Do not automatically remove trailing slash

[nicolas-f]

Session Info

> sessionInfo()
R version 4.1.2 (2021-11-01)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas-pthread/libblas.so.3
LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas-pthread/liblapack.so.3

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=fr_FR.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8    LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8      
 [8] LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] elastic_1.2.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] compiler_4.1.2  R6_2.5.1        tools_4.1.2     httpcode_0.3.0  curl_4.3.2      Rcpp_1.0.7      urltools_1.7.3  triebeard_0.3.0 crul_1.2.0      jsonlite_1.7.2 

The elastic search instance was only working if the trailing slash was used. But the elastic plugin automatically removes the trailing slash and fail to connect to the elastic search instance:

> library(elastic)
> es.host="x.x.x.x"
> es.port=443
> es.transport_schema="https"
> es.user="myuser"
> es.pwd="mypassword"
> es.path="elastic/"
> es.cainfo='/home/myuser/cers/mycert.crt'
> crul::set_verbose()
> conn <- connect(host = es.host, port = es.port, user = es.user, pwd = es.pwd, path=es.path, transport_schema = es.transport_schema, cainfo=es.cainfo)
Normalizing path: stripping trailing slash
> conn$info(verbose=TRUE)
Erreur : 
  Failed to connect to https://x.x.x.x:443/elastic
  Remember to start Elasticsearch before connecting

Maybe there is an option to skip the Normalizing path: stripping trailing slash step ?

Thanks

[sckott]

Thanks for the issue. Are you sure that's why it's failing? Can you try to replicate on the command line or somewhere else to see if it's the trailing slash that's the issue?

[nicolas-f]

Yes I solved it by changing the configuration of the web server by accepting query without the trailing slash.

Its a specific situation where the R elastic client is accessing elastic search through an nginx or apache proxy.

[sckott]

Yes I solved it

So you're all set? does conn$info() work now?

[nicolas-f]

Yes, thanks, I solved it by modifying the web server.

But I created this issue in order to help enhance the library

[maelle]

For info this package is looking for a new maintainer cf #292 😸

[maelle]

I see this had been solved by @sckott