Add a script to sign arbitrary json objects.

changelog.d/8772.misc

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+Add a commandline script to sign arbitrary json objects.

mypy.ini

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 mypy_path = stubs
 warn_unreachable = True
 files =
+  scripts-dev/sign_json.py,
   synapse/api,
   synapse/appservice,
   synapse/config,

scripts-dev/sign_json.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+from json import JSONDecodeError
+
+import yaml
+from signedjson.key import read_signing_keys
+from signedjson.sign import sign_json
+
+from synapse.util import json_encoder
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="""Adds a signature to a JSON object.
+
+Example usage:
+
+    $ scripts-dev/sign_json.py -N test -k localhost.signing.key "{}"
+    {"signatures":{"test":{"ed25519:a_ZnZh":"LmPnml6iM0iR..."}}}
+""",
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-N",
+        "--server-name",
+        help="Name to give as the local homeserver. If unspecified, will be "
+        "read from the config file.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-k",
+        "--signing-key-path",
+        help="Path to the file containing the private ed25519 key to sign the "
+        "request with.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--config",
+        default="homeserver.yaml",
+        help=(
+            "Path to synapse config file, from which the server name and/or signing "
+            "key path will be read. Ignored if --server-name and --signing-key-path "
+            "are both given."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    input_args = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+
+    input_args.add_argument("input_data", nargs="?", help="Raw JSON to be signed.")
+
+    input_args.add_argument(
+        "-i",
+        "--input",
+        type=argparse.FileType("r"),
+        default=sys.stdin,
+        help=(
+            "A file from which to read the JSON to be signed. If neither --input nor "
+            "input_data are given, JSON will be read from stdin."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        type=argparse.FileType("w"),
+        default=sys.stdout,
+        help="Where to write the signed JSON. Defaults to stdout.",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.server_name or not args.signing_key_path:
+        read_args_from_config(args)
+
+    with open(args.signing_key_path) as f:
+        key = read_signing_keys(f)[0]
+
+    json_to_sign = args.input_data
+    if json_to_sign is None:
+        json_to_sign = args.input.read()
+
+    try:
+        obj = json.loads(json_to_sign)
+    except JSONDecodeError as e:
+        print("Unable to parse input as JSON: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if not isinstance(obj, dict):
+        print("Input json was not a dict", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    sign_json(obj, args.server_name, key)
+    for c in json_encoder.iterencode(obj):
+        args.output.write(c)
+    args.output.write("\n")
+
+
+def read_args_from_config(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+    with open(args.config, "r") as fh:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(fh)
+        if not args.server_name:
+            args.server_name = config["server_name"]
+        if not args.signing_key_path:
+            args.signing_key_path = config["signing_key_path"]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()