feat(client): support request id as Strings.

benches/bench.rs

@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ pub fn jsonrpsee_types_v2(crit: &mut Criterion) {
 		b.iter(|| {
 			let params = &[1_u64.into(), 2_u32.into()];
 			let params = ParamsSer::ArrayRef(params);
-			let request = RequestSer::new(Id::Number(0), "say_hello", Some(params));
+			let request = RequestSer::new(&Id::Number(0), "say_hello", Some(params));
 			v2_serialize(request);
 		})
 	});
 
 	crit.bench_function("jsonrpsee_types_v2_vec", |b| {
 		b.iter(|| {
 			let params = ParamsSer::Array(vec![1_u64.into(), 2_u32.into()]);
-			let request = RequestSer::new(Id::Number(0), "say_hello", Some(params));
+			let request = RequestSer::new(&Id::Number(0), "say_hello", Some(params));
 			v2_serialize(request);
 		})
 	});

client/http-client/src/client.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use crate::transport::HttpTransportClient;
 use crate::types::{ErrorResponse, Id, NotificationSer, ParamsSer, RequestSer, Response};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use jsonrpsee_core::client::{CertificateStore, ClientT, RequestIdManager, Subscription, SubscriptionClientT};
+use jsonrpsee_core::client::{CertificateStore, ClientT, IdKind, RequestIdManager, Subscription, SubscriptionClientT};
 use jsonrpsee_core::{Error, TEN_MB_SIZE_BYTES};
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub struct HttpClientBuilder {
 	request_timeout: Duration,
 	max_concurrent_requests: usize,
 	certificate_store: CertificateStore,
+	id_kind: IdKind,
 }
 
 impl HttpClientBuilder {
@@ -69,13 +70,19 @@ impl HttpClientBuilder {
 		self
 	}
 
+	/// Configure the data type of the request object ID (default is number).
+	pub fn id_format(mut self, id_kind: IdKind) -> Self {
+		self.id_kind = id_kind;
+		self
+	}
+
 	/// Build the HTTP client with target to connect to.
 	pub fn build(self, target: impl AsRef<str>) -> Result<HttpClient, Error> {
 		let transport = HttpTransportClient::new(target, self.max_request_body_size, self.certificate_store)
 			.map_err(|e| Error::Transport(e.into()))?;
 		Ok(HttpClient {
 			transport,
-			id_manager: Arc::new(RequestIdManager::new(self.max_concurrent_requests)),
+			id_manager: Arc::new(RequestIdManager::new(self.max_concurrent_requests, self.id_kind)),
 			request_timeout: self.request_timeout,
 		})
 	}
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ impl Default for HttpClientBuilder {
 			request_timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
 			max_concurrent_requests: 256,
 			certificate_store: CertificateStore::Native,
+			id_kind: IdKind::Number,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -120,8 +128,9 @@ impl ClientT for HttpClient {
 	where
 		R: DeserializeOwned,
 	{
-		let id = self.id_manager.next_request_id()?;
-		let request = RequestSer::new(Id::Number(*id.inner()), method, params);
+		let guard = self.id_manager.next_request_id()?;
+		let id = guard.inner();
+		let request = RequestSer::new(&id, method, params);
 
 		let fut = self.transport.send_and_read_body(serde_json::to_string(&request).map_err(Error::ParseError)?);
 		let body = match tokio::time::timeout(self.request_timeout, fut).await {
@@ -142,9 +151,7 @@ impl ClientT for HttpClient {
 			}
 		};
 
-		let response_id = response.id.as_number().copied().ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
-
-		if response_id == *id.inner() {
+		if response.id == id {
 			Ok(response.result)
 		} else {
 			Err(Error::InvalidRequestId)
@@ -155,16 +162,18 @@ impl ClientT for HttpClient {
 	where
 		R: DeserializeOwned + Default + Clone,
 	{
+		let guard = self.id_manager.next_request_ids(batch.len())?;
+		let ids: Vec<Id> = guard.inner();
+
 		let mut batch_request = Vec::with_capacity(batch.len());
 		// NOTE(niklasad1): `ID` is not necessarily monotonically increasing.
 		let mut ordered_requests = Vec::with_capacity(batch.len());
 		let mut request_set = FxHashMap::with_capacity_and_hasher(batch.len(), Default::default());
 
-		let ids = self.id_manager.next_request_ids(batch.len())?;
 		for (pos, (method, params)) in batch.into_iter().enumerate() {
-			batch_request.push(RequestSer::new(Id::Number(ids.inner()[pos]), method, params));
-			ordered_requests.push(ids.inner()[pos]);
-			request_set.insert(ids.inner()[pos], pos);
+			batch_request.push(RequestSer::new(&ids[pos], method, params));
+			ordered_requests.push(&ids[pos]);
+			request_set.insert(&ids[pos], pos);
 		}
 
