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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2014 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# 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 synapse.types import EventID, RoomID, UserID
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
+
+
+class EventValidator(object):
+
+ def validate(self, event):
+ EventID.from_string(event.event_id)
+ RoomID.from_string(event.room_id)
+
+ required = [
+ # "auth_events",
+ "content",
+ # "hashes",
+ "origin",
+ # "prev_events",
+ "sender",
+ "type",
+ ]
+
+ for k in required:
+ if not hasattr(event, k):
+ raise SynapseError(400, "Event does not have key %s" % (k,))
+
+ # Check that the following keys have string values
+ strings = [
+ "origin",
+ "sender",
+ "type",
+ ]
+
+ if hasattr(event, "state_key"):
+ strings.append("state_key")
+
+ for s in strings:
+ if not isinstance(getattr(event, s), basestring):
+ raise SynapseError(400, "Not '%s' a string type" % (s,))
+
+ if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
+ if "membership" not in event.content:
+ raise SynapseError(400, "Content has not membership key")
+
+ if event.content["membership"] not in Membership.LIST:
+ raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid membership key")
+
+ # Check that the following keys have dictionary values
+ # TODO
+
+ # Check that the following keys have the correct format for DAGs
+ # TODO
+
+ def validate_new(self, event):
+ self.validate(event)
+
+ UserID.from_string(event.sender)
+
+ if event.type == EventTypes.Message:
+ strings = [
+ "body",
+ "msgtype",
+ ]
+
+ self._ensure_strings(event.content, strings)
+
+ elif event.type == EventTypes.Topic:
+ self._ensure_strings(event.content, ["topic"])
+
+ elif event.type == EventTypes.Name:
+ self._ensure_strings(event.content, ["name"])
+
+ def _ensure_strings(self, d, keys):
+ for s in keys:
+ if s not in d:
+ raise SynapseError(400, "'%s' not in content" % (s,))
+ if not isinstance(d[s], basestring):
+ raise SynapseError(400, "Not '%s' a string type" % (s,))
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