diff --git a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
index 18d6d1058a..71145870ee 100644
--- a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
@@ -1476,6 +1476,57 @@ class ModuleApi:
return room_id.to_string(), hosts
+ async def create_room(
+ self,
+ user_id: str,
+ config: JsonDict,
+ ratelimit: bool = True,
+ creator_join_profile: Optional[JsonDict] = None,
+ ) -> Tuple[str, Optional[str]]:
+ """Creates a new room.
+
+ Added in Synapse v1.65.0.
+
+ Args:
+ user_id:
+ The user who requested the room creation.
+ config : A dict of configuration options. See "Request body" of:
+ https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3createroom
+ ratelimit: set to False to disable the rate limiter for this specific operation.
+
+ creator_join_profile:
+ Set to override the displayname and avatar for the creating
+ user in this room. If unset, displayname and avatar will be
+ derived from the user's profile. If set, should contain the
+ values to go in the body of the 'join' event (typically
+ `avatar_url` and/or `displayname`.
+
+ Returns:
+ A tuple containing: 1) the room ID (str), 2) if an alias was requested,
+ the room alias (str), otherwise None if no alias was requested.
+
+ Raises:
+ ResourceLimitError if server is blocked to some resource being
+ exceeded.
+ RuntimeError if the user_id does not refer to a local user.
+ SynapseError if the user_id is invalid, room ID couldn't be stored, or
+ something went horribly wrong.
+ """
+ if not self.is_mine(user_id):
+ raise RuntimeError(
+ "Tried to create a room as a user that isn't local to this homeserver",
+ )
+
+ requester = create_requester(user_id)
+ room_id_and_alias, _ = await self._hs.get_room_creation_handler().create_room(
+ requester=requester,
+ config=config,
+ ratelimit=ratelimit,
+ creator_join_profile=creator_join_profile,
+ )
+
+ return room_id_and_alias["room_id"], room_id_and_alias.get("room_alias", None)
+
class PublicRoomListManager:
"""Contains methods for adding to, removing from and querying whether a room
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