Implement handling of HTTP HEAD requests. (#7999)

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/http/server.py b/synapse/http/server.py
index d4f9ad6e67..94ab29974a 100644
--- a/synapse/http/server.py
+++ b/synapse/http/server.py
@@ -242,10 +242,12 @@ class _AsyncResource(resource.Resource, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         no appropriate method exists. Can be overriden in sub classes for
         different routing.
         """
+        # Treat HEAD requests as GET requests.
+        request_method = request.method.decode("ascii")
+        if request_method == "HEAD":
+            request_method = "GET"
 
-        method_handler = getattr(
-            self, "_async_render_%s" % (request.method.decode("ascii"),), None
-        )
+        method_handler = getattr(self, "_async_render_%s" % (request_method,), None)
         if method_handler:
             raw_callback_return = method_handler(request)
 
@@ -362,11 +364,15 @@ class JsonResource(DirectServeJsonResource):
             A tuple of the callback to use, the name of the servlet, and the
             key word arguments to pass to the callback
         """
+        # Treat HEAD requests as GET requests.
         request_path = request.path.decode("ascii")
+        request_method = request.method
+        if request_method == b"HEAD":
+            request_method = b"GET"
 
         # Loop through all the registered callbacks to check if the method
         # and path regex match
-        for path_entry in self.path_regexs.get(request.method, []):
+        for path_entry in self.path_regexs.get(request_method, []):
             m = path_entry.pattern.match(request_path)
             if m:
                 # We found a match!
@@ -579,7 +585,7 @@ def set_cors_headers(request: Request):
     """
     request.setHeader(b"Access-Control-Allow-Origin", b"*")
     request.setHeader(
-        b"Access-Control-Allow-Methods", b"GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS"
+        b"Access-Control-Allow-Methods", b"GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS"
     )
     request.setHeader(
         b"Access-Control-Allow-Headers",