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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2014 matrix.org
+#
+# 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.
+""" This module contains base REST classes for constructing REST servlets. """
+import re
+
+
+def client_path_pattern(path_regex):
+ """Creates a regex compiled client path with the correct client path
+ prefix.
+
+ Args:
+ path_regex (str): The regex string to match. This should NOT have a ^
+ as this will be prefixed.
+ Returns:
+ SRE_Pattern
+ """
+ return re.compile("^/matrix/client/api/v1" + path_regex)
+
+
+class RestServletFactory(object):
+
+ """ A factory for creating REST servlets.
+
+ These REST servlets represent the entire client-server REST API. Generally
+ speaking, they serve as wrappers around events and the handlers that
+ process them.
+
+ See synapse.api.events for information on synapse events.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, hs):
+ http_server = hs.get_http_server()
+
+ # You get import errors if you try to import before the classes in this
+ # file are defined, hence importing here instead.
+
+ import room
+ room.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import events
+ events.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import register
+ register.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import profile
+ profile.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import public
+ public.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import presence
+ presence.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import im
+ im.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+ import login
+ login.register_servlets(hs, http_server)
+
+
+class RestServlet(object):
+
+ """ A Synapse REST Servlet.
+
+ An implementing class can either provide its own custom 'register' method,
+ or use the automatic pattern handling provided by the base class.
+
+ To use this latter, the implementing class instead provides a `PATTERN`
+ class attribute containing a pre-compiled regular expression. The automatic
+ register method will then use this method to register any of the following
+ instance methods associated with the corresponding HTTP method:
+
+ on_GET
+ on_PUT
+ on_POST
+ on_DELETE
+ on_OPTIONS
+
+ Automatically handles turning CodeMessageExceptions thrown by these methods
+ into the appropriate HTTP response.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, hs):
+ self.hs = hs
+
+ self.handlers = hs.get_handlers()
+ self.event_factory = hs.get_event_factory()
+ self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+
+ def register(self, http_server):
+ """ Register this servlet with the given HTTP server. """
+ if hasattr(self, "PATTERN"):
+ pattern = self.PATTERN
+
+ for method in ("GET", "PUT", "POST", "OPTIONS", "DELETE"):
+ if hasattr(self, "on_%s" % (method)):
+ method_handler = getattr(self, "on_%s" % (method))
+ http_server.register_path(method, pattern, method_handler)
+ else:
+ raise NotImplementedError("RestServlet must register something.")
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