expose whether a room is a space in the Admin API

changelog.d/13208.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a `room_type` field in the responses for the list room and room details admin API. Contributed by @andrewdoh.

docs/admin_api/rooms.md

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ The following fields are possible in the JSON response body:
     - `guest_access` - Whether guests can join the room. One of: ["can_join", "forbidden"].
     - `history_visibility` - Who can see the room history. One of: ["invited", "joined", "shared", "world_readable"].
     - `state_events` - Total number of state_events of a room. Complexity of the room.
+    - `room_type` - The type of the room taken from the room's creation event; for example "m.space" if the room is a space. If the room does not define a type, the value will be `null`.
 * `offset` - The current pagination offset in rooms. This parameter should be
              used instead of `next_token` for room offset as `next_token` is
              not intended to be parsed.
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 93534
+      "state_events": 93534,
+      "room_type": "m.space"
     },
     ... (8 hidden items) ...
     {
@@ -118,7 +120,8 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 8345
+      "state_events": 8345,
+      "room_type": null
     }
   ],
   "offset": 0,
@@ -151,7 +154,8 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 8
+      "state_events": 8,
+      "room_type": null
     }
   ],
   "offset": 0,
@@ -184,7 +188,8 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 93534
+      "state_events": 93534,
+      "room_type": null
     },
     ... (98 hidden items) ...
     {
@@ -201,7 +206,8 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 8345
+      "state_events": 8345,
+      "room_type": "m.space"
     }
   ],
   "offset": 0,
@@ -238,7 +244,9 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 93534
+      "state_events": 93534,
+      "room_type": "m.space"
+
     },
     ... (48 hidden items) ...
     {
@@ -255,7 +263,9 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
       "join_rules": "invite",
       "guest_access": null,
       "history_visibility": "shared",
-      "state_events": 8345
+      "state_events": 8345,
+      "room_type": null
+
     }
   ],
   "offset": 100,
@@ -290,6 +300,8 @@ The following fields are possible in the JSON response body:
 * `guest_access` - Whether guests can join the room. One of: ["can_join", "forbidden"].
 * `history_visibility` - Who can see the room history. One of: ["invited", "joined", "shared", "world_readable"].
 * `state_events` - Total number of state_events of a room. Complexity of the room.
+* `room_type` - The type of the room taken from the room's creation event; for example "m.space" if the room is a space.
+  If the room does not define a type, the value will be `null`.
 
 The API is:
 
@@ -317,7 +329,8 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
   "join_rules": "invite",
   "guest_access": null,
   "history_visibility": "shared",
-  "state_events": 93534
+  "state_events": 93534,
+  "room_type": "m.space"
 }
 ```
 

synapse/handlers/room_summary.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import attr
 
 from synapse.api.constants import (
-    EventContentFields,
     EventTypes,
     HistoryVisibility,
     JoinRules,
@@ -706,9 +705,6 @@ async def _build_room_entry(self, room_id: str, for_federation: bool) -> JsonDic
         current_state_ids = await self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state_ids(
             room_id
         )
-        create_event = await self._store.get_event(
-            current_state_ids[(EventTypes.Create, "")]
-        )
 
         entry = {
             "room_id": stats["room_id"],
@@ -722,7 +718,7 @@ async def _build_room_entry(self, room_id: str, for_federation: bool) -> JsonDic
                 stats["history_visibility"] == HistoryVisibility.WORLD_READABLE
             ),
             "guest_can_join": stats["guest_access"] == "can_join",
-            "room_type": create_event.content.get(EventContentFields.ROOM_TYPE),
+            "room_type": stats["room_type"],
         }
 
         if self._msc3266_enabled:

synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def get_room_with_stats_txn(
                   rooms.creator, state.encryption, state.is_federatable AS federatable,
                   rooms.is_public AS public, state.join_rules, state.guest_access,
                   state.history_visibility, curr.current_state_events AS state_events,
-                  state.avatar, state.topic
+                  state.avatar, state.topic, state.room_type
                 FROM rooms
                 LEFT JOIN room_stats_state state USING (room_id)
                 LEFT JOIN room_stats_current curr USING (room_id)
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ async def get_rooms_paginate(
             SELECT state.room_id, state.name, state.canonical_alias, curr.joined_members,
               curr.local_users_in_room, rooms.room_version, rooms.creator,
               state.encryption, state.is_federatable, rooms.is_public, state.join_rules,
-              state.guest_access, state.history_visibility, curr.current_state_events
+              state.guest_access, state.history_visibility, curr.current_state_events,
+              state.room_type
             FROM room_stats_state state
             INNER JOIN room_stats_current curr USING (room_id)
             INNER JOIN rooms USING (room_id)
@@ -646,6 +647,7 @@ def _get_rooms_paginate_txn(
                         "guest_access": room[11],
                         "history_visibility": room[12],
                         "state_events": room[13],
+                        "room_type": room[14],
                     }
                 )
 

tests/rest/admin/test_room.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, RoomTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes
 from synapse.handlers.pagination import PaginationHandler
 from synapse.rest.client import directory, events, login, room
@@ -1130,6 +1130,8 @@ def test_list_rooms(self) -> None:
             self.assertIn("guest_access", r)
             self.assertIn("history_visibility", r)
             self.assertIn("state_events", r)
+            self.assertIn("room_type", r)
+            self.assertIsNone(r["room_type"])
 
         # Check that the correct number of total rooms was returned
         self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["total_rooms"], total_rooms)
@@ -1229,7 +1231,11 @@ def test_list_rooms_pagination(self) -> None:
     def test_correct_room_attributes(self) -> None:
         """Test the correct attributes for a room are returned"""
         # Create a test room
-        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.admin_user, tok=self.admin_user_tok)
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(
+            self.admin_user,
+            tok=self.admin_user_tok,
+            extra_content={"creation_content": {"type": RoomTypes.SPACE}},
+        )
 
         test_alias = "#test:test"
         test_room_name = "something"
@@ -1306,6 +1312,7 @@ def test_correct_room_attributes(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(room_id, r["room_id"])
         self.assertEqual(test_room_name, r["name"])
         self.assertEqual(test_alias, r["canonical_alias"])
+        self.assertEqual(RoomTypes.SPACE, r["room_type"])
 
     def test_room_list_sort_order(self) -> None:
         """Test room list sort ordering. alphabetical name versus number of members,
@@ -1630,7 +1637,7 @@ def test_single_room(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("guest_access", channel.json_body)
         self.assertIn("history_visibility", channel.json_body)
         self.assertIn("state_events", channel.json_body)
-
+        self.assertIn("room_type", channel.json_body)
         self.assertEqual(room_id_1, channel.json_body["room_id"])
 
     def test_single_room_devices(self) -> None: