Allow specifying room version in 'RestHelper.create_room_as' and add typing (#8854)

This PR adds a `room_version` argument to the `RestHelper`'s `create_room_as` function for tests. I plan to use this for testing knocking, which currently uses an unstable room version.

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/changelog.d/8854.misc b/changelog.d/8854.misc
new file mode 100644

index 0000000000..5895df2d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8854.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow for specifying a room version when creating a room in unit tests via `RestHelper.create_room_as`.
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diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py b/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py

index b58768675b..737c38c396 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py
@@ -41,14 +41,37 @@ class RestHelper:
     auth_user_id = attr.ib()
 
     def create_room_as(
-        self, room_creator=None, is_public=True, tok=None, expect_code=200,
-    ):
+        self,
+        room_creator: str = None,
+        is_public: bool = True,
+        room_version: str = None,
+        tok: str = None,
+        expect_code: int = 200,
+    ) -> str:
+        """
+        Create a room.
+
+        Args:
+            room_creator: The user ID to create the room with.
+            is_public: If True, the `visibility` parameter will be set to the
+                default (public). Otherwise, the `visibility` parameter will be set
+                to "private".
+            room_version: The room version to create the room as. Defaults to Synapse's
+                default room version.
+            tok: The access token to use in the request.
+            expect_code: The expected HTTP response code.
+
+        Returns:
+            The ID of the newly created room.
+        """
         temp_id = self.auth_user_id
         self.auth_user_id = room_creator
         path = "/_matrix/client/r0/createRoom"
         content = {}
         if not is_public:
             content["visibility"] = "private"
+        if room_version:
+            content["room_version"] = room_version
         if tok:
             path = path + "?access_token=%s" % tok