Add get_json method to 3pid http client. Better logging for errors in 3pid requests

synapse/handlers/register.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 """Contains functions for registering clients."""
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.python import log
 
 from synapse.types import UserID
 from synapse.api.errors import (
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
             try:
                 threepid = yield self._threepid_from_creds(c)
             except:
-                logger.err()
+                log.err()
                 raise RegistrationError(400, "Couldn't validate 3pid")
 
             if not threepid:

synapse/http/client.py

@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class BaseHttpClient(object):
 
         while True:
 
+            producer = None
+            if body_callback:
                 producer = body_callback(method, url_bytes, headers_dict)
 
             try:
@@ -312,6 +314,42 @@ class IdentityServerHttpClient(BaseHttpClient):
 
         defer.returnValue(json.loads(body))
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_json(self, destination, path, args={}, retry_on_dns_fail=True):
+        """ Get's some json from the given host homeserver and path
+
+        Args:
+            destination (str): The remote server to send the HTTP request
+                to.
+            path (str): The HTTP path.
+            args (dict): A dictionary used to create query strings, defaults to
+                None.
+                **Note**: The value of each key is assumed to be an iterable
+                and *not* a string.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred: Succeeds when we get *any* HTTP response.
+
+            The result of the deferred is a tuple of `(code, response)`,
+            where `response` is a dict representing the decoded JSON body.
+        """
+        logger.debug("get_json args: %s", args)
+
+        query_bytes = urllib.urlencode(args, True)
+        logger.debug("Query bytes: %s Retry DNS: %s", args, retry_on_dns_fail)
+
+        response = yield self._create_request(
+            destination.encode("ascii"),
+            "GET",
+            path.encode("ascii"),
+            query_bytes=query_bytes,
+            retry_on_dns_fail=retry_on_dns_fail,
+            body_callback=None
+        )
+
+        body = yield readBody(response)
+
+        defer.returnValue(json.loads(body))
 
 class CaptchaServerHttpClient(MatrixHttpClient):
     """Separate HTTP client for talking to google's captcha servers"""