diff --git a/synapse/http/servlet.py b/synapse/http/servlet.py
index 0ca08038f4..ab12951da8 100644
--- a/synapse/http/servlet.py
+++ b/synapse/http/servlet.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
import enum
import logging
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
from http import HTTPStatus
from typing import (
TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -450,6 +451,87 @@ def parse_string(
)
+def parse_json(
+ request: Request,
+ name: str,
+ default: Optional[dict] = None,
+ required: bool = False,
+ encoding: str = "ascii",
+) -> Optional[JsonDict]:
+ """
+ Parse a JSON parameter from the request query string.
+
+ Args:
+ request: the twisted HTTP request.
+ name: the name of the query parameter.
+ default: value to use if the parameter is absent,
+ defaults to None.
+ required: whether to raise a 400 SynapseError if the
+ parameter is absent, defaults to False.
+ encoding: The encoding to decode the string content with.
+
+ Returns:
+ A JSON value, or `default` if the named query parameter was not found
+ and `required` was False.
+
+ Raises:
+ SynapseError if the parameter is absent and required, or if the
+ parameter is present and not a JSON object.
+ """
+ args: Mapping[bytes, Sequence[bytes]] = request.args # type: ignore
+ return parse_json_from_args(
+ args,
+ name,
+ default,
+ required=required,
+ encoding=encoding,
+ )
+
+
+def parse_json_from_args(
+ args: Mapping[bytes, Sequence[bytes]],
+ name: str,
+ default: Optional[dict] = None,
+ required: bool = False,
+ encoding: str = "ascii",
+) -> Optional[JsonDict]:
+ """
+ Parse a JSON parameter from the request query string.
+
+ Args:
+ args: a mapping of request args as bytes to a list of bytes (e.g. request.args).
+ name: the name of the query parameter.
+ default: value to use if the parameter is absent,
+ defaults to None.
+ required: whether to raise a 400 SynapseError if the
+ parameter is absent, defaults to False.
+ encoding: the encoding to decode the string content with.
+
+ A JSON value, or `default` if the named query parameter was not found
+ and `required` was False.
+
+ Raises:
+ SynapseError if the parameter is absent and required, or if the
+ parameter is present and not a JSON object.
+ """
+ name_bytes = name.encode("ascii")
+
+ if name_bytes not in args:
+ if not required:
+ return default
+
+ message = f"Missing required integer query parameter {name}"
+ raise SynapseError(HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, message, errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
+
+ json_str = parse_string_from_args(args, name, required=True, encoding=encoding)
+
+ try:
+ return json_decoder.decode(urlparse.unquote(json_str))
+ except Exception:
+ message = f"Query parameter {name} must be a valid JSON object"
+ raise SynapseError(HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, message, errcode=Codes.NOT_JSON)
+
+
EnumT = TypeVar("EnumT", bound=enum.Enum)
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,
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
index 4eeadf8779..e4c7dd1a58 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
parse_boolean,
parse_enum,
parse_integer,
+ parse_json,
parse_json_object_from_request,
parse_string,
parse_strings_from_args,
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ from synapse.rest.client.transactions import HttpTransactionCache
from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
from synapse.types import JsonDict, Requester, StreamToken, ThirdPartyInstanceID, UserID
from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
-from synapse.util import json_decoder
from synapse.util.cancellation import cancellable
from synapse.util.stringutils import parse_and_validate_server_name, random_string
@@ -703,21 +703,16 @@ class RoomMessageListRestServlet(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,
@@ -898,14 +893,8 @@ 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, room_id, event_id, limit, event_filter
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