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+Add a unit test that checks both `client` and `webclient` resources will function when simultaneously enabled.
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+# Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# 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 http import HTTPStatus
+from typing import Dict
+
+from twisted.web.resource import Resource
+
+from synapse.app.homeserver import SynapseHomeServer
+from synapse.config.server import HttpListenerConfig, HttpResourceConfig, ListenerConfig
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+
+from tests.server import make_request
+from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase, create_resource_tree, override_config
+
+
+class WebClientTests(HomeserverTestCase):
+ @override_config(
+ {
+ "web_client_location": "https://example.org",
+ }
+ )
+ def test_webclient_resolves_with_client_resource(self):
+ """
+ Tests that both client and webclient resources can be accessed simultaneously.
+
+ This is a regression test created in response to https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11763.
+ """
+ for resource_name_order_list in [
+ ["webclient", "client"],
+ ["client", "webclient"],
+ ]:
+ # Create a dictionary from path regex -> resource
+ resource_dict: Dict[str, Resource] = {}
+
+ for resource_name in resource_name_order_list:
+ resource_dict.update(
+ SynapseHomeServer._configure_named_resource(self.hs, resource_name)
+ )
+
+ # Create a root resource which ties the above resources together into one
+ root_resource = Resource()
+ create_resource_tree(resource_dict, root_resource)
+
+ # Create a site configured with this resource to make HTTP requests against
+ listener_config = ListenerConfig(
+ port=8008,
+ bind_addresses=["127.0.0.1"],
+ type="http",
+ http_options=HttpListenerConfig(
+ resources=[HttpResourceConfig(names=resource_name_order_list)]
+ ),
+ )
+ test_site = SynapseSite(
+ logger_name="synapse.access.http.fake",
+ site_tag=self.hs.config.server.server_name,
+ config=listener_config,
+ resource=root_resource,
+ server_version_string="1",
+ max_request_body_size=1234,
+ reactor=self.reactor,
+ )
+
+ # Attempt to make requests to endpoints on both the webclient and client resources
+ # on test_site.
+ self._request_client_and_webclient_resources(test_site)
+
+ def _request_client_and_webclient_resources(self, test_site: SynapseSite) -> None:
+ """Make a request to an endpoint on both the webclient and client-server resources
+ of the given SynapseSite.
+
+ Args:
+ test_site: The SynapseSite object to make requests against.
+ """
+
+ # Ensure that the *webclient* resource is behaving as expected (we get redirected to
+ # the configured web_client_location)
+ channel = make_request(
+ self.reactor,
+ site=test_site,
+ method="GET",
+ path="/_matrix/client",
+ )
+ # Check that we are being redirected to the webclient location URI.
+ self.assertEqual(channel.code, HTTPStatus.FOUND)
+ self.assertEqual(
+ channel.headers.getRawHeaders("Location"), ["https://example.org"]
+ )
+
+ # Ensure that a request to the *client* resource works.
+ channel = make_request(
+ self.reactor,
+ site=test_site,
+ method="GET",
+ path="/_matrix/client/v3/login",
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(channel.code, HTTPStatus.OK)
+ self.assertIn("flows", channel.json_body)
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