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diff --git a/changelog.d/8462.doc b/changelog.d/8462.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cf84db6db7 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/8462.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Update the directions for using the manhole with coroutines. diff --git a/docs/manhole.md b/docs/manhole.md index 7375f5ad46..75b6ae40e0 100644 --- a/docs/manhole.md +++ b/docs/manhole.md @@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ This gives a Python REPL in which `hs` gives access to the `synapse.server.HomeServer` object - which in turn gives access to many other parts of the process. +Note that any call which returns a coroutine will need to be wrapped in `ensureDeferred`. + As a simple example, retrieving an event from the database: -``` ->>> hs.get_datastore().get_event('$1416420717069yeQaw:matrix.org') +```pycon +>>> from twisted.internet import defer +>>> defer.ensureDeferred(hs.get_datastore().get_event('$1416420717069yeQaw:matrix.org')) <Deferred at 0x7ff253fc6998 current result: <FrozenEvent event_id='$1416420717069yeQaw:matrix.org', type='m.room.create', state_key=''>> ``` |