1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/client.py b/synapse/http/client.py
index 1730187ffa..5f40f16e24 100644
--- a/synapse/http/client.py
+++ b/synapse/http/client.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import treq
 from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 from netaddr import AddrFormatError, IPAddress, IPSet
 from prometheus_client import Counter
+from typing_extensions import Protocol
 from zope.interface import implementer, provider
 
 from OpenSSL import SSL
@@ -754,6 +755,16 @@ def _timeout_to_request_timed_out_error(f: Failure):
     return f
 
 
+class ByteWriteable(Protocol):
+    """The type of object which must be passed into read_body_with_max_size.
+
+    Typically this is a file object.
+    """
+
+    def write(self, data: bytes) -> int:
+        pass
+
+
 class BodyExceededMaxSize(Exception):
     """The maximum allowed size of the HTTP body was exceeded."""
 
@@ -790,7 +801,7 @@ class _ReadBodyWithMaxSizeProtocol(protocol.Protocol):
     transport = None  # type: Optional[ITCPTransport]
 
     def __init__(
-        self, stream: BinaryIO, deferred: defer.Deferred, max_size: Optional[int]
+        self, stream: ByteWriteable, deferred: defer.Deferred, max_size: Optional[int]
     ):
         self.stream = stream
         self.deferred = deferred
@@ -830,7 +841,7 @@ class _ReadBodyWithMaxSizeProtocol(protocol.Protocol):
 
 
 def read_body_with_max_size(
-    response: IResponse, stream: BinaryIO, max_size: Optional[int]
+    response: IResponse, stream: ByteWriteable, max_size: Optional[int]
 ) -> defer.Deferred:
     """
     Read a HTTP response body to a file-object. Optionally enforcing a maximum file size.