Merge pull request #3975 from matrix-org/matthew/autocreate_autojoin

Autocreate autojoin rooms

3 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index 0fb964eb67..7480ed5145 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 
+from synapse.config._base import Config, ConfigError
+from synapse.types import RoomAlias
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string_with_symbols
 
-from ._base import Config
-
 
 class RegistrationConfig(Config):
 
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         )
 
         self.auto_join_rooms = config.get("auto_join_rooms", [])
+        for room_alias in self.auto_join_rooms:
+            if not RoomAlias.is_valid(room_alias):
+                raise ConfigError('Invalid auto_join_rooms entry %s' % (room_alias,))
+        self.autocreate_auto_join_rooms = config.get("autocreate_auto_join_rooms", True)
 
     def default_config(self, **kwargs):
         registration_shared_secret = random_string_with_symbols(50)
@@ -98,6 +102,13 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         # to these rooms
         #auto_join_rooms:
         #    - "#example:example.com"
+
+        # Where auto_join_rooms are specified, setting this flag ensures that the
+        # the rooms exist by creating them when the first user on the
+        # homeserver registers.
+        # Setting to false means that if the rooms are not manually created,
+        # users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.
+        autocreate_auto_join_rooms: true
         """ % locals()
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/register.py b/synapse/handlers/register.py
index da914c46ff..e9d7b25a36 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/register.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/register.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         self._auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
         self.profile_handler = hs.get_profile_handler()
         self.user_directory_handler = hs.get_user_directory_handler()
+        self.room_creation_handler = self.hs.get_room_creation_handler()
         self.captcha_client = CaptchaServerHttpClient(hs)
 
         self._next_generated_user_id = None
@@ -220,9 +221,36 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         # auto-join the user to any rooms we're supposed to dump them into
         fake_requester = create_requester(user_id)
+
+        # try to create the room if we're the first user on the server
+        should_auto_create_rooms = False
+        if self.hs.config.autocreate_auto_join_rooms:
+            count = yield self.store.count_all_users()
+            should_auto_create_rooms = count == 1
+
         for r in self.hs.config.auto_join_rooms:
             try:
-                yield self._join_user_to_room(fake_requester, r)
+                if should_auto_create_rooms:
+                    room_alias = RoomAlias.from_string(r)
+                    if self.hs.hostname != room_alias.domain:
+                        logger.warning(
+                            'Cannot create room alias %s, '
+                            'it does not match server domain',
+                            r,
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        # create room expects the localpart of the room alias
+                        room_alias_localpart = room_alias.localpart
+                        yield self.room_creation_handler.create_room(
+                            fake_requester,
+                            config={
+                                "preset": "public_chat",
+                                "room_alias_name": room_alias_localpart
+                            },
+                            ratelimit=False,
+                        )
+                else:
+                    yield self._join_user_to_room(fake_requester, r)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Failed to join new user to %r: %r", r, e)
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/directory.py b/synapse/storage/directory.py
index cfb687cb53..61a029a53c 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/directory.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class DirectoryWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 class DirectoryStore(DirectoryWorkerStore):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def create_room_alias_association(self, room_alias, room_id, servers, creator=None):
-        """ Creates an associatin between  a room alias and room_id/servers
+        """ Creates an association between a room alias and room_id/servers
 
         Args:
             room_alias (RoomAlias)