From 2f366aed2e0023b074676a0d0573ed5ea2c34376 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yury Kastov <kastov@gog.sh>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 06:13:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(config): add unix socket HTTP config loader support
 (#5200)

Adds support for loading configuration from HTTP endpoints served over Unix domain sockets using the http+unix:// protocol scheme.
---
 main/confloader/external/external.go | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main/confloader/external/external.go b/main/confloader/external/external.go
index f1ad437b..787de985 100644
--- a/main/confloader/external/external.go
+++ b/main/confloader/external/external.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package external
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"net"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 func ConfigLoader(arg string) (out io.Reader, err error) {
 	var data []byte
 	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "http+unix://"):
+		data, err = FetchUnixSocketHTTPContent(arg)
+
 	case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "http://"), strings.HasPrefix(arg, "https://"):
 		data, err = FetchHTTPContent(arg)
 
@@ -70,6 +75,60 @@ func FetchHTTPContent(target string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return content, nil
 }
 
+// Format: http+unix:///path/to/socket.sock/api/endpoint
+func FetchUnixSocketHTTPContent(target string) ([]byte, error) {
+	path := strings.TrimPrefix(target, "http+unix://")
+	
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		return nil, errors.New("unix socket path must be absolute")
+	}
+	
+	var socketPath, httpPath string
+	
+	sockIdx := strings.Index(path, ".sock")
+	if sockIdx != -1 {
+		socketPath = path[:sockIdx+5]
+		httpPath = path[sockIdx+5:]
+		if httpPath == "" {
+			httpPath = "/"
+		}
+	} else {
+		return nil, errors.New("cannot determine socket path, socket file should have .sock extension")
+	}
+	
+	if _, err := os.Stat(socketPath); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("socket file not found: ", socketPath).Base(err)
+	}
+	
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				var d net.Dialer
+				return d.DialContext(ctx, "unix", socketPath)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	defer client.CloseIdleConnections()
+	
+	resp, err := client.Get("http://localhost" + httpPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to fetch from unix socket: ", socketPath).Base(err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return nil, errors.New("unexpected HTTP status code: ", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	
+	content, err := buf.ReadAllToBytes(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to read response").Base(err)
+	}
+	
+	return content, nil
+}
+
 func ExtConfigLoader(files []string, reader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
 	buf, err := ctlcmd.Run(append([]string{"convert"}, files...), reader)
 	if err != nil {