Add 'server_version' endpoint to admin API

This is required because the 'Server' HTTP header is not always
passed through proxies.

synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py

@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 import hashlib
 import hmac
 import logging
+import platform
 
 from six import text_type
 from six.moves import http_client
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+import synapse
 from synapse.api.constants import Membership, UserTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, NotFoundError, SynapseError
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_string,
 )
 from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 
 from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
 
@@ -66,6 +69,25 @@ class UsersRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         defer.returnValue((200, ret))
 
 
+class VersionServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_path_patterns("/admin/server_version")
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, request):
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        is_admin = yield self.auth.is_server_admin(requester.user)
+
+        if not is_admin:
+            raise AuthError(403, "You are not a server admin")
+
+        ret = {
+            'server_version': get_version_string(synapse),
+            'python_version': platform.python_version(),
+        }
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, ret))
+
+
 class UserRegisterServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
     """
     Attributes:
@@ -763,3 +785,4 @@ def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     QuarantineMediaInRoom(hs).register(http_server)
     ListMediaInRoom(hs).register(http_server)
     UserRegisterServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    VersionServlet(hs).register(http_server)

tests/rest/client/v1/test_admin.py

@@ -20,11 +20,45 @@ import json
 from mock import Mock
 
 from synapse.api.constants import UserTypes
-from synapse.rest.client.v1 import admin
+from synapse.rest.client.v1 import admin, login
 
 from tests import unittest
 
 
+class VersionTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+
+    servlets = [
+        admin.register_servlets,
+        login.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    url = '/_matrix/client/r0/admin/server_version'
+
+    def test_version_string(self):
+        self.register_user("admin", "pass", admin=True)
+        self.admin_token = self.login("admin", "pass")
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request("GET", self.url,
+                                             access_token=self.admin_token)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, int(channel.result["code"]),
+                         msg=channel.result["body"])
+        self.assertEqual({'server_version', 'python_version'},
+                         set(channel.json_body.keys()))
+
+    def test_inaccessible_to_non_admins(self):
+        self.register_user("unprivileged-user", "pass", admin=False)
+        user_token = self.login("unprivileged-user", "pass")
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request("GET", self.url,
+                                             access_token=user_token)
+        self.render(request)
+
+        self.assertEqual(403, int(channel.result['code']),
+                         msg=channel.result['body'])
+
+
 class UserRegisterTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
     servlets = [admin.register_servlets]