Kill off `HomeServer.get_ip_from_request()` (#9080)

Homeserver.get_ip_from_request() used to be a bit more complicated, but now it is totally redundant. Let's get rid of it.

9 files changed, 15 insertions, 52 deletions

diff --git a/changelog.d/9080.misc b/changelog.d/9080.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3da8171f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/9080.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove redundant `Homeserver.get_ip_from_request` method.
diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py
index 6d6703250b..67ecbd32ff 100644
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Auth:
             AuthError if access is denied for the user in the access token
         """
         try:
-            ip_addr = self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
+            ip_addr = request.getClientIP()
             user_agent = get_request_user_agent(request)
 
             access_token = self.get_access_token_from_request(request)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Auth:
             return None, None
 
         if app_service.ip_range_whitelist:
-            ip_address = IPAddress(self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request))
+            ip_address = IPAddress(request.getClientIP())
             if ip_address not in app_service.ip_range_whitelist:
                 return None, None
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 5b86ee85c7..2f5b2b61aa 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         requester: Requester,
         request: SynapseRequest,
         request_body: Dict[str, Any],
-        clientip: str,
         description: str,
     ) -> Tuple[dict, Optional[str]]:
         """
@@ -301,8 +300,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
             request_body: The body of the request sent by the client
 
-            clientip: The IP address of the client.
-
             description: A human readable string to be displayed to the user that
                          describes the operation happening on their account.
 
@@ -351,7 +348,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         try:
             result, params, session_id = await self.check_ui_auth(
-                flows, request, request_body, clientip, description
+                flows, request, request_body, description
             )
         except LoginError:
             # Update the ratelimiter to say we failed (`can_do_action` doesn't raise).
@@ -426,7 +423,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         flows: List[List[str]],
         request: SynapseRequest,
         clientdict: Dict[str, Any],
-        clientip: str,
         description: str,
     ) -> Tuple[dict, dict, str]:
         """
@@ -448,8 +444,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             clientdict: The dictionary from the client root level, not the
                         'auth' key: this method prompts for auth if none is sent.
 
-            clientip: The IP address of the client.
-
             description: A human readable string to be displayed to the user that
                          describes the operation happening on their account.
 
@@ -540,6 +534,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             await self.store.set_ui_auth_clientdict(sid, clientdict)
 
         user_agent = get_request_user_agent(request)
+        clientip = request.getClientIP()
 
         await self.store.add_user_agent_ip_to_ui_auth_session(
             session.session_id, user_agent, clientip
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
index d837bde1d6..7f3445fe5d 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
@@ -189,11 +189,7 @@ class PasswordRestServlet(RestServlet):
             requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
             try:
                 params, session_id = await self.auth_handler.validate_user_via_ui_auth(
-                    requester,
-                    request,
-                    body,
-                    self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-                    "modify your account password",
+                    requester, request, body, "modify your account password",
                 )
             except InteractiveAuthIncompleteError as e:
                 # The user needs to provide more steps to complete auth, but
@@ -215,7 +211,6 @@ class PasswordRestServlet(RestServlet):
                     [[LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY]],
                     request,
                     body,
-                    self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
                     "modify your account password",
                 )
             except InteractiveAuthIncompleteError as e:
@@ -309,11 +304,7 @@ class DeactivateAccountRestServlet(RestServlet):
             return 200, {}
 
         await self.auth_handler.validate_user_via_ui_auth(
-            requester,
-            request,
-            body,
-            self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-            "deactivate your account",
+            requester, request, body, "deactivate your account",
         )
         result = await self._deactivate_account_handler.deactivate_account(
             requester.user.to_string(), erase, id_server=body.get("id_server")
@@ -695,11 +686,7 @@ class ThreepidAddRestServlet(RestServlet):
         assert_valid_client_secret(client_secret)
 
         await self.auth_handler.validate_user_via_ui_auth(
-            requester,
-            request,
-            body,
-            self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-            "add a third-party identifier to your account",
+            requester, request, body, "add a third-party identifier to your account",
         )
 
         validation_session = await self.identity_handler.validate_threepid_session(
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py
index 9b9514632f..149697fc23 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class AuthRestServlet(RestServlet):
             authdict = {"response": response, "session": session}
 
             success = await self.auth_handler.add_oob_auth(
-                LoginType.RECAPTCHA, authdict, self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
+                LoginType.RECAPTCHA, authdict, request.getClientIP()
             )
 
             if success:
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class AuthRestServlet(RestServlet):
             authdict = {"session": session}
 
             success = await self.auth_handler.add_oob_auth(
-                LoginType.TERMS, authdict, self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
+                LoginType.TERMS, authdict, request.getClientIP()
             )
 
             if success:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/devices.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/devices.py
index af117cb27c..314e01dfe4 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/devices.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/devices.py
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ class DeleteDevicesRestServlet(RestServlet):
         assert_params_in_dict(body, ["devices"])
 
         await self.auth_handler.validate_user_via_ui_auth(
-            requester,
-            request,
-            body,
-            self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-            "remove device(s) from your account",
+            requester, request, body, "remove device(s) from your account",
         )
 
         await self.device_handler.delete_devices(
@@ -133,11 +129,7 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 raise
 
         await self.auth_handler.validate_user_via_ui_auth(
-            requester,
-            request,
-            body,
-            self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-            "remove a device from your account",
+            requester, request, body, "remove a device from your account",
         )
 
         await self.device_handler.delete_device(requester.user.to_string(), device_id)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py
index b91996c738..a6134ead8a 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py
@@ -271,11 +271,7 @@ class SigningKeyUploadServlet(RestServlet):
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
         await self.auth_handler.validate_user_via_ui_auth(
-            requester,
-            request,
-            body,
-            self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-            "add a device signing key to your account",
+            requester, request, body, "add a device signing key to your account",
         )
 
         result = await self.e2e_keys_handler.upload_signing_keys_for_user(user_id, body)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index 6b5a1b7109..35e646390e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class UsernameAvailabilityRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 403, "Registration has been disabled", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN
             )
 
-        ip = self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
+        ip = request.getClientIP()
         with self.ratelimiter.ratelimit(ip) as wait_deferred:
             await wait_deferred
 
@@ -513,11 +513,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         # not this will raise a user-interactive auth error.
         try:
             auth_result, params, session_id = await self.auth_handler.check_ui_auth(
-                self._registration_flows,
-                request,
-                body,
-                self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request),
-                "register a new account",
+                self._registration_flows, request, body, "register a new account",
             )
         except InteractiveAuthIncompleteError as e:
             # The user needs to provide more steps to complete auth.
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index a198b0eb46..12da92b63c 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -283,10 +283,6 @@ class HomeServer(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         """
         return self._reactor
 
-    def get_ip_from_request(self, request) -> str:
-        # X-Forwarded-For is handled by our custom request type.
-        return request.getClientIP()
-
     def is_mine(self, domain_specific_string: DomainSpecificString) -> bool:
         return domain_specific_string.domain == self.hostname