routing/http: add support for GetClosestPeers (IPIP-476)

examples/go.mod

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/ipfs/boxo/examples
 go 1.24.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.34.0
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.34.1-0.20250926121443-0a8bc14175c8
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.3
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.9.0
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.34.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5 // indirect
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.6-0.20250925120012-fe2c8e446449 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-netroute v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.4.0 // indirect

examples/go.sum

@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0 h1:vYDvRjkyJPeWunQXqcW2Z6E93Ywx7fX0jg
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0/go.mod h1:blOINGIj1yiPYlVEX0Rj9QwEkmVnz3EP8LK1dRKBC6g=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1/go.mod h1:T8itUkLcWQLCYMqtX7Th6r7SexyUJpIyPgks757td/E=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5 h1:HdwZj9NKovMx0vqq6YNPTh6aaNzey5zHD7HeLJtq6fI=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5/go.mod h1:3YaxrwP0OBPDD7my3D0KxfR89FlcX/IEbxDEDfAmj98=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.6-0.20250925120012-fe2c8e446449 h1:Rfa4ltusUBgkPpRBXQdGBLMAzzoBMb+76sVGOblunTg=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.6-0.20250925120012-fe2c8e446449/go.mod h1:Q1VSaOawgsvaa3hGl/PejADIhl2deiqSEsQDpB3Ggss=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0 h1:EPvBb4kKMWO29qP4mZGyhVzUyR25dvfUIK5WDu6iPUA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0/go.mod h1:KcGDRXyN7sQCllucn1cOOS+Dmm7ujhfEyXQL5lvkcPg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.3.0 h1:mf3Z8B1xcFN314sWX+2vOTShIE0Mmn2TXn3YCUQGNj0=

go.mod

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.43.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.34.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.6-0.20250925120012-fe2c8e446449
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.3.0
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.68

go.sum

@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0 h1:vYDvRjkyJPeWunQXqcW2Z6E93Ywx7fX0jg
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0/go.mod h1:blOINGIj1yiPYlVEX0Rj9QwEkmVnz3EP8LK1dRKBC6g=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1/go.mod h1:T8itUkLcWQLCYMqtX7Th6r7SexyUJpIyPgks757td/E=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5 h1:HdwZj9NKovMx0vqq6YNPTh6aaNzey5zHD7HeLJtq6fI=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5/go.mod h1:3YaxrwP0OBPDD7my3D0KxfR89FlcX/IEbxDEDfAmj98=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.6-0.20250925120012-fe2c8e446449 h1:Rfa4ltusUBgkPpRBXQdGBLMAzzoBMb+76sVGOblunTg=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.6-0.20250925120012-fe2c8e446449/go.mod h1:Q1VSaOawgsvaa3hGl/PejADIhl2deiqSEsQDpB3Ggss=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0 h1:EPvBb4kKMWO29qP4mZGyhVzUyR25dvfUIK5WDu6iPUA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0/go.mod h1:KcGDRXyN7sQCllucn1cOOS+Dmm7ujhfEyXQL5lvkcPg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.3.0 h1:mf3Z8B1xcFN314sWX+2vOTShIE0Mmn2TXn3YCUQGNj0=

