Allow ThirdPartyEventRules modules to manipulate public room state (#8292)

This PR allows `ThirdPartyEventRules` modules to view, manipulate and block changes to the state of whether a room is published in the public rooms directory.

While the idea of whether a room is in the public rooms list is not kept within an event in the room, `ThirdPartyEventRules` generally deal with controlling which modifications can happen to a room. Public rooms fits within that idea, even if its toggle state isn't controlled through a state event. 

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index f1a6699cd4..f14f791586 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -681,6 +681,15 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseHandler):
             creator_id=user_id, is_public=is_public, room_version=room_version,
         )
 
+        # Check whether this visibility value is blocked by a third party module
+        allowed_by_third_party_rules = await (
+            self.third_party_event_rules.check_visibility_can_be_modified(
+                room_id, visibility
+            )
+        )
+        if not allowed_by_third_party_rules:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "Room visibility value not allowed.")
+
         directory_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().directory_handler
         if room_alias:
             await directory_handler.create_association(