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authorDavid Baker <dave@matrix.org>2018-06-04 12:05:58 +0100
committerDavid Baker <dave@matrix.org>2018-06-04 12:05:58 +0100
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diff --git a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
index c7f919498c..1fa9fb3cb2 100644
--- a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
+++ b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
@@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient(object):
 
     def sign_request(self, destination, method, url_bytes, headers_dict,
                      content=None, destination_is=None):
+        """
+        Signs a request by adding an Authorization header to headers_dict
+        Args:
+            destination (str): The desination home server of the request. May be null if the
+                destination is an identity server, in which case destination_is must be non-null.
+            method (str): The HTTP method of the request
+            url_bytes (str): ?
+            headers_dict (dict): Dictionary of request headers to append to
+            content (str): The body of the request
+            destination_is (str): As 'destination', but if the destination is an identity server
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred
+        """
         request = {
             "method": method,
             "uri": url_bytes,