contains(&b'\n')
264 return Err(cgi::text_response(415, "Invalid vote"));
266 write_vote(dir, get_voter(&request)?, body)
267 .map_err(|_| cgi::text_response(503, "Couldn't record vote"))?;
268 Ok(cgi::text_response(200, "Vote recorded"))
271 fn strip_body(mut response: cgi::Response) -> cgi::Response {
272 response.body_mut().clear();
276 fn respond(request: cgi::Request) -> Result<cgi::Response, cgi::Response> {
277 let dir = validate_path(request.uri().path())?;
278 match *request.method() {
279 cgi::http::Method::HEAD => prompt_for_vote(dir, request).map(strip_body),
280 cgi::http::Method::GET => prompt_for_vote(dir, request),
281 cgi::http::Method::PUT => record_vote(dir, request),
282 _ => Err(cgi::text_response(405, "Huh?")),
286 fn respond_or_report_error(request: cgi::Request) -> cgi::Response {
287 match respond(request) {
288 Ok(result) => result,
293 cgi::cgi_main! { respond_or_report_error }