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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 REST servlets to do with event streaming, /events."""
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.api.streams import PaginationConfig
+from synapse.rest.base import RestServlet, client_path_pattern
+
+
+class EventStreamRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERN = client_path_pattern("/events$")
+
+    DEFAULT_LONGPOLL_TIME_MS = 5000
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, request):
+        auth_user = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+
+        handler = self.handlers.event_stream_handler
+        pagin_config = PaginationConfig.from_request(request)
+        timeout = EventStreamRestServlet.DEFAULT_LONGPOLL_TIME_MS
+        if "timeout" in request.args:
+            try:
+                timeout = int(request.args["timeout"][0])
+            except ValueError:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "timeout must be in milliseconds.")
+
+        chunk = yield handler.get_stream(auth_user.to_string(), pagin_config,
+                                         timeout=timeout)
+        defer.returnValue((200, chunk))
+
+    def on_OPTIONS(self, request):
+        return (200, {})
+
+
+def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
+    EventStreamRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)