Merge pull request #3534 from krombel/use_parse_and_asserts_from_servlet

Use parse and asserts from http.servlet

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py

index fbe8cb2023..00a1a99feb 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
+from synapse.http.servlet import parse_boolean
 
 from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class InitialSyncRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
         as_client_event = "raw" not in request.args
         pagination_config = PaginationConfig.from_request(request)
-        include_archived = request.args.get("archived", None) == ["true"]
+        include_archived = parse_boolean(request, "archived", default=False)
         content = yield self.initial_sync_handler.snapshot_all_rooms(
             user_id=requester.user.to_string(),
             pagin_config=pagination_config,