diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 60a6d9cf3c..7ba7c4ff07 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from typing_extensions import TypedDict
import synapse.events.snapshot
from synapse.api.constants import (
+ Direction,
EventContentFields,
EventTypes,
GuestAccess,
@@ -1487,7 +1488,7 @@ class TimestampLookupHandler:
requester: Requester,
room_id: str,
timestamp: int,
- direction: str,
+ direction: Direction,
) -> Tuple[str, int]:
"""Find the closest event to the given timestamp in the given direction.
If we can't find an event locally or the event we have locally is next to a gap,
@@ -1498,7 +1499,7 @@ class TimestampLookupHandler:
room_id: Room to fetch the event from
timestamp: The point in time (inclusive) we should navigate from in
the given direction to find the closest event.
- direction: ["f"|"b"] to indicate whether we should navigate forward
+ direction: indicates whether we should navigate forward
or backward from the given timestamp to find the closest event.
Returns:
@@ -1533,13 +1534,13 @@ class TimestampLookupHandler:
local_event_id, allow_none=False, allow_rejected=False
)
- if direction == "f":
+ if direction == Direction.FORWARDS:
# We only need to check for a backward gap if we're looking forwards
# to ensure there is nothing in between.
is_event_next_to_backward_gap = (
await self.store.is_event_next_to_backward_gap(local_event)
)
- elif direction == "b":
+ elif direction == Direction.BACKWARDS:
# We only need to check for a forward gap if we're looking backwards
# to ensure there is nothing in between
is_event_next_to_forward_gap = (
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