Add `get_userinfo_by_id` method to `ModuleApi` (#9581)

Makes it easier to fetch user details in for example spam checker modules, without needing to use api._store or figure out database interactions.

Signed-off-by: Jason Robinson <jasonr@matrix.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py

index 473812b8e2..1cc13fc97b 100644
--- a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool, LoggingTransaction
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.roommember import ProfileInfo
 from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
-from synapse.types import JsonDict, Requester, UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, Requester, UserID, UserInfo, create_requester
 from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached
 
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ class ModuleApi:
         """The application name configured in the homeserver's configuration."""
         return self._hs.config.email.email_app_name
 
+    async def get_userinfo_by_id(self, user_id: str) -> Optional[UserInfo]:
+        """Get user info by user_id
+
+        Args:
+            user_id: Fully qualified user id.
+        Returns:
+            UserInfo object if a user was found, otherwise None
+        """
+        return await self._store.get_userinfo_by_id(user_id)
+
     async def get_user_by_req(
         self,
         req: SynapseRequest,