 		let fut = self.transport.send_and_read_body(serde_json::to_string(&batch_request).map_err(Error::ParseError)?);
@@ -184,8 +193,7 @@ impl ClientT for HttpClient {
 		// NOTE: `R::default` is placeholder and will be replaced in loop below.
 		let mut responses = vec![R::default(); ordered_requests.len()];
 		for rp in rps {
-			let response_id = rp.id.as_number().copied().ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
-			let pos = match request_set.get(&response_id) {
+			let pos = match request_set.get(&rp.id) {
 				Some(pos) => *pos,
 				None => return Err(Error::InvalidRequestId),
 			};

client/http-client/src/tests.rs

@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@
 use crate::types::error::{ErrorCode, ErrorObject, ErrorResponse};
 use crate::types::ParamsSer;
 use crate::HttpClientBuilder;
-use jsonrpsee_core::client::ClientT;
+use jsonrpsee_core::client::{ClientT, IdKind};
 use jsonrpsee_core::rpc_params;
 use jsonrpsee_core::Error;
 use jsonrpsee_test_utils::helpers::*;
 use jsonrpsee_test_utils::mocks::Id;
 use jsonrpsee_test_utils::TimeoutFutureExt;
-use serde_json::value::Value as JsonValue;
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn method_call_works() {
@@ -42,7 +41,33 @@ async fn method_call_works() {
 		.await
 		.unwrap()
 		.unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(JsonValue::String("hello".into()), result);
+	assert_eq!("hello", &result);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn method_call_with_wrong_id_kind() {
+	let exp = "id as string";
+	let server_addr =
+		http_server_with_hardcoded_response(ok_response(exp.into(), Id::Num(0))).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap();
+	let uri = format!("http://{}", server_addr);
+	let client = HttpClientBuilder::default().id_format(IdKind::String).build(&uri).unwrap();
+	assert!(matches!(
+		client.request::<String>("o", None).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap(),
+		Err(Error::InvalidRequestId)
+	));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn method_call_with_id_str() {
+	let exp = "id as string";
+	let server_addr = http_server_with_hardcoded_response(ok_response(exp.into(), Id::Str("0".into())))
+		.with_default_timeout()
+		.await
+		.unwrap();
+	let uri = format!("http://{}", server_addr);
+	let client = HttpClientBuilder::default().id_format(IdKind::String).build(&uri).unwrap();
+	let response: String = client.request::<String>("o", None).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+	assert_eq!(&response, exp);
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -139,7 +164,7 @@ async fn run_batch_request_with_response<'a>(
 	client.batch_request(batch).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap()
 }
 
-async fn run_request_with_response(response: String) -> Result<JsonValue, Error> {
+async fn run_request_with_response(response: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
 	let server_addr = http_server_with_hardcoded_response(response).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap();
 	let uri = format!("http://{}", server_addr);
 	let client = HttpClientBuilder::default().build(&uri).unwrap();

client/ws-client/src/lib.rs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub use jsonrpsee_types as types;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use jsonrpsee_client_transport::ws::{Header, InvalidUri, Uri, WsTransportClientBuilder};
-use jsonrpsee_core::client::{CertificateStore, ClientBuilder};
+use jsonrpsee_core::client::{CertificateStore, ClientBuilder, IdKind};
 use jsonrpsee_core::{Error, TEN_MB_SIZE_BYTES};
 
 /// Builder for [`WsClient`].
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ pub struct WsClientBuilder<'a> {
 	max_concurrent_requests: usize,
 	max_notifs_per_subscription: usize,
 	max_redirections: usize,
+	id_kind: IdKind,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Default for WsClientBuilder<'a> {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ impl<'a> Default for WsClientBuilder<'a> {
 			max_concurrent_requests: 256,
 			max_notifs_per_subscription: 1024,
 			max_redirections: 5,
+			id_kind: IdKind::Number,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -143,6 +145,12 @@ impl<'a> WsClientBuilder<'a> {
 		self
 	}
 
+	/// See documentation for [`ClientBuilder::id_format`] (default is Number).
+	pub fn id_format(mut self, kind: IdKind) -> Self {
+		self.id_kind = kind;
+		self
+	}
+
 	/// Build the client with specified URL to connect to.
 	/// You must provide the port number in the URL.
 	///
@@ -165,6 +173,7 @@ impl<'a> WsClientBuilder<'a> {
 			.max_notifs_per_subscription(self.max_notifs_per_subscription)
 			.request_timeout(self.request_timeout)
 			.max_concurrent_requests(self.max_concurrent_requests)
+			.id_format(self.id_kind)
 			.build(sender, receiver))
 	}
 }

