diff --git a/synapse/rest/admin/rooms.py b/synapse/rest/admin/rooms.py
index 4252f98a6c..0d86a4e15f 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/admin/rooms.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/admin/rooms.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
import logging
from http import HTTPStatus
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
-from urllib import parse as urlparse
import attr
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
assert_params_in_dict,
parse_enum,
parse_integer,
+ parse_json,
parse_json_object_from_request,
parse_string,
)
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ from synapse.storage.databases.main.room import RoomSortOrder
from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
from synapse.types import JsonDict, RoomID, ScheduledTask, UserID, create_requester
from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
-from synapse.util import json_decoder
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from synapse.api.auth import Auth
@@ -776,14 +775,8 @@ class RoomEventContextServlet(RestServlet):
limit = parse_integer(request, "limit", default=10)
# picking the API shape for symmetry with /messages
- filter_str = parse_string(request, "filter", encoding="utf-8")
- if filter_str:
- filter_json = urlparse.unquote(filter_str)
- event_filter: Optional[Filter] = Filter(
- self._hs, json_decoder.decode(filter_json)
- )
- else:
- event_filter = None
+ filter_json = parse_json(request, "filter", encoding="utf-8")
+ event_filter = Filter(self._hs, filter_json) if filter_json else None
event_context = await self.room_context_handler.get_event_context(
requester,
@@ -914,21 +907,16 @@ class RoomMessagesRestServlet(RestServlet):
)
# Twisted will have processed the args by now.
assert request.args is not None
+
+ filter_json = parse_json(request, "filter", encoding="utf-8")
+ event_filter = Filter(self._hs, filter_json) if filter_json else None
+
as_client_event = b"raw" not in request.args
- filter_str = parse_string(request, "filter", encoding="utf-8")
- if filter_str:
- filter_json = urlparse.unquote(filter_str)
- event_filter: Optional[Filter] = Filter(
- self._hs, json_decoder.decode(filter_json)
- )
- if (
- event_filter
- and event_filter.filter_json.get("event_format", "client")
- == "federation"
- ):
- as_client_event = False
- else:
- event_filter = None
+ if (
+ event_filter
+ and event_filter.filter_json.get("event_format", "client") == "federation"
+ ):
+ as_client_event = False
msgs = await self._pagination_handler.get_messages(
room_id=room_id,
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