chore: Tidy up some documentation and naming.

http/write_handler.go

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (h *WriteHandler) handleWrite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		h.HandleHTTPError(ctx, err, sw)
 		return
 	}
-	requestBytes = parsed.Bytes
+	requestBytes = parsed.RawSize
 
 	if err := h.PointsWriter.WritePoints(ctx, parsed.Points); err != nil {
 		h.HandleHTTPError(ctx, &influxdb.Error{
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ func (h *WriteHandler) handleWrite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 }
 
+// checkBucketWritePermissions checks an Authorizer for write permissions to a
+// specific Bucket.
 func checkBucketWritePermissions(auth influxdb.Authorizer, orgID, bucketID influxdb.ID) error {
 	p, err := influxdb.NewPermissionAtID(bucketID, influxdb.WriteAction, influxdb.BucketsResourceType, orgID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -232,7 +234,9 @@ func checkBucketWritePermissions(auth influxdb.Authorizer, orgID, bucketID influ
 	return nil
 }
 
-func BatchReadCloser(rc io.ReadCloser, encoding string, maxBatchSizeBytes int64) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+// PointBatchReadCloser (potentially) wraps an io.ReadCloser in Gzip
+// decompression and limits the reading to a specific number of bytes.
+func PointBatchReadCloser(rc io.ReadCloser, encoding string, maxBatchSizeBytes int64) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	switch encoding {
 	case "gzip", "x-gzip":
 		var err error
@@ -247,25 +251,29 @@ func BatchReadCloser(rc io.ReadCloser, encoding string, maxBatchSizeBytes int64)
 	return rc, nil
 }
 
+// NewPointsParser returns a new PointsParser
 func NewPointsParser(parserOptions ...models.ParserOption) *PointsParser {
 	return &PointsParser{
 		ParserOptions: parserOptions,
 	}
 }
 
+// ParsedPoints contains the points parsed as well as the total number of bytes
+// after decompression.
 type ParsedPoints struct {
 	Points  models.Points
-	Bytes  int
+	RawSize int
 }
 
+// PointsParser parses batches of Points.
 type PointsParser struct {
 	ParserOptions []models.ParserOption
 }
 
+// ParsePoints parses the points from an io.ReadCloser for a specific Bucket.
 func (pw *PointsParser) ParsePoints(ctx context.Context, orgID, bucketID influxdb.ID, rc io.ReadCloser) (*ParsedPoints, error) {
 	span, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "write points")
 	defer span.Finish()
-
 	return pw.parsePoints(ctx, orgID, bucketID, rc)
 }
 
@@ -322,7 +330,7 @@ func (pw *PointsParser) parsePoints(ctx context.Context, orgID, bucketID influxd
 
 	return &ParsedPoints{
 		Points:  points,
-		Bytes:  requestBytes,
+		RawSize: requestBytes,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -351,6 +359,8 @@ func readAll(ctx context.Context, rc io.ReadCloser) (data []byte, err error) {
 	return data, nil
 }
 
+// writeRequest is a request object holding information about a batch of points
+// to be written to a Bucket.
 type writeRequest struct {
 	Org       string
 	Bucket    string
@@ -358,6 +368,8 @@ type writeRequest struct {
 	Body      io.ReadCloser
 }
 
+// decodeWriteRequest extracts information from an http.Request object to
+// produce a writeRequest.
 func decodeWriteRequest(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, maxBatchSizeBytes int64) (*writeRequest, error) {
 	qp := r.URL.Query()
 	precision := qp.Get("precision")
@@ -383,7 +395,7 @@ func decodeWriteRequest(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, maxBatchSizeBytes
 	}
 
 	encoding := r.Header.Get("Content-Encoding")
-	body, err := BatchReadCloser(r.Body, encoding, maxBatchSizeBytes)
+	body, err := PointBatchReadCloser(r.Body, encoding, maxBatchSizeBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -430,7 +442,7 @@ func (s *WriteService) Write(ctx context.Context, orgID, bucketID influxdb.ID, r
 		return err
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", u.String(), r)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, u.String(), r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}