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Guest access
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.. _module:guest-access:
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There are times when it is desirable for clients to be able to interact with
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rooms without having to fully register for an account on a homeserver or join
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the room. This module specifies how these clients should interact with servers
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in order to participate in rooms as guests.
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Guest users retrieve access tokens from a homeserver using the ordinary
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`register endpoint <#post-matrix-client-api-v2-alpha-register>`_, specifying
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the ``kind`` parameter as ``guest``. They may then interact with the
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client-server API as any other user would, but will only have access to a subset
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of the API as described the Client behaviour subsection below.
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Homeservers may choose not to allow this access at all to their local users, but
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have no information about whether users on other homeservers are guests or not.
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This module does not fully factor in federation; it relies on individual
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homeservers properly adhering to the rules set out in this module, rather than
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allowing all homeservers to enforce the rules on each other.
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Events
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------
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{{m_room_guest_access_event}}
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Client behaviour
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----------------
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The following API endpoints are allowed to be accessed by guest accounts for
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retrieving events:
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* `GET /rooms/:room_id/state <#get-matrix-client-api-v1-rooms-roomid-state>`_
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* `GET /rooms/:room_id/state/:event_type/:state_key <#get-matrix-client-api-v1-rooms-roomid-state-eventtype-statekey>`_
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* `GET /rooms/:room_id/messages <#get-matrix-client-api-v1-rooms-roomid-messages>`_
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There is also a special version of the
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`GET /events <#get-matrix-client-api-v1-events>`_ endpoint:
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{{guest_events_http_api}}
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They will only return events which happened while the room state had the
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``m.room.history_visibility`` state event present with ``history_visibility``
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value ``world_readable``. Guest clients do not need to join rooms in order to
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receive events for them.
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The following API endpoints are allowed to be accessed by guest accounts for
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sending events:
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* `POST /rooms/:room_id/join <#post-matrix-client-api-v1-rooms-roomid-join>`_
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* `PUT /rooms/:room_id/send/m.room.message/:txn_id <#put-matrix-client-api-v1-rooms-roomid-send-eventtype-txnid>`_
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Guest clients *do* need to join rooms in order to send events to them.
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Server behaviour
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----------------
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Servers are required to only return events to guest accounts for rooms where
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the room state at the event had the ``m.room.history_visibility`` state event
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present with ``history_visibility`` value ``world_readable``. These events may
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be returned even if the anonymous user is not joined to the room.
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Servers MUST only allow guest users to join rooms if the ``m.room.guest_access``
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state event is present on the room, and has the ``guest_access`` value
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``can_join``. If the ``m.room.guest_access`` event is changed to stop this from
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being the case, the server MUST set those users' ``m.room.member`` state to
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``leave``.
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Security considerations
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-----------------------
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Each homeserver manages its own guest accounts itself, and whether an account
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is a guest account or not is not information passed from server to server.
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Accordingly, any server participating in a room is trusted to properly enforce
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the permissions outlined in this section.
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Clients may wish to display to their users that rooms which are
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``world_readable`` *may* be showing messages to non-joined users. There is no
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way using this module to find out whether any non-joined guest users *do* see
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events in the room, or to list or count any guest users.
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Homeservers may want to enable protections such as captchas for guest
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registration to prevent spam, denial of service, and similar attacks.
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