Add not_user_type param to the list accounts admin API

changelog.d/15844.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `not_user_type` param to the list accounts admin API.

docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md

@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ The following parameters should be set in the URL:
 
 - `dir` - Direction of media order. Either `f` for forwards or `b` for backwards.
   Setting this value to `b` will reverse the above sort order. Defaults to `f`.
+- `not_user_type` - Exclude certain user types, such as bot users, from the request.
+   Can be provided multiple times. Possible values are `bot`, `support` or "empty string".
+   "empty string" here means to exclude users without a type.
 
 Caution. The database only has indexes on the columns `name` and `creation_ts`.
 This means that if a different sort order is used (`is_guest`, `admin`,

synapse/rest/admin/users.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     parse_integer,
     parse_json_object_from_request,
     parse_string,
+    parse_strings_from_args,
 )
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.rest.admin._base import (
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ class UsersRestServletV2(RestServlet):
     The parameter `guests` can be used to exclude guest users.
     The parameter `deactivated` can be used to include deactivated users.
     The parameter `order_by` can be used to order the result.
+    The parameter `not_user_type` can be used to exclude certain user types.
+    Possible values are `bot`, `support` or "empty string".
+    "empty string" here means to exclude users without a type.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
@@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
 
         direction = parse_enum(request, "dir", Direction, default=Direction.FORWARDS)
 
+        # twisted.web.server.Request.args is incorrectly defined as Optional[Any]
+        args: Dict[bytes, List[bytes]] = request.args  # type: ignore
+        not_user_types = parse_strings_from_args(args, "not_user_type")
+
         users, total = await self.store.get_users_paginate(
             start,
             limit,
@@ -141,6 +149,7 @@ async def on_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
             order_by,
             direction,
             approved,
+            not_user_types,
         )
 
         # If support for MSC3866 is not enabled, don't show the approval flag.

synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from synapse.api.constants import Direction
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.storage._base import make_in_list_sql_clause
 from synapse.storage.database import (
     DatabasePool,
     LoggingDatabaseConnection,
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ async def get_users_paginate(
         order_by: str = UserSortOrder.NAME.value,
         direction: Direction = Direction.FORWARDS,
         approved: bool = True,
+        not_user_types: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[List[JsonDict], int]:
         """Function to retrieve a paginated list of users from
         users list. This will return a json list of users and the
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ async def get_users_paginate(
             order_by: the sort order of the returned list
             direction: sort ascending or descending
             approved: whether to include approved users
+            not_user_types: list of user types to exclude
         Returns:
             A tuple of a list of mappings from user to information and a count of total users.
         """
@@ -222,6 +225,40 @@ def get_users_paginate_txn(
                 # be already existing users that we consider as already approved.
                 filters.append("approved IS FALSE")
 
+            if not_user_types:
+                if len(not_user_types) == 1 and not_user_types[0] == "":
+                    # Only exclude NULL type users
+                    filters.append("user_type IS NOT NULL")
+                else:
+                    not_user_types_has_empty = False
+                    not_user_types_without_empty = []
+
+                    for not_user_type in not_user_types:
+                        if not_user_type == "":
+                            not_user_types_has_empty = True
+                        else:
+                            not_user_types_without_empty.append(not_user_type)
+
+                    not_user_type_clause, not_user_type_args = make_in_list_sql_clause(
+                        self.database_engine,
+                        "u.user_type",
+                        not_user_types_without_empty,
+                    )
+
+                    if not_user_types_has_empty:
+                        # NULL values should be excluded.
+                        # They evaluate to false > nothing to do here.
+                        filters.append("NOT %s" % (not_user_type_clause))
+                    else:
+                        # NULL values should *not* be excluded.
+                        # Add a special predicate to the query.
+                        filters.append(
+                            "(NOT %s OR %s IS NULL)"
+                            % (not_user_type_clause, "u.user_type")
+                        )
+
+                    args.extend(not_user_type_args)
+
             where_clause = "WHERE " + " AND ".join(filters) if len(filters) > 0 else ""
 
             sql_base = f"""

tests/rest/admin/test_user.py

@@ -933,6 +933,84 @@ def test_filter_out_approved(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(1, len(non_admin_user_ids), non_admin_user_ids)
         self.assertEqual(not_approved_user, non_admin_user_ids[0])
 
+    def test_filter_not_user_types(self) -> None:
+        """Tests that the endpoint handles the not_user_types param"""
+
+        regular_user_id = self.register_user("normalo", "secret")
+
+        bot_user_id = self.register_user("robo", "secret")
+        self.make_request(
+            "PUT",
+            "/_synapse/admin/v2/users/" + urllib.parse.quote(bot_user_id),
+            {"user_type": UserTypes.BOT},
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+        )
+
+        support_user_id = self.register_user("foo", "secret")
+        self.make_request(
+            "PUT",
+            "/_synapse/admin/v2/users/" + urllib.parse.quote(support_user_id),
+            {"user_type": UserTypes.SUPPORT},
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+        )
+
+        def test_user_type(
+            expected_user_ids: List[str], not_user_types: Optional[List[str]] = None
+        ) -> None:
+            """Runs a test for the not_user_types param
+            Args:
+                expected_user_ids: Ids of the users that are expected to be returned
+                not_user_types: List of values for the not_user_types param
+            """
+
+            user_type_query = ""
+
+            if not_user_types is not None:
+                user_type_query = "&".join(
+                    [f"not_user_type={u}" for u in not_user_types]
+                )
+
+            test_url = f"{self.url}?{user_type_query}"
+            channel = self.make_request(
+                "GET",
+                test_url,
+                access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+            )
+
+            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code)
+            self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["total"], len(expected_user_ids))
+            self.assertEqual(
+                expected_user_ids,
+                [u["name"] for u in channel.json_body["users"]],
+            )
+
+        # Request without user_types →  all users expected
+        test_user_type([self.admin_user, support_user_id, regular_user_id, bot_user_id])
+
+        # Request and exclude bot users
+        test_user_type(
+            [self.admin_user, support_user_id, regular_user_id],
+            not_user_types=[UserTypes.BOT],
+        )
+
+        # Request and exclude bot and support users
+        test_user_type(
+            [self.admin_user, regular_user_id],
+            not_user_types=[UserTypes.BOT, UserTypes.SUPPORT],
+        )
+
+        # Request and exclude empty user types →  only expected the bot and support user
+        test_user_type([support_user_id, bot_user_id], not_user_types=[""])
+
+        # Request and exclude empty user types and bots →  only expected the support user
+        test_user_type([support_user_id], not_user_types=["", UserTypes.BOT])
+
+        # Request and exclude a custom type (neither service nor bot) →  expect all users
+        test_user_type(
+            [self.admin_user, support_user_id, regular_user_id, bot_user_id],
+            not_user_types=["custom"],
+        )
+
     def test_erasure_status(self) -> None:
         # Create a new user.
         user_id = self.register_user("eraseme", "eraseme")