Fixed Channel to construct valid authority header when host is the IP…

…v6 address, closes #197

grpclib/client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import time
 import asyncio
 import warnings
+import ipaddress
 
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Generic, Optional, Union, Type, List, Sequence, Any, cast
@@ -683,9 +684,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._codec = codec
         self._status_details_codec = status_details_codec
         self._ssl = ssl or None
-        self._authority = '{}:{}'.format(self._host, self._port)
         self._scheme = 'https' if self._ssl else 'http'
-        self._authority = '{}:{}'.format(self._host, self._port)
+        self._authority = self._get_authority(self._host, self._port)
         self._h2_config = H2Configuration(
             client_side=True,
             header_encoding='ascii',
@@ -779,6 +779,15 @@ def _get_default_ssl_context(
         ctx.set_alpn_protocols(['h2'])
         return ctx
 
+    def _get_authority(self, host: str, port: int) -> str:
+        try:
+            ipv6_address = ipaddress.IPv6Address(host)
+        except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            host = f"[{ipv6_address}]"
+        return "{}:{}".format(host, port)
+
     def request(
         self,
         name: str,

tests/test_functional.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import socket
 import tempfile
+import ipaddress
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -46,19 +47,27 @@ class ClientServer:
     channel = None
     channel_ctx = None
 
+    def __init__(self, *, host="127.0.0.1"):
+        self.host = host
+
     async def __aenter__(self):
-        host = '127.0.0.1'
-        with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
-            s.bind(('127.0.0.1', 0))
-            _, port = s.getsockname()
+        try:
+            ipaddress.IPv6Address(self.host)
+        except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
+            family = socket.AF_INET
+        else:
+            family = socket.AF_INET6
+        with socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+            s.bind((self.host, 0))
+            _, port, *_ = s.getsockname()
 
         dummy_service = DummyService()
 
         self.server = Server([dummy_service])
-        await self.server.start(host, port)
+        await self.server.start(self.host, port)
         self.server_ctx = await self.server.__aenter__()
 
-        self.channel = Channel(host=host, port=port)
+        self.channel = Channel(host=self.host, port=port)
         self.channel_ctx = await self.channel.__aenter__()
         dummy_stub = DummyServiceStub(self.channel)
         return dummy_service, dummy_stub
@@ -211,3 +220,12 @@ async def test_stream_stream_advanced():
             assert await stream.recv_message() == DummyReply(value='baz')
 
             assert await stream.recv_message() is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not socket.has_ipv6, reason="No IPv6 support")
+async def test_ipv6():
+    async with ClientServer(host="::1") as (handler, stub):
+        reply = await stub.UnaryUnary(DummyRequest(value='ping'))
+        assert reply == DummyReply(value='pong')
+        assert handler.log == [DummyRequest(value='ping')]