add function to automatically lookup a homeserver admins email address, either the easy way (MSC1929) or the hard way (Your domain registrars whois email)

README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ You can hard code the server URL, federation port and access token into the [har
 
 Your access token can be found in Element > Settings > Help & About, your user account must first be upgraded to a server admin.
 
+This script also requires you to install the following PIP packages:
+```
+pip3 install python-whois
+pip3 install requests
+pip3 install pyAesCrypt
+```
+
 
 ***
 ## Upgrade user to 'server admin'

moderation_tool.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ while pass_token == False:
 	print("40) Delete and block a specific media.\t\t\t\t70) Generate user report.")
 	print("41) Purge remote media repository up to a certain date.\t\t71) Decrypt user report .zip file.")
 	print("42) Prepare database for copying events of multiple rooms.")
+	print("43) Lookup homeserver admin contact email.")
 	print("\n#### rdlist ####")
 	print("50) Block all rooms with specific rdlist tags.")
 	print("51) Block all rooms with recommended rdlist tags.")
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ while pass_token == False:
 		server_commands.purge_remote_media_repo()
 	elif menu_input == "42":
 		server_commands.prepare_database_copy_of_multiple_rooms()
+	elif menu_input == "43":
+		server_commands.lookup_homeserver_admin_email('')
 	elif menu_input == "50":
 		rdlist_commands.block_all_rooms_with_rdlist_tags(False,'','','','','')
 	elif menu_input == "51":

server_commands.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 
+import os
 import subprocess
 import csv
 import time
-import os
+import json
+import whois
 import requests
 import datetime
 import hardcoded_variables
@@ -136,3 +138,52 @@ def prepare_database_copy_of_multiple_rooms():
 	print(chown_command_process.stdout)
 
 	print("\nThe sql query files have been generated, as postgres user in container run:\n# docker exec -it matrix-postgres /bin/bash\nbash-5.0$  export PGPASSWORD=your-db-password\nbash-5.0$ for f in /var/lib/postgresql/data/ramdisk/*/dump_room_data.sql; do psql --host=127.0.0.1 --port=5432 --username=synapse -w -f $f; done\n\nAfter copying the data to a cloud location law enforcement can access, clean up the ramdisk like so:\n# rm -r /matrix/postgres/data/ramdisk/*\n# umount /matrix/postgres/data/ramdisk")
+
+def lookup_homeserver_admin_email(preset_homeserver):
+    if preset_homeserver == '':
+        homeserver = input("\nEnter the base URL to collect the admin contact details (Example: matrix.org): ")
+    elif preset_homeserver != '':
+        homeserver = preset_homeserver
+
+    # Check target homserver for MSC1929 support email
+    url = f"https://{homeserver}/.well-known/matrix/support"
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(url)
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        print(f"Error: Unable to connect to server {homeserver}. Trying WHOIS data...")
+        response = None
+
+    # If the request was successful, the status code will be 200
+    if response and response.status_code == 200:
+        # Parse the response as JSON
+        data = json.loads(response.text)
+
+        # Extract the emails from the admins field and remove duplicates
+        admin_emails = list({admin['email_address'] for admin in data['admins']})
+
+        print("Admin contact emails for " + homeserver + " are: " + str(admin_emails))
+
+        # Create a dictionary with homeserver as key and emails as value
+        email_dict = {homeserver: admin_emails}
+
+        # Convert the dictionary to a JSON string and print it
+        email_json = json.dumps(email_dict, indent=4)
+        print("Admin contact emails for " + homeserver + " in JSON format: " + email_json)
+
+        return email_dict, False
+    else:
+        print(f"Error: Unable to collect admin email from server {homeserver}")
+        print("Attempting to collect admin email from WHOIS data...")
+
+        # Get WHOIS data
+        try:
+            w = whois.whois(homeserver)
+            if w.emails:
+                print("Admin contact email(s) for " + homeserver + " are: " + str(w.emails))
+                return {homeserver: list(w.emails)}, True
+            else:
+                print(f"Error: Unable to collect admin email from WHOIS data for {homeserver}")
+                return None, False
+        except:
+            print(f"Error: Unable to collect WHOIS data for {homeserver}")
+            return None, False