remove obsolete webclient as requested in matrix-org#1527

synapse/app/homeserver.py

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
 from synapse.metrics import register_memory_metrics
 from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
-from synapse.python_dependencies import CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS, \
-    check_requirements
+from synapse.python_dependencies import check_requirements
 from synapse.replication.tcp.resource import ReplicationStreamProtocolFactory
 from synapse.rest import ClientRestResource
 from synapse.rest.key.v1.server_key_resource import LocalKey
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@
 from twisted.web.resource import EncodingResourceWrapper, Resource
 from twisted.web.server import GzipEncoderFactory
 from twisted.web.static import File
+from twisted.web.util import Redirect
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.homeserver")
 
@@ -64,36 +64,6 @@ def gz_wrap(r):
     return EncodingResourceWrapper(r, [GzipEncoderFactory()])
 
 
-def build_resource_for_web_client(hs):
-    webclient_path = hs.get_config().web_client_location
-    if not webclient_path:
-        try:
-            import syweb
-        except ImportError:
-            quit_with_error(
-                "Could not find a webclient.\n\n"
-                "Please either install the matrix-angular-sdk or configure\n"
-                "the location of the source to serve via the configuration\n"
-                "option `web_client_location`\n\n"
-                "To install the `matrix-angular-sdk` via pip, run:\n\n"
-                "    pip install '%(dep)s'\n"
-                "\n"
-                "You can also disable hosting of the webclient via the\n"
-                "configuration option `web_client`\n"
-                % {"dep": CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS["web_client"].keys()[0]}
-            )
-        syweb_path = os.path.dirname(syweb.__file__)
-        webclient_path = os.path.join(syweb_path, "webclient")
-    # GZip is disabled here due to
-    # https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/7678
-    # (It can stay enabled for the API resources: they call
-    # write() with the whole body and then finish() straight
-    # after and so do not trigger the bug.
-    # GzipFile was removed in commit 184ba09
-    # return GzipFile(webclient_path)  # TODO configurable?
-    return File(webclient_path)  # TODO configurable?
-
-
 class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
     def _listener_http(self, config, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
@@ -148,16 +118,14 @@ def _listener_http(self, config, listener_config):
                         SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX: KeyApiV2Resource(self),
                     })
 
-                if name == "webclient":
-                    resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX] = build_resource_for_web_client(self)
-
                 if name == "metrics" and self.get_config().enable_metrics:
                     resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
 
-        if WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX in resources:
-            root_resource = RootRedirect(WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX)
-        else:
-            root_resource = Resource()
+        # TODO: which URL should be used=
+        resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX] = Redirect(
+            "https://matrix.to/?hs=" + config.server_name
+        )
+        root_resource = resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX]
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, root_resource)
 

synapse/config/server.py

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config):
         self.server_name = config["server_name"]
         self.pid_file = self.abspath(config.get("pid_file"))
-        self.web_client = config["web_client"]
-        self.web_client_location = config.get("web_client_location", None)
         self.soft_file_limit = config["soft_file_limit"]
         self.daemonize = config.get("daemonize")
         self.print_pidfile = config.get("print_pidfile")
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ def read_config(self, config):
             bind_host = config.get("bind_host", "")
             gzip_responses = config.get("gzip_responses", True)
 
-            names = ["client", "webclient"] if self.web_client else ["client"]
+            names = ["client"]
 
             self.listeners.append({
                 "port": bind_port,
@@ -176,15 +174,6 @@ def default_config(self, server_name, **kwargs):
         #
         # cpu_affinity: 0xFFFFFFFF
 
-        # Whether to serve a web client from the HTTP/HTTPS root resource.
-        web_client: True
-
-        # The root directory to server for the above web client.
-        # If left undefined, synapse will serve the matrix-angular-sdk web client.
-        # Make sure matrix-angular-sdk is installed with pip if web_client is True
-        # and web_client_location is undefined
-        # web_client_location: "/path/to/web/root"
-
         # The public-facing base URL for the client API (not including _matrix/...)
         # public_baseurl: https://example.com:8448/
 
@@ -237,7 +226,6 @@ def default_config(self, server_name, **kwargs):
                 # List of resources to host on this listener.
                 names:
                   - client     # The client-server APIs, both v1 and v2
-                  - webclient  # The bundled webclient.
 
                 # Should synapse compress HTTP responses to clients that support it?
                 # This should be disabled if running synapse behind a load balancer
@@ -257,7 +245,7 @@ def default_config(self, server_name, **kwargs):
             x_forwarded: false
 
             resources:
-              - names: [client, webclient]
+              - names: [client]
                 compress: true
               - names: [federation]
                 compress: false

synapse/python_dependencies.py

@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
     "phonenumbers>=8.2.0": ["phonenumbers"],
 }
 CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS = {
-    "web_client": {
-        "matrix_angular_sdk>=0.6.8": ["syweb>=0.6.8"],
-    },
     "preview_url": {
         "netaddr>=0.7.18": ["netaddr"],
     },

synapse/server.py

@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def build_DEPENDENCY(self)
         'client_resource',
         'resource_for_federation',
         'resource_for_static_content',
-        'resource_for_web_client',
         'resource_for_content_repo',
         'resource_for_server_key',
         'resource_for_server_key_v2',