1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/unittest.py b/tests/unittest.py
index 4d40bdb6a5..5e35c943d7 100644
--- a/tests/unittest.py
+++ b/tests/unittest.py
@@ -258,7 +258,13 @@ class HomeserverTestCase(TestCase):
         """
 
     def make_request(
-        self, method, path, content=b"", access_token=None, request=SynapseRequest
+        self,
+        method,
+        path,
+        content=b"",
+        access_token=None,
+        request=SynapseRequest,
+        shorthand=True,
     ):
         """
         Create a SynapseRequest at the path using the method and containing the
@@ -270,6 +276,8 @@ class HomeserverTestCase(TestCase):
             escaped UTF-8 & spaces and such).
             content (bytes or dict): The body of the request. JSON-encoded, if
             a dict.
+            shorthand: Whether to try and be helpful and prefix the given URL
+            with the usual REST API path, if it doesn't contain it.
 
         Returns:
             A synapse.http.site.SynapseRequest.
@@ -277,7 +285,7 @@ class HomeserverTestCase(TestCase):
         if isinstance(content, dict):
             content = json.dumps(content).encode('utf8')
 
-        return make_request(method, path, content, access_token, request)
+        return make_request(method, path, content, access_token, request, shorthand)
 
     def render(self, request):
         """