Make get_current_token accept a direction parameter, which tells whether the source whether we want a token for going 'forwards' or 'backwards'

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py

index 38e375f86a..1809a44a99 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         if not pagin_config.from_token:
             pagin_config.from_token = (
-                yield self.hs.get_event_sources().get_current_token()
+                yield self.hs.get_event_sources().get_current_token(
+                    direction='b'
+                )
             )
 
         room_token = RoomStreamToken.parse(pagin_config.from_token.room_key)
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py

index cfa2e38ed2..29b6d52757 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ class RoomEventSource(object):
 
         defer.returnValue((events, end_key))
 
-    def get_current_key(self):
-        return self.store.get_room_events_max_id()
+    def get_current_key(self, direction='f'):
+        return self.store.get_room_events_max_id(direction)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_pagination_rows(self, user, config, key):