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synapse/rest/media/v1/_base.py

@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ def respond_with_responder(request, responder, media_type, file_size, upload_nam
 
     Args:
         request (twisted.web.http.Request)
-        responder (Responder)
+        responder (Responder|None)
         media_type (str): The media/content type.
-        file_size (int): Size in bytes of the media, if known.
+        file_size (int): Size in bytes of the media. If not known it should be None
         upload_name (str): The name of the requested file, if any.
     """
     if not responder:
@@ -179,13 +179,12 @@ class FileInfo(object):
             or None if local.
         file_id (str): The local ID of the file. For local files this is the
             same as the media_id
-        media_type (str): Type of the file
         url_cache (bool): If the file is for the url preview cache
         thumbnail (bool): Whether the file is a thumbnail or not.
         thumbnail_width (int)
         thumbnail_height (int)
-        thumbnail_method (int)
-        thumbnail_type (str)
+        thumbnail_method (str)
+        thumbnail_type (str): Content type of thumbnail, e.g. image/png
     """
     def __init__(self, server_name, file_id, url_cache=False,
                  thumbnail=False, thumbnail_width=None, thumbnail_height=None,

synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-# Copyright 2018 New Vecotr Ltd
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs):
 
         self.recently_accessed_remotes = set()
 
-        # List of StorageProvider's where we should search for media and
+        # List of StorageProviders where we should search for media and
         # potentially upload to.
         self.storage_providers = []
 
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ def create_content(self, media_type, upload_name, content, content_length,
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_local_media(self, request, media_id, name):
         """Responds to reqests for local media, if exists, or returns 404.
+
+        Args:
+            request(twisted.web.http.Request)
+            media_id (str)
+            name (str|None): Optional name that, if specified, will be used as
+                the filename in the Content-Disposition header of the response.
+
+        Retruns:
+            Deferred: Resolves once a response has successfully been written
+                to request
         """
         media_info = yield self.store.get_local_media(media_id)
         if not media_info or media_info["quarantined_by"]:
@@ -182,18 +192,29 @@ def get_local_media(self, request, media_id, name):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_remote_media(self, request, server_name, media_id, name):
         """Respond to requests for remote media.
+
+        Args:
+            request(twisted.web.http.Request)
+            server_name (str): Remote server_name where the media originated.
+            media_id (str)
+            name (str|None): Optional name that, if specified, will be used as
+                the filename in the Content-Disposition header of the response.
+
+        Retruns:
+            Deferred: Resolves once a response has successfully been written
+                to request
         """
         self.recently_accessed_remotes.add((server_name, media_id))
 
         # We linearize here to ensure that we don't try and download remote
-        # media mutliple times concurrently
+        # media multiple times concurrently
         key = (server_name, media_id)
         with (yield self.remote_media_linearizer.queue(key)):
             responder, media_info = yield self._get_remote_media_impl(
                 server_name, media_id,
             )
 
-        # We purposefully stream the file outside the lock
+        # We deliberately stream the file outside the lock
         if responder:
             media_type = media_info["media_type"]
             media_length = media_info["media_length"]
@@ -210,7 +231,7 @@ def _get_remote_media_impl(self, server_name, media_id):
         download from remote server.
 
         Returns:
-            Deferred((Respodner, media_info))
+            Deferred[(Responder, media_info)]
         """
         media_info = yield self.store.get_cached_remote_media(
             server_name, media_id
@@ -251,6 +272,14 @@ def _get_remote_media_impl(self, server_name, media_id):
     def _download_remote_file(self, server_name, media_id, file_id):
         """Attempt to download the remote file from the given server name,
         using the given file_id as the local id.
+
+        Args:
+            server_name (str): Originating server
+            media_id (str)
+            file_id (str): Local file ID
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[MediaInfo]
         """
 
         file_info = FileInfo(

synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 
 class MediaStorage(object):
     """Responsible for storing/fetching files from local sources.
+
+    Args:
+        local_media_directory (str): Base path where we store media on disk
+        filepaths (MediaFilePaths)
+        storage_providers ([StorageProvider]): List of StorageProvider that are
+            used to fetch and store files.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, local_media_directory, filepaths, storage_providers):
@@ -68,9 +74,16 @@ def store_into_file(self, file_info):
         """Context manager used to get a file like object to write into, as
         described by file_info.
 
-        Actually yields a 3-tuple (file, fname, finish_cb), where finish_cb is a
-        function that returns a Deferred that must be waited on after the file
-        has been successfully written to.
+        Actually yields a 3-tuple (file, fname, finish_cb), where file is a file
+        like object that can be written to, fname is the absolute path of file
+        on disk, and finish_cb is a function that returns a Deferred.
+
+        fname can be used to read the contents from after upload, e.g. to
+        generate thumbnails.
+
+        finish_cb must be called and waited on after the file has been
+        successfully been written to. Should not be called if there was an
+        error.
 
         Args:
             file_info (FileInfo): Info about the file to store
@@ -109,7 +122,7 @@ def finish():
             raise e
 
         if not finished_called:
-            raise Exception("Fnished callback not called")
+            raise Exception("Finished callback not called")
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def fetch_media(self, file_info):
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ def fetch_media(self, file_info):
             file_info (FileInfo)
 
         Returns:
-            Deferred(Responder): Returns a Responder if the file was found,
+            Deferred[Responder|None]: Returns a Responder if the file was found,
                 otherwise None.
         """
 
@@ -138,6 +151,15 @@ def fetch_media(self, file_info):
 
     def _file_info_to_path(self, file_info):
         """Converts file_info into a relative path.
+
+        The path is suitable for storing files under a directory, e.g. used to
+        store files on local FS under the base media repository directory.
+
+        Args:
+            file_info (FileInfo)
+
+        Returns:
+            str
         """
         if file_info.url_cache:
             return self.filepaths.url_cache_filepath_rel(file_info.file_id)