Add GET method to admin API /users/@user:dom/admin

Signed-off-by: Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre) <olivier@librepush.net>

changelog.d/5914.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add admin API endpoint for getting whether or not a user is a server administrator.

synapse/handlers/admin.py

@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ class AdminHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         return ret
 
+    def get_user_server_admin(self, user):
+        """
+        Get the admin bit on a user.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (UserID): the (necessarily local) user to manipulate
+        """
+        return self.store.is_server_admin(user)
+
     def set_user_server_admin(self, user, admin):
         """
         Set the admin bit on a user.

synapse/rest/admin/__init__.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class UsersRestServlet(RestServlet):
-    PATTERNS = historical_admin_path_patterns("/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)")
+    PATTERNS = historical_admin_path_patterns("/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)$")
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         self.hs = hs

synapse/rest/admin/users.py

@@ -22,24 +22,34 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     assert_params_in_dict,
     parse_json_object_from_request,
 )
-from synapse.rest.admin import assert_requester_is_admin
+from synapse.rest.admin import assert_requester_is_admin, assert_user_is_admin
 from synapse.types import UserID
 
 
 class UserAdminServlet(RestServlet):
     """
-    Set whether or not a user is a server administrator.
+    Get or set whether or not a user is a server administrator.
 
     Note that only local users can be server administrators, and that an
     administrator may not demote themselves.
 
     Only server administrators can use this API.
 
-    Example:
+    Examples:
+        * Get
+            GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/@nonadmin:example.com/admin
+            response on success:
+                {
+                    "admin": false
+                }
+        * Set
             PUT /_synapse/admin/v1/users/@reivilibre:librepush.net/admin
+            request body:
                 {
                     "admin": true
                 }
+            response on success:
+                {}
     """
 
     PATTERNS = (re.compile("^/_synapse/admin/v1/users/(?P<user_id>@[^/]*)/admin$"),)
@@ -50,9 +60,23 @@ class UserAdminServlet(RestServlet):
         self.handlers = hs.get_handlers()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def on_PUT(self, request, user_id):
+    def on_GET(self, request, user_id):
         yield assert_requester_is_admin(self.auth, request)
+
+        target_user = UserID.from_string(user_id)
+
+        if not self.hs.is_mine(target_user):
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Only local users can be admins of this homeserver")
+
+        is_admin = yield self.handlers.admin_handler.get_user_server_admin(target_user)
+        is_admin = bool(is_admin)
+
+        return (200, {"admin": is_admin})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_PUT(self, request, user_id):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        yield assert_user_is_admin(self.auth, requester.user)
         auth_user = requester.user
 
         target_user = UserID.from_string(user_id)