routing/http/client/client.go

@@ -638,3 +638,78 @@ func (c *Client) PutIPNS(ctx context.Context, name ipns.Name, record *ipns.Recor
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// GetClosestPeers obtains the closest peers to the given peer ID.
+func (c *Client) GetClosestPeers(ctx context.Context, peerID peer.ID) (peers iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord], err error) {
+	m := newMeasurement("GetClosestPeers")
+
+	// Build the base URL path
+	u, err := gourl.JoinPath(c.baseURL, "routing/v1/dht/closest/peers", peer.ToCid(peerID).String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Create the HTTP request
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, u, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", c.accepts)
+
+	m.host = req.Host
+	start := c.clock.Now()
+	resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	m.latency = c.clock.Since(start)
+	m.err = err
+
+	if err != nil {
+		m.record(ctx)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var skipBodyClose bool
+	defer func() {
+		if !skipBodyClose {
+			resp.Body.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	m.statusCode = resp.StatusCode
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		m.record(ctx)
+		return iter.FromSlice[iter.Result[*types.PeerRecord]](nil), nil
+	}
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		err := httpError(resp.StatusCode, resp.Body)
+		m.record(ctx)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	respContentType := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	mediaType, _, err := mime.ParseMediaType(respContentType)
+	if err != nil {
+		m.err = err
+		m.record(ctx)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing Content-Type: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	m.mediaType = mediaType
+
+	var it iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord]
+	switch mediaType {
+	case mediaTypeJSON:
+		parsedResp := &jsontypes.PeersResponse{}
+		err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(parsedResp)
+		var sliceIt iter.Iter[*types.PeerRecord] = iter.FromSlice(parsedResp.Peers)
+		it = iter.ToResultIter(sliceIt)
+	case mediaTypeNDJSON:
+		skipBodyClose = true
+		it = ndjson.NewPeerRecordsIter(resp.Body)
+	default:
+		logger.Errorw("unknown media type", "MediaType", mediaType, "ContentType", respContentType)
+		return nil, errors.New("unknown content type")
+	}
+
+	return &measuringIter[iter.Result[*types.PeerRecord]]{Iter: it, ctx: ctx, m: m}, nil
+}

routing/http/client/client_test.go

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func (m *mockContentRouter) FindPeers(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID, limit in
 	return args.Get(0).(iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord]), args.Error(1)
 }
 
+func (m *mockContentRouter) GetClosestPeers(ctx context.Context, peerID peer.ID) (iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord], error) {
+	args := m.Called(ctx, peerID)
+	return args.Get(0).(iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord]), args.Error(1)
+}
+
 func (m *mockContentRouter) GetIPNS(ctx context.Context, name ipns.Name) (*ipns.Record, error) {
 	args := m.Called(ctx, name)
 	rec, _ := args.Get(0).(*ipns.Record)
@@ -836,6 +841,132 @@ func TestClient_EmptyResponses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClient_GetClosestPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	bitswapPeerRecord := makePeerRecord([]string{"transport-bitswap"})
+	httpPeerRecord := makePeerRecord([]string{"transport-ipfs-gateway-http"})
+
+	peerRecords := []iter.Result[*types.PeerRecord]{
+		{Val: &bitswapPeerRecord},
+		{Val: &httpPeerRecord},
+	}
+
+	pid := *bitswapPeerRecord.ID
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name                    string
+		httpStatusCode          int
+		stopServer              bool
+		routerResult            []iter.Result[*types.PeerRecord]
+		routerErr               error
+		clientRequiresStreaming bool
+		serverStreamingDisabled bool
+
+		expErrContains       osErrContains
+		expResult            []iter.Result[*types.PeerRecord]
+		expStreamingResponse bool
+		expJSONResponse      bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                 "happy case",
+			routerResult:         peerRecords,
+			expResult:            peerRecords,
+			expStreamingResponse: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "server doesn't support streaming",
+			routerResult:            peerRecords,
+			expResult:               peerRecords,
+			serverStreamingDisabled: true,
+			expJSONResponse:         true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "client requires streaming but server doesn't support it",
+			serverStreamingDisabled: true,
+			clientRequiresStreaming: true,
+			expErrContains:          osErrContains{expContains: "HTTP error with StatusCode=400: no supported content types"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "returns an error if there's a non-200 response",
+			httpStatusCode: 500,
+			expErrContains: osErrContains{expContains: "HTTP error with StatusCode=500"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "returns an error if the HTTP client returns a non-HTTP error",
+			stopServer: true,
+			expErrContains: osErrContains{
+				expContains:    "connect: connection refused",
+				expContainsWin: "connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "returns no providers if the HTTP server returns a 404 response",
+			httpStatusCode: 404,
+			expResult:      nil,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var clientOpts []Option
+			var serverOpts []server.Option
+			var onRespReceived []func(*http.Response)
+			var onReqReceived []func(*http.Request)
+
+			if c.serverStreamingDisabled {
+				serverOpts = append(serverOpts, server.WithStreamingResultsDisabled())
+			}
+
+			if c.clientRequiresStreaming {
+				clientOpts = append(clientOpts, WithStreamResultsRequired())
+				onReqReceived = append(onReqReceived, func(r *http.Request) {
+					assert.Equal(t, mediaTypeNDJSON, r.Header.Get("Accept"))
+				})
+			}
+
+			if c.expStreamingResponse {
+				onRespReceived = append(onRespReceived, func(r *http.Response) {
+					assert.Equal(t, mediaTypeNDJSON, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+				})
+			}
+
+			if c.expJSONResponse {
+				onRespReceived = append(onRespReceived, func(r *http.Response) {
+					assert.Equal(t, mediaTypeJSON, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+				})
+			}
+
+			deps := makeTestDeps(t, clientOpts, serverOpts)
+
+			deps.recordingHTTPClient.f = append(deps.recordingHTTPClient.f, onRespReceived...)
+			deps.recordingHandler.f = append(deps.recordingHandler.f, onReqReceived...)
+
+			client := deps.client
+			router := deps.router
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+			if c.httpStatusCode != 0 {
+				deps.server.Config.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					w.WriteHeader(c.httpStatusCode)
+				})
+			}
+
+			if c.stopServer {
+				deps.server.Close()
+			}
+
+			routerResultIter := iter.FromSlice(c.routerResult)
+			router.On("GetClosestPeers", mock.Anything, pid).Return(routerResultIter, c.routerErr)
+
+			resultIter, err := client.GetClosestPeers(ctx, pid)
+			c.expErrContains.errContains(t, err)
+
+			results := iter.ReadAll(resultIter)
+			assert.Equal(t, c.expResult, results)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNormalizeBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name        string

