Matrix Content Scanner

A web service for scanning media hosted on a Matrix media repository.

Installation

This project requires libmagic to be installed on the system. On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libmagic1

Then, preferably in a virtual environment, install the Matrix Content Scanner:

pip install matrix-content-scanner

Usage

Copy and edit the sample configuration file. Each key is documented in this file.

Then run the content scanner (from within your virtual environment if one was created):

python -m matrix_content_scanner.mcs -c CONFIG_FILE

Where CONFIG_FILE is the path to your configuration file.

Docker

This project provides a Docker image to run it, published as vectorim/matrix-content-scanner.

To use it, copy the sample configuration file into a dedicated directory, edit it accordingly with your requirements, and then mount this directory as /data in the image. Do not forget to also publish the port that the content scanner's Web server is configured to listen on.

For example, assuming the port for the Web server is 8080:

docker run -p 8080:8080 -v /path/to/your/config/directory:/data vectorim/matrix-content-scanner

API

See the API documentation for information about how clients are expected to interact with the Matrix Content Scanner.

Migrating from the legacy Matrix Content Scanner

Because it uses the same APIs and Olm pickle format as the legacy Matrix Content Scanner, this project can be used as a drop-in replacement. The only change (apart from the deployment instructions) is the configuration format:

• the server section is renamed web
• scan.tempDirectory is renamed scan.temp_directory
• scan.baseUrl is renamed download.base_homeserver_url (and becomes optional)
• scan.doNotCacheExitCodes is renamed result_cache.exit_codes_to_ignore
• scan.directDownload is removed. Direct download always happens when download.base_homeserver_url is absent from the configuration file, and setting a value for it will always cause files to be downloaded from the server configured.
• proxy is renamed download.proxy
• middleware.encryptedBody.pickleKey is renamed crypto.pickle_key
• middleware.encryptedBody.picklePath is renamed crypto.pickle_path
• acceptedMimeType is renamed scan.allowed_mimetypes
• requestHeader is renamed download.additional_headers and turned into a dictionary.

Note that the format of the cryptographic pickle file and key are compatible between this project and the legacy Matrix Content Scanner. If no file exist at that path one will be created automatically.

Development

In a virtual environment with poetry (>=1.8.3) installed, run

poetry install

To run the unit tests, you can use:

tox -e py

To run the linters and mypy type checker, use ./scripts-dev/lint.sh.

Releasing

The exact steps for releasing will vary; but this is an approach taken by the Synapse developers (assuming a Unix-like shell):

1. Set a shell variable to the version you are releasing (this just makes subsequent steps easier):

   version=X.Y.Z
   

2. Update setup.cfg so that the version is correct.

3. Stage the changed files and commit.

   git add -u
   git commit -m v$version -n
   

4. Push your changes.

   git push
   

5. When ready, create a signed tag for the release:

   git tag -s v$version
   

   Base the tag message on the changelog.

6. Push the tag.

   git push origin tag v$version
   

7. Create a release, based on the tag you just pushed, on GitHub or GitLab.

8. Create a source distribution and upload it to PyPI:

   python -m build
   twine upload dist/matrix_content_scanner-$version*