diff --git a/synapse/http/client.py b/synapse/http/client.py
index 316ca1ccb9..46c90dbb76 100644
--- a/synapse/http/client.py
+++ b/synapse/http/client.py
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ class BaseHttpClient(object):
while True:
- producer = body_callback(method, url_bytes, headers_dict)
+ producer = None
+ if body_callback:
+ producer = body_callback(method, url_bytes, headers_dict)
try:
response = yield self.agent.request(
@@ -312,6 +314,42 @@ class IdentityServerHttpClient(BaseHttpClient):
defer.returnValue(json.loads(body))
+ @defer.inlineCallbacks
+ def get_json(self, destination, path, args={}, retry_on_dns_fail=True):
+ """ Get's some json from the given host homeserver and path
+
+ Args:
+ destination (str): The remote server to send the HTTP request
+ to.
+ path (str): The HTTP path.
+ args (dict): A dictionary used to create query strings, defaults to
+ None.
+ **Note**: The value of each key is assumed to be an iterable
+ and *not* a string.
+
+ Returns:
+ Deferred: Succeeds when we get *any* HTTP response.
+
+ The result of the deferred is a tuple of `(code, response)`,
+ where `response` is a dict representing the decoded JSON body.
+ """
+ logger.debug("get_json args: %s", args)
+
+ query_bytes = urllib.urlencode(args, True)
+ logger.debug("Query bytes: %s Retry DNS: %s", args, retry_on_dns_fail)
+
+ response = yield self._create_request(
+ destination.encode("ascii"),
+ "GET",
+ path.encode("ascii"),
+ query_bytes=query_bytes,
+ retry_on_dns_fail=retry_on_dns_fail,
+ body_callback=None
+ )
+
+ body = yield readBody(response)
+
+ defer.returnValue(json.loads(body))
class CaptchaServerHttpClient(MatrixHttpClient):
"""Separate HTTP client for talking to google's captcha servers"""
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