rpc: Throw more user friendly arg type check error

Author: MarcoFalke

src/rpc/util.cpp

@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ std::string GetAllOutputTypes()
     return Join(ret, ", ");
 }
 
-void RPCTypeCheckArgument(const UniValue& value, const UniValueType& typeExpected)
-{
-    if (!typeExpected.typeAny && value.type() != typeExpected.type) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR,
-                           strprintf("JSON value of type %s is not of expected type %s", uvTypeName(value.type()), uvTypeName(typeExpected.type)));
-    }
-}
-
 void RPCTypeCheckObj(const UniValue& o,
     const std::map<std::string, UniValueType>& typesExpected,
     bool fAllowNull,
@@ -564,8 +556,16 @@ UniValue RPCHelpMan::HandleRequest(const JSONRPCRequest& request) const
     if (request.mode == JSONRPCRequest::GET_HELP || !IsValidNumArgs(request.params.size())) {
         throw std::runtime_error(ToString());
     }
+    UniValue arg_mismatch{UniValue::VOBJ};
     for (size_t i{0}; i < m_args.size(); ++i) {
-        m_args.at(i).MatchesType(request.params[i]);
+        const auto& arg{m_args.at(i)};
+        UniValue match{arg.MatchesType(request.params[i])};
+        if (!match.isTrue()) {
+            arg_mismatch.pushKV(strprintf("Position %s (%s)", i + 1, arg.m_names), std::move(match));
+        }
+    }
+    if (!arg_mismatch.empty()) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, strprintf("Wrong type passed:\n%s", arg_mismatch.write(4)));
     }
     UniValue ret = m_fun(*this, request);
     if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-rpcdoccheck", DEFAULT_RPC_DOC_CHECK)) {
@@ -684,42 +684,50 @@ UniValue RPCHelpMan::GetArgMap() const
     return arr;
 }
 
-void RPCArg::MatchesType(const UniValue& request) const
+static std::optional<UniValue::VType> ExpectedType(RPCArg::Type type)
 {
-    if (m_opts.skip_type_check) return;
-    if (IsOptional() && request.isNull()) return;
-    switch (m_type) {
+    using Type = RPCArg::Type;
+    switch (type) {
     case Type::STR_HEX:
     case Type::STR: {
-        RPCTypeCheckArgument(request, UniValue::VSTR);
-        return;
+        return UniValue::VSTR;
     }
     case Type::NUM: {
-        RPCTypeCheckArgument(request, UniValue::VNUM);
-        return;
+        return UniValue::VNUM;
     }
     case Type::AMOUNT: {
         // VNUM or VSTR, checked inside AmountFromValue()
-        return;
+        return std::nullopt;
     }
     case Type::RANGE: {
         // VNUM or VARR, checked inside ParseRange()
-        return;
+        return std::nullopt;
     }
     case Type::BOOL: {
-        RPCTypeCheckArgument(request, UniValue::VBOOL);
-        return;
+        return UniValue::VBOOL;
     }
     case Type::OBJ:
     case Type::OBJ_USER_KEYS: {
-        RPCTypeCheckArgument(request, UniValue::VOBJ);
-        return;
+        return UniValue::VOBJ;
     }
     case Type::ARR: {
-        RPCTypeCheckArgument(request, UniValue::VARR);
-        return;
+        return UniValue::VARR;
     }
     } // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
+    NONFATAL_UNREACHABLE();
+}
+
+UniValue RPCArg::MatchesType(const UniValue& request) const
+{
+    if (m_opts.skip_type_check) return true;
+    if (IsOptional() && request.isNull()) return true;
+    const auto exp_type{ExpectedType(m_type)};
+    if (!exp_type) return true; // nothing to check
+
+    if (*exp_type != request.getType()) {
+        return strprintf("JSON value of type %s is not of expected type %s", uvTypeName(request.getType()), uvTypeName(*exp_type));
+    }
+    return true;
 }
 
 std::string RPCArg::GetFirstName() const
@@ -903,7 +911,7 @@ void RPCResult::ToSections(Sections& sections, const OuterType outer_type, const
     NONFATAL_UNREACHABLE();
 }
 
-static const std::optional<UniValue::VType> ExpectedType(RPCResult::Type type)
+static std::optional<UniValue::VType> ExpectedType(RPCResult::Type type)
 {
     using Type = RPCResult::Type;
     switch (type) {

src/rpc/util.h

@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ struct UniValueType {
     UniValue::VType type;
 };
 
-/**
- * Type-check one argument; throws JSONRPCError if wrong type given.
- */
-void RPCTypeCheckArgument(const UniValue& value, const UniValueType& typeExpected);
-
 /*
   Check for expected keys/value types in an Object.
 */
@@ -214,8 +209,11 @@ struct RPCArg {
 
     bool IsOptional() const;
 
-    /** Check whether the request JSON type matches. */
-    void MatchesType(const UniValue& request) const;
+    /**
+     * Check whether the request JSON type matches.
+     * Returns true if type matches, or object describing error(s) if not.
+     */
+    UniValue MatchesType(const UniValue& request) const;
 
     /** Return the first of all aliases */
     std::string GetFirstName() const;

test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import http.client
 import os
 import subprocess
+import textwrap
 
 from test_framework.blocktools import (
     MAX_FUTURE_BLOCK_TIME,
@@ -429,6 +430,17 @@ def _test_getdifficulty(self):
     def _test_getnetworkhashps(self):
         self.log.info("Test getnetworkhashps")
         hashes_per_second = self.nodes[0].getnetworkhashps()
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(
+            -3,
+            textwrap.dedent("""
+            Wrong type passed:
+            {
+                "Position 1 (nblocks)": "JSON value of type string is not of expected type number",
+                "Position 2 (height)": "JSON value of type array is not of expected type number"
+            }
+            """).strip(),
+            lambda: self.nodes[0].getnetworkhashps("a", []),
+        )
         # This should be 2 hashes every 10 minutes or 1/300
         assert abs(hashes_per_second * 300 - 1) < 0.0001