@ -33,21 +33,16 @@ retrieving events:
* `GET /rooms/:room_id/state/:event_type/:state_key <#get-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-rooms-roomid-state-eventtype-statekey> `_
* `GET /rooms/:room_id/messages <#get-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-rooms-roomid-messages> `_
* `GET /rooms/:room_id/initialSync <#get-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-rooms-roomid-initialsync> `_
* `GET /rooms/:room_id/sync <#get-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-sync> `_
There is also a special version of the
`GET /events <#get-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-events> `_ endpoint:
{{guest_events_http_api}}
They will only return events which happened while the room state had the
`` m.room.history_visibility `` state event present with `` history_visibility ``
value `` world_readable `` . Guest clients do not need to join rooms in order to
receive events for them.
Note that the `` /sync `` API requires an inline filter to be specified which lists
the desired room IDs.
The following API endpoints are allowed to be accessed by guest accounts for
sending events:
* `POST /rooms/:room_id/join <#post-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-rooms-roomid-join> `_
* `POST /rooms/:room_id/leave <#post-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-rooms-roomid-leave> `_
* `PUT /rooms/:room_id/send/m.room.message/:txn_id <#put-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-rooms-roomid-send-eventtype-txnid> `_
Guest clients *do* need to join rooms in order to send events to them.
@ -57,6 +52,16 @@ their own account maintenance:
* `PUT /profile/:user_id/displayname <#put-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-profile-userid-displayname> `_
There is also a special version of the
`GET /events <#get-matrix-client-%CLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION%-events> `_ endpoint:
{{guest_events_http_api}}
They will only return events which happened while the room state had the
`` m.room.history_visibility `` state event present with `` history_visibility ``
value `` world_readable `` . Guest clients do not need to join rooms in order to
receive events for them.
Server behaviour
----------------
Servers are required to only return events to guest accounts for rooms where