上一节提到，以太坊在node start的时候启动了RPC服务，以太坊通过Rpc服务来实现以太坊相关接口的远程调用。这节我们用个实例来看看以太坊 RPC是如何工作的，以及以太坊RPC的源码的实现
一，RPC通信实例
1，RPC启动命令 ：

geth --rpc

go-ethereum的RPC服务默认地址：http://localhost:8545/
通过以下命令修改默认地址和端口：

geth --rpc --rpcaddr < ip > --rpcport < portnumber >

如果从浏览器访问RPC，CORS将需要启用相应的域集。否则，JavaScript调用受到
同源策略的限制，请求将失败。

geth --rpc --rpccorsdomain “ http：// localhost：3000 ”

也可以使用该命令在geth console 启动

admin.startRPC(addr, port)

2, 用curl模拟RPC请求
我们请求一个最简单的一个eth模块的RPC接口：eth_blockNumber

curl -H "content-Type:application/json" -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":83}' http://localhost:8545

返回结果：

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":83,"result":"0x4eb2e8"}

二， Go-ethereum RPC的源码分析
1，Node.start 调用startRPC（）

func (n *Node) startRPC(services map[reflect.Type]Service) error {
    // Gather all the possible APIs to surface
    apis := n.apis()
    for _, service := range services {
        apis = append(apis, service.APIs()...)
    }
    // Start the various API endpoints, terminating all in case of errors
    if err := n.startInProc(apis); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    if err := n.startIPC(apis); err != nil {
        n.stopInProc()
        return err
    }
    if err := n.startHTTP(n.httpEndpoint, apis, n.config.HTTPModules, n.config.HTTPCors, n.config.HTTPVirtualHosts); err != nil {
        n.stopIPC()
        n.stopInProc()
        return err
    }
    if err := n.startWS(n.wsEndpoint, apis, n.config.WSModules, n.config.WSOrigins, n.config.WSExposeAll); err != nil {
        n.stopHTTP()
        n.stopIPC()
        n.stopInProc()
        return err
    }
    // All API endpoints started successfully
    n.rpcAPIs = apis
    return nil
}

startRPC方法 收集Node里面所有service的 APIs。然后分别启动了
InProc IPC Http Ws这些RPC endpoint，并把收集的APIs传给这些RPC endpoint。
如果任何一个RPC启动失败，结束所有RPC endpoint，并返回err。
我们先看看比较常用的HTTP RPC的实现。

2，Http RPC server创建过程
有写过go rpc经验的同学大概都知道标准的go rpc server创建流程大概是：写符合规范的RPC server接口–>new server（实现serverHttp()方法）–>RPC 注册server–>RPC HandleHTTP()–>net.Listen 端口和地址–>http.server(listen )

和以太坊的http Rpc server创建流程大致一样，不过以太坊的APIs并不是按规范的RPC接口写的，因此以太坊的RPC做了注册方法的时候做了些特殊处理。

func (n *Node) startHTTP(endpoint string, apis []rpc.API, modules []string, cors []string, vhosts []string) error {
    // Short circuit if the HTTP endpoint isn't being exposed
    if endpoint == "" {
        return nil
    }
    // Generate the whitelist based on the allowed modules
    whitelist := make(map[string]bool)
    for _, module := range modules {
        whitelist[module] = true
    }
    // Register all the APIs exposed by the services
    handler := rpc.NewServer()
    for _, api := range apis {
        if whitelist[api.Namespace] || (len(whitelist) == 0 && api.Public) {
            if err := handler.RegisterName(api.Namespace, api.Service); err != nil {
                return err
            }
            n.log.Debug("HTTP registered", "service", api.Service, "namespace", api.Namespace)
        }
    }
    // All APIs registered, start the HTTP listener
    var (
        listener net.Listener
        err      error
    )
    if listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", endpoint); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    go rpc.NewHTTPServer(cors, vhosts, handler).Serve(listener)
    n.log.Info("HTTP endpoint opened", "url", fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", endpoint), "cors", strings.Join(cors, ","), "vhosts", strings.Join(vhosts, ","))
    // All listeners booted successfully
    n.httpEndpoint = endpoint
    n.httpListener = listener
    n.httpHandler = handler

    return nil
}

过滤白名单的接口，白名单在defaultConfig里面配置。
api的结构体：

type API struct {
    Namespace string      // namespace under which the rpc methods of Service are exposed
    Version   string      // api version for DApp's
    Service   interface{} // receiver instance which holds the methods
    Public    bool        // indication if the methods must be considered safe for public use
}

将api的namespace和service传入RegisterName()

func (s *Server) RegisterName(name string, rcvr interface{}) error {
    if s.services == nil {
        s.services = make(serviceRegistry)
    }

    svc := new(service)
    svc.typ = reflect.TypeOf(rcvr)
    rcvrVal := reflect.ValueOf(rcvr)

    if name == "" {
        return fmt.Errorf("no service name for type %s", svc.typ.String())
    }
    if !isExported(reflect.Indirect(rcvrVal).Type().Name()) {
        return fmt.Errorf("%s is not exported", reflect.Indirect(rcvrVal).Type().Name())
    }

    methods, subscriptions := suitableCallbacks(rcvrVal, svc.typ)

    // already a previous service register under given sname, merge methods/subscriptions
    if regsvc, present := s.services[name]; present {
        if len(methods) == 0 && len(subscriptions) == 0 {
            return fmt.Errorf("Service %T doesn't have any suitable methods/subscriptions to expose", rcvr)
        }
        for _, m := range methods {
            regsvc.callbacks[formatName(m.method.Name)] = m
        }
        for _, s := range subscriptions {
            regsvc.subscriptions[formatName(s.method.Name)] = s
        }
        return nil
    }

    svc.name = name
    svc.callbacks, svc.subscriptions = methods, subscriptions

    if len(svc.callbacks) == 0 && len(svc.subscriptions) == 0 {
        return fmt.Errorf("Service %T doesn't have any suitable methods/subscriptions to expose", rcvr)
    }

    s.services[svc.name] = svc
    return nil
}

用go的反射方法获取到service的类型和所持有的值。
suitableCallbacks方法获取Service所有的的方法和符合订阅标准的方法。
将Service的所有方法放入map s.services, service的name作为map key。