routing/http/contentrouter/contentrouter.go

@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ var logger = logging.Logger("routing/http/contentrouter")
 
 const ttl = 24 * time.Hour
 
+// A Client provides HTTP Delegated Routing methods. See also [server.DelegatedRouter].
 type Client interface {
 	FindProviders(ctx context.Context, key cid.Cid) (iter.ResultIter[types.Record], error)
 	ProvideBitswap(ctx context.Context, keys []cid.Cid, ttl time.Duration) (time.Duration, error)
 	FindPeers(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID) (peers iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord], err error)
 	GetIPNS(ctx context.Context, name ipns.Name) (*ipns.Record, error)
 	PutIPNS(ctx context.Context, name ipns.Name, record *ipns.Record) error
+	// GetClosestPeers returns the DHT closest peers to the given peer ID.
+	// If empty, it will use the content router's peer ID (self).
+	GetClosestPeers(ctx context.Context, peerID peer.ID) (iter.ResultIter[*types.PeerRecord], error)
 }
 
 type contentRouter struct {
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ var (
 	_ routing.ValueStore               = (*contentRouter)(nil)
 	_ routinghelpers.ProvideManyRouter = (*contentRouter)(nil)
 	_ routinghelpers.ReadyAbleRouter   = (*contentRouter)(nil)
+	_ routinghelpers.DHTRouter         = (*contentRouter)(nil)
 )
 
 type option func(c *contentRouter)
@@ -59,6 +64,8 @@ func WithMaxProvideBatchSize(max int) option {
 	}
 }
 
+// NewContentRoutingClient returns a client that conforms to the
+// ContentRouting interfaces.
 func NewContentRoutingClient(c Client, opts ...option) *contentRouter {
 	cr := &contentRouter{
 		client:                c,
@@ -300,3 +307,44 @@ func (c *contentRouter) SearchValue(ctx context.Context, key string, opts ...rou
 
 	return ch, nil
 }
+
+func (c *contentRouter) GetClosestPeers(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID) (<-chan peer.AddrInfo, error) {
+	iter, err := c.client.GetClosestPeers(ctx, pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	infos := make(chan peer.AddrInfo)
+	go func() {
+		defer iter.Close()
+		defer close(infos)
+		for iter.Next() {
+			res := iter.Val()
+			if res.Err != nil {
+				logger.Warnf("error iterating peer responses: %s", res.Err)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			var addrs []multiaddr.Multiaddr
+			for _, a := range res.Val.Addrs {
+				addrs = append(addrs, a.Multiaddr)
+			}
+
+			// If there are no addresses there's nothing of value to return
+			if len(addrs) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				logger.Warnf("aborting GetClosestPeers: %s", ctx.Err())
+				return
+			case infos <- peer.AddrInfo{
+				ID:    *res.Val.ID,
+				Addrs: addrs,
+			}:
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return infos, nil
+}