Add /state_ids federation API

The new API only returns the event_ids for the state, as most
requesters will already have the vast majority of the events already.

synapse/federation/federation_client.py

@@ -314,9 +314,32 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
             Deferred: Results in a list of PDUs.
         """
 
-        result = yield self.transport_layer.get_room_state(
+        try:
-            destination, room_id, event_id=event_id,
+            # First we try and ask for just the IDs, as thats far quicker if
-        )
+            # we have most of the state and auth_chain already.
+            # However, this may 404 if the other side has an old synapse.
+            result = yield self.transport_layer.get_room_state_ids(
+                destination, room_id, event_id=event_id,
+            )
+
+            state_event_ids = result["pdus"]
+            auth_event_ids = result.get("auth_chain", [])
+
+            event_map, _failed_to_fetch = yield self.get_events(
+                [destination], room_id, set(state_event_ids + auth_event_ids)
+            )
+
+            pdus = [event_map[e_id] for e_id in state_event_ids]
+            auth_chain = [event_map[e_id] for e_id in auth_event_ids]
+
+            auth_chain.sort(key=lambda e: e.depth)
+
+            defer.returnValue((pdus, auth_chain))
+        except HttpResponseException as e:
+            if e.code == 404:
+                logger.info("Failed to use get_room_state_ids API, falling back")
+            else:
+                raise e
 
         pdus = [
             self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True) for p in result["pdus"]
@@ -339,6 +362,50 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
 
         defer.returnValue((signed_pdus, signed_auth))
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_events(self, destinations, room_id, event_ids, return_local=True):
+        if return_local:
+            seen_events = yield self.store.get_events(event_ids)
+            signed_events = seen_events.values()
+        else:
+            seen_events = yield self.store.have_events(event_ids)
+            signed_events = []
+
+        failed_to_fetch = []
+
+        missing_events = set(event_ids)
+        for k in seen_events:
+            missing_events.discard(k)
+
+        if not missing_events:
+            defer.returnValue((signed_events, failed_to_fetch))
+
+        def random_server_list():
+            srvs = list(destinations)
+            random.shuffle(srvs)
+            return srvs
+
+        batch_size = 20
+        for i in xrange(0, len(missing_events), batch_size):
+            batch = missing_events[i:i + batch_size]
+
+            deferreds = [
+                self.get_pdu(
+                    destinations=random_server_list(),
+                    event_id=e_id,
+                ).addBoth(lambda r, e: (r, e), e_id)
+                for e_id in batch
+            ]
+
+            res = yield defer.DeferredList(deferreds, consumeErrors=True)
+            for (result, val), (e_id, _) in res:
+                if result and val:
+                    signed_events.append(val)
+                else:
+                    failed_to_fetch.add(e_id)
+
+        defer.returnValue((signed_events, failed_to_fetch))
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     @log_function
     def get_event_auth(self, destination, room_id, event_id):

synapse/federation/federation_server.py

@@ -214,6 +214,27 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
 
         defer.returnValue((200, resp))
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_state_ids_request(self, origin, room_id, event_id):
+        if not event_id:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Specify an event")
+
+        in_room = yield self.auth.check_host_in_room(room_id, origin)
+        if not in_room:
+            raise AuthError(403, "Host not in room.")
+
+        pdus = yield self.handler.get_state_for_pdu(
+            room_id, event_id,
+        )
+        auth_chain = yield self.store.get_auth_chain(
+            [pdu.event_id for pdu in pdus]
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, {
+            "pdus": [pdu.event_id for pdu in pdus],
+            "auth_chain": [pdu.event_id for pdu in auth_chain],
+        }))
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _on_context_state_request_compute(self, room_id, event_id):
         pdus = yield self.handler.get_state_for_pdu(

synapse/federation/transport/client.py

@@ -54,6 +54,28 @@ class TransportLayerClient(object):
             destination, path=path, args={"event_id": event_id},
         )
 
+    @log_function
+    def get_room_state_ids(self, destination, room_id, event_id):
+        """ Requests all state for a given room from the given server at the
+        given event. Returns the state's event_id's
+
+        Args:
+            destination (str): The host name of the remote home server we want
+                to get the state from.
+            context (str): The name of the context we want the state of
+            event_id (str): The event we want the context at.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred: Results in a dict received from the remote homeserver.
+        """
+        logger.debug("get_room_state_ids dest=%s, room=%s",
+                     destination, room_id)
+
+        path = PREFIX + "/state_ids/%s/" % room_id
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination, path=path, args={"event_id": event_id},
+        )
+
     @log_function
     def get_event(self, destination, event_id, timeout=None):
         """ Requests the pdu with give id and origin from the given server.

synapse/federation/transport/server.py

@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ class FederationStateServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
         )
 
 
+class FederationStateIdsServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    PATH = "/state_ids/(?P<room_id>[^/]*)/"
+
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, room_id):
+        return self.handler.on_state_ids_request(
+            origin,
+            room_id,
+            query.get("event_id", [None])[0],
+        )
+
+
 class FederationBackfillServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
     PATH = "/backfill/(?P<context>[^/]*)/"
 
@@ -538,6 +549,7 @@ SERVLET_CLASSES = (
     FederationPullServlet,
     FederationEventServlet,
     FederationStateServlet,
+    FederationStateIdsServlet,
     FederationBackfillServlet,
     FederationQueryServlet,
     FederationMakeJoinServlet,