I am not sure how to create and pass a context - http

Question

I have an HTTP server that when it recieves a request calls on an underlying gRPC server.
I have chosen to abstract away the gRPC call with an interface, to make testing of the http server easier.
The problem is that I am constantly getting the errors:
rpc error: code = Canceled desc = grpc: the client connection is closing
or
rpc error: code = Canceled desc = context canceled
And as I understand both of these are related to the context getting passed into the grpc call. And that I want the context to be alive throughout both the HTTP and gRPC calls.
type SetterGetter interface {
Getter(key string) (val string)
}
type Service struct {
sg SetterGetter
ctx context.Context
}
func (s *Service) getHandler(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
key := r.URL.Query()["key"][0]
res := s.sg.Getter(key)
fmt.Fprintf(rw, "Successfully got value: %s\n", res)
}
func main() {
s := new(Service)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
defer cancel()
s.sg = gc.NewClientwrapper(ctx)
http.HandleFunc("/get", s.getHandler)
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(port, nil))
}
And my Getter implementation looks like this:
type clientwrapper struct {
sc pb.ServicesClient
ctx context.Context
}
func NewClientwrapper(ctx context.Context) *clientwrapper {
cw := new(clientwrapper)
conn, err := grpc.Dial(address, grpc.WithInsecure(), grpc.WithBlock())
if err != nil {
err = fmt.Errorf("Error could not dial address: %v", err)
}
defer conn.Close()
cw.ctx = ctx
cw.sc = pb.NewServicesClient(conn)
return cw
}
func (cw *clientwrapper) Getter(key string) (val string) {
// Make the GRPC request
res, err := cw.sc.Get(cw.ctx, &pb.GetRequest{Key: key})
if err != nil {
return ""
}
getVal := res.GetValue()
return getVal
}
So here I am creating a context in my http servers main menu, and passing it onwards. I do it like this because it worked if I removed my interface and put everything in the main file.
I have also tried to create the context both in the http handler and passing it to the Getter and I have also tried creating it in the Getter itself.
I think the correct approach is to create the context in the http request using the context that gets created by the request and then passing it to the grpc Getter. Like such:
func (s *Service) getHandler(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
// Create it like such
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 100*time.Second)
key := r.URL.Query()["key"][0]
// And pass it onwards (of course we need to change function signature for this to work)
res := s.sg.Getter(ctx, key)
fmt.Fprintf(rw, "Successfully got value: %s\n", res)
}
So how should I create my context here, to not get these errors?

Answer 1

If your goal is to keep a long-running task running in the background, that doesn't cancel when the request is finalized, then don't use the request's context. Use context.Background() instead.
For example:
func (s *Service) getHandler(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Second)
// ...