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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from typing import Any, Dict
+
+import pkg_resources
+
+from ._base import Config, ConfigError
+
+
+class SSOConfig(Config):
+ """SSO Configuration
+ """
+
+ section = "sso"
+
+ def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
+ sso_config = config.get("sso") or {} # type: Dict[str, Any]
+
+ # Pick a template directory in order of:
+ # * The sso-specific template_dir
+ # * /path/to/synapse/install/res/templates
+ template_dir = sso_config.get("template_dir")
+ if not template_dir:
+ template_dir = pkg_resources.resource_filename("synapse", "res/templates",)
+
+ self.sso_redirect_confirm_template_dir = template_dir
+
+ def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs):
+ return """\
+ # Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as SAML2 and CAS.
+ #
+ sso:
+ # Directory in which Synapse will try to find the template files below.
+ # If not set, default templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
+ #
+ # DO NOT UNCOMMENT THIS SETTING unless you want to customise the templates.
+ # If you *do* uncomment it, you will need to make sure that all the templates
+ # below are in the directory.
+ #
+ # Synapse will look for the following templates in this directory:
+ #
+ # * HTML page for a confirmation step before redirecting back to the client
+ # with the login token: 'sso_redirect_confirm.html'.
+ #
+ # When rendering, this template is given three variables:
+ # * redirect_url: the URL the user is about to be redirected to. Needs
+ # manual escaping (see
+ # https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.11.x/templates/#html-escaping).
+ #
+ # * display_url: the same as `redirect_url`, but with the query
+ # parameters stripped. The intention is to have a
+ # human-readable URL to show to users, not to use it as
+ # the final address to redirect to. Needs manual escaping
+ # (see https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.11.x/templates/#html-escaping).
+ #
+ # * server_name: the homeserver's name.
+ #
+ # You can see the default templates at:
+ # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates
+ #
+ #template_dir: "res/templates"
+ """
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