client/ws-client/src/tests.rs

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 use crate::types::error::{ErrorCode, ErrorObject, ErrorResponse};
 use crate::types::ParamsSer;
 use crate::WsClientBuilder;
-use jsonrpsee_core::client::Subscription;
 use jsonrpsee_core::client::{ClientT, SubscriptionClientT};
+use jsonrpsee_core::client::{IdKind, Subscription};
 use jsonrpsee_core::rpc_params;
 use jsonrpsee_core::Error;
 use jsonrpsee_test_utils::helpers::*;
@@ -44,7 +44,42 @@ async fn method_call_works() {
 		.await
 		.unwrap()
 		.unwrap();
-	assert_eq!(JsonValue::String("hello".into()), result);
+	assert_eq!("hello", &result);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn method_call_with_wrong_id_kind() {
+	let exp = "id as string";
+	let server = WebSocketTestServer::with_hardcoded_response(
+		"127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap(),
+		ok_response(exp.into(), Id::Num(0)),
+	)
+	.with_default_timeout()
+	.await
+	.unwrap();
+	let uri = format!("ws://{}", server.local_addr());
+	let client =
+		WsClientBuilder::default().id_format(IdKind::String).build(&uri).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+
+	let err = client.request::<String>("o", None).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap();
+	assert!(matches!(err, Err(Error::RestartNeeded(e)) if e == "Invalid request ID"));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn method_call_with_id_str() {
+	let exp = "id as string";
+	let server = WebSocketTestServer::with_hardcoded_response(
+		"127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap(),
+		ok_response(exp.into(), Id::Str("0".into())),
+	)
+	.with_default_timeout()
+	.await
+	.unwrap();
+	let uri = format!("ws://{}", server.local_addr());
+	let client =
+		WsClientBuilder::default().id_format(IdKind::String).build(&uri).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+	let response: String = client.request::<String>("o", None).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+	assert_eq!(&response, exp);
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -237,7 +272,7 @@ async fn run_batch_request_with_response<'a>(
 	client.batch_request(batch).with_default_timeout().await.unwrap()
 }
 
-async fn run_request_with_response(response: String) -> Result<JsonValue, Error> {
+async fn run_request_with_response(response: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
 	let server = WebSocketTestServer::with_hardcoded_response("127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap(), response)
 		.with_default_timeout()
 		.await

core/src/client/async_client/helpers.rs

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ pub(crate) fn process_batch_response(manager: &mut RequestManager, rps: Vec<Resp
 	let mut rps_unordered: Vec<_> = Vec::with_capacity(rps.len());
 
 	for rp in rps {
-		let id = rp.id.as_number().copied().ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
-		digest.push(id);
+		let id = rp.id.into_owned();
+		digest.push(id.clone());
 		rps_unordered.push((id, rp.result));
 	}
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub(crate) fn process_single_response(
 	response: Response<JsonValue>,
 	max_capacity_per_subscription: usize,
 ) -> Result<Option<RequestMessage>, Error> {
-	let response_id = response.id.as_number().copied().ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
+	let response_id = response.id.into_owned();
 	match manager.request_status(&response_id) {
 		RequestStatus::PendingMethodCall => {
 			let send_back_oneshot = match manager.complete_pending_call(response_id) {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pub(crate) fn process_single_response(
 		}
 		RequestStatus::PendingSubscription => {
 			let (unsub_id, send_back_oneshot, unsubscribe_method) =
-				manager.complete_pending_subscription(response_id).ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
+				manager.complete_pending_subscription(response_id.clone()).ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
 
 			let sub_id: Result<SubscriptionId, _> = response.result.try_into();
 			let sub_id = match sub_id {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub(crate) fn process_single_response(
 
 			let (subscribe_tx, subscribe_rx) = mpsc::channel(max_capacity_per_subscription);
 			if manager
-				.insert_subscription(response_id, unsub_id, sub_id.clone(), subscribe_tx, unsubscribe_method)
+				.insert_subscription(response_id.clone(), unsub_id, sub_id.clone(), subscribe_tx, unsubscribe_method)
 				.is_ok()
 			{
 				match send_back_oneshot.send(Ok((subscribe_rx, sub_id.clone()))) {
@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn stop_subscription(
 /// Builds an unsubscription message.
 pub(crate) fn build_unsubscribe_message(
 	manager: &mut RequestManager,
-	sub_req_id: u64,
+	sub_req_id: Id<'static>,
 	sub_id: SubscriptionId<'static>,
 ) -> Option<RequestMessage> {
 	let (unsub_req_id, _, unsub, sub_id) = manager.remove_subscription(sub_req_id, sub_id)?;
 	let sub_id_slice: &[JsonValue] = &[sub_id.into()];
 	// TODO: https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/issues/275
 	let params = ParamsSer::ArrayRef(sub_id_slice);
-	let raw = serde_json::to_string(&RequestSer::new(Id::Number(unsub_req_id), &unsub, Some(params))).ok()?;
+	let raw = serde_json::to_string(&RequestSer::new(&unsub_req_id, &unsub, Some(params))).ok()?;
 	Some(RequestMessage { raw, id: unsub_req_id, send_back: None })
 }
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_unsubscribe_message(
 /// Returns `Ok` if the response was successfully sent.
 /// Returns `Err(_)` if the response ID was not found.
 pub(crate) fn process_error_response(manager: &mut RequestManager, err: ErrorResponse) -> Result<(), Error> {
-	let id = err.id.as_number().copied().ok_or(Error::InvalidRequestId)?;
+	let id = err.id.clone().into_owned();
 	match manager.request_status(&id) {
 		RequestStatus::PendingMethodCall => {
 			let send_back = manager.complete_pending_call(id).expect("State checked above; qed");