diff --git a/synapse/http/servlet.py b/synapse/http/servlet.py
index 4ff840ca0e..26aaabfb34 100644
--- a/synapse/http/servlet.py
+++ b/synapse/http/servlet.py
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ from typing import (
Optional,
Sequence,
Tuple,
+ Type,
+ TypeVar,
overload,
)
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
from typing_extensions import Literal
from twisted.web.server import Request
@@ -694,6 +697,28 @@ def parse_json_object_from_request(
return content
+Model = TypeVar("Model", bound=BaseModel)
+
+
+def parse_and_validate_json_object_from_request(
+ request: Request, model_type: Type[Model]
+) -> Model:
+ """Parse a JSON object from the body of a twisted HTTP request, then deserialise and
+ validate using the given pydantic model.
+
+ Raises:
+ SynapseError if the request body couldn't be decoded as JSON or
+ if it wasn't a JSON object.
+ """
+ content = parse_json_object_from_request(request, allow_empty_body=False)
+ try:
+ instance = model_type.parse_obj(content)
+ except ValidationError as e:
+ raise SynapseError(HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, str(e), errcode=Codes.BAD_JSON)
+
+ return instance
+
+
def assert_params_in_dict(body: JsonDict, required: Iterable[str]) -> None:
absent = []
for k in required:
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