3，Http RPC Client的调用过程

ethclient.go做了个go-ethereum 客户端请求的client实例。
ethclient实例创建

func NewEthereumClient(rawurl string) (client *EthereumClient, _ error) {
    rawClient, err := ethclient.Dial(rawurl)
    return &EthereumClient{rawClient}, err
}

ethclient根据url拨号

func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
    c, err := rpc.Dial(rawurl)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    return NewClient(c), nil
}

调用rpc的Dial接口

func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
    return DialContext(context.Background(), rawurl)
}

// DialContext creates a new RPC client, just like Dial.
//
// The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
// not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
func DialContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
    u, err := url.Parse(rawurl)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    switch u.Scheme {
    case "http", "https":
        return DialHTTP(rawurl)
    case "ws", "wss":
        return DialWebsocket(ctx, rawurl, "")
    case "":
        return DialIPC(ctx, rawurl)
    default:
        return nil, fmt.Errorf("no known transport for URL scheme %q", u.Scheme)
    }
}

根据url的scheme判断调用拨号哪个RPC server

func DialHTTPWithClient(endpoint string, client *http.Client) (*Client, error) {
    req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, endpoint, nil)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
    req.Header.Set("Accept", contentType)

    initctx := context.Background()
    return newClient(initctx, func(context.Context) (net.Conn, error) {
        return &httpConn{client: client, req: req, closed: make(chan struct{})}, nil
    })
}

如果是http的话直接生成httpConn就返回newClient了，其他方式的话会复杂一些。

4,一个具体的接口请求实例
选一个简单的ethClient.go的接口 HeaderByNumber()，请求参数是区块的number值

func (ec *Client) HeaderByNumber(ctx context.Context, number *big.Int) (*types.Header, error) {
    var head *types.Header
    err := ec.c.CallContext(ctx, &head, "eth_getBlockByNumber", toBlockNumArg(number), false)
    if err == nil && head == nil {
        err = ethereum.NotFound
    }
    return head, err
}

调用RPC.Client的CallContext()方法，head引用作为出参，”eth_getBlockByNumber”是请求RPC的方法名，后面的两个参数是eth_getBlockByNumber接口需要的参数。

func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method string, args ...interface{}) error {
    msg, err := c.newMessage(method, args...)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }
    op := &requestOp{ids: []json.RawMessage{msg.ID}, resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage, 1)}

    if c.isHTTP {
        err = c.sendHTTP(ctx, op, msg)
    } else {
        err = c.send(ctx, op, msg)
    }
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    // dispatch has accepted the request and will close the channel it when it quits.
    switch resp, err := op.wait(ctx); {
    case err != nil:
        return err
    case resp.Error != nil:
        return resp.Error
    case len(resp.Result) == 0:
        return ErrNoResult
    default:
        return json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, &result)
    }
}

newMessage()方法拼接了请求data, 如下：

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x111",true],"id":83}

如果是httpRPC请求，进入方法sendHTTP()

func (c *Client) sendHTTP(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msg interface{}) error {
    hc := c.writeConn.(*httpConn)
    respBody, err := hc.doRequest(ctx, msg)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }
    defer respBody.Close()
    var respmsg jsonrpcMessage
    if err := json.NewDecoder(respBody).Decode(&respmsg); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    op.resp <- &respmsg
    return nil
}

c.writeConn 就是DialHTTPWithClient 里面的 &httpConn{client: client, req: req, closed: make(chan struct{})

func (hc *httpConn) doRequest(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
    body, err := json.Marshal(msg)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    req := hc.req.WithContext(ctx)
    req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
    req.ContentLength = int64(len(body))

    resp, err := hc.client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    return resp.Body, nil
}

拼接request请求，调用http的do()请求，获取到请求的返回值resp
json.NewDecoder()对请求返回值进行json序列化，然后send进管道op.resp
回到 CallContext()里面的op.wait(ctx)方法：

func (op *requestOp) wait(ctx context.Context) (*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
    select {
    case <-ctx.Done():
        return nil, ctx.Err()
    case resp := <-op.resp:
        return resp, op.err
    }
}

resp recieve到op.resp管道的数据，然后对resp数据进行json序列化，返回结果。大致如下：

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":83,"result":{"difficulty":"0x48a01d5ed","extraData":"0x476574682f76312e302e302f6c696e75782f676f312e342e32","gasLimit":"0x1388","gasUsed":"0x0","hash":"0x98dfac36f6e27ef7c538b32e97af049bff79179f20a077dd368be2e76766086d",,"miner":"0x28921e4e2c9d84f4c0f0c0ceb991f45751a0fe93","mixHash":"0x1eec103d7e9b11b78cd899753207105f99327c3611bcb1d99c66c55fb692e33c","nonce":"0x96704278e606f939","number":"0x111","parentHash":"0x8e9a27332450fcdc845e6e20c4a6bd2d2ffc13cf096d4fdd4090ea16b47add19","receiptsRoot":"0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421","sha3Uncles":"0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347","size":"0x21b","stateRoot":"0xa2320aa9611b97a96c6490b5cfd468e89468235c8e0de9a3649c157012577964","timestamp":"0x55ba453f","totalDifficulty":"0x48c8eb4c314","transactions":[],"transactionsRoot":"0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421","uncles":[]}}