diff --git a/changelog.d/4.bugfix b/changelog.d/4.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe717920a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix handling of filtered strings in Python 3.
diff --git a/synapse/types.py b/synapse/types.py
index eebe29d1f0..e6afc05cee 100644
--- a/synapse/types.py
+++ b/synapse/types.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import re
import string
from collections import namedtuple
+from six.moves import filter
+
import attr
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
@@ -240,7 +242,8 @@ def strip_invalid_mxid_characters(localpart):
Returns:
localpart (basestring): the localpart having been stripped
"""
- return filter(lambda c: c in mxid_localpart_allowed_characters, localpart)
+ filtered = filter(lambda c: c in mxid_localpart_allowed_characters, localpart)
+ return "".join(filtered)
UPPER_CASE_PATTERN = re.compile(b"[A-Z_]")
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index d83c36559f..73d3b2cda2 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
+from six import string_types
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
-from synapse.types import GroupID, RoomAlias, UserID, map_username_to_mxid_localpart
+from synapse.types import (
+ GroupID,
+ RoomAlias,
+ UserID,
+ map_username_to_mxid_localpart,
+ strip_invalid_mxid_characters,
+)
from tests import unittest
from tests.utils import TestHomeServer
@@ -106,3 +113,16 @@ class MapUsernameTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(
map_username_to_mxid_localpart(u'têst'.encode('utf-8')), "t=c3=aast"
)
+
+
+class StripInvalidMxidCharactersTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+ def test_return_type(self):
+ unstripped = strip_invalid_mxid_characters("test")
+ stripped = strip_invalid_mxid_characters("test@")
+
+ self.assertTrue(isinstance(unstripped, string_types), type(unstripped))
+ self.assertTrue(isinstance(stripped, string_types), type(stripped))
+
+ def test_strip(self):
+ stripped = strip_invalid_mxid_characters("test@")
+ self.assertEqual(stripped, "test", stripped)
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