diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index d599aec74c..3ea18eefcb 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@ Serban Constantin <serban.constantin at gmail dot com>
Jason Robinson <jasonr at matrix.org>
* Minor fixes
+
+Joseph Weston <joseph at weston.cloud>
+ + Add admin API for querying HS version
diff --git a/changelog.d/4772.feature b/changelog.d/4772.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19bb91f1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4772.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add an endpoint to the admin API for querying the server version. Contributed by Joseph Weston.
diff --git a/docs/admin_api/version_api.rst b/docs/admin_api/version_api.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30a91b5f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/admin_api/version_api.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Version API
+===========
+
+This API returns the running Synapse version and the Python version
+on which Synapse is being run. This is useful when a Synapse instance
+is behind a proxy that does not forward the 'Server' header (which also
+contains Synapse version information).
+
+The api is::
+
+ GET /_matrix/client/r0/admin/server_version
+
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+
+It returns a JSON body like the following:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+ {
+ "server_version": "0.99.2rc1 (b=develop, abcdef123)",
+ "python_version": "3.6.8"
+ }
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
index 82433a2aa9..0201cf1186 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
import hashlib
import hmac
import logging
+import platform
from six import text_type
from six.moves import http_client
from twisted.internet import defer
+import synapse
from synapse.api.constants import Membership, UserTypes
from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, NotFoundError, SynapseError
from synapse.http.servlet import (
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
parse_string,
)
from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
@@ -66,6 +69,25 @@ class UsersRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
defer.returnValue((200, ret))
+class VersionServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
+ PATTERNS = client_path_patterns("/admin/server_version")
+
+ @defer.inlineCallbacks
+ def on_GET(self, request):
+ requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+ is_admin = yield self.auth.is_server_admin(requester.user)
+
+ if not is_admin:
+ raise AuthError(403, "You are not a server admin")
+
+ ret = {
+ 'server_version': get_version_string(synapse),
+ 'python_version': platform.python_version(),
+ }
+
+ defer.returnValue((200, ret))
+
+
class UserRegisterServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
"""
Attributes:
@@ -763,3 +785,4 @@ def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
QuarantineMediaInRoom(hs).register(http_server)
ListMediaInRoom(hs).register(http_server)
UserRegisterServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+ VersionServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_admin.py b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_admin.py
index 407bf0ac4c..ea03b7e523 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_admin.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_admin.py
@@ -20,14 +20,48 @@ import json
from mock import Mock
from synapse.api.constants import UserTypes
-from synapse.rest.client.v1.admin import register_servlets
+from synapse.rest.client.v1 import admin, login
from tests import unittest
+class VersionTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+
+ servlets = [
+ admin.register_servlets,
+ login.register_servlets,
+ ]
+
+ url = '/_matrix/client/r0/admin/server_version'
+
+ def test_version_string(self):
+ self.register_user("admin", "pass", admin=True)
+ self.admin_token = self.login("admin", "pass")
+
+ request, channel = self.make_request("GET", self.url,
+ access_token=self.admin_token)
+ self.render(request)
+
+ self.assertEqual(200, int(channel.result["code"]),
+ msg=channel.result["body"])
+ self.assertEqual({'server_version', 'python_version'},
+ set(channel.json_body.keys()))
+
+ def test_inaccessible_to_non_admins(self):
+ self.register_user("unprivileged-user", "pass", admin=False)
+ user_token = self.login("unprivileged-user", "pass")
+
+ request, channel = self.make_request("GET", self.url,
+ access_token=user_token)
+ self.render(request)
+
+ self.assertEqual(403, int(channel.result['code']),
+ msg=channel.result['body'])
+
+
class UserRegisterTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
- servlets = [register_servlets]
+ servlets = [admin.register_servlets]
def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
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