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summary: API to get directory information per-room
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created: 2016-09-18 15:52:56.0
creator: neb
description: |-
  Submitted by @richvdh:sw1v.org
  We provide a way to list all public rooms, and their public information, without an access token; we should probably allow this per-room as well
id: '12834'
key: SPEC-457
number: '457'
priority: '3'
project: '10001'
reporter: neb
status: '1'
type: '2'
updated: 2016-10-28 16:28:48.0
votes: '1'
watches: '3'
workflowId: '12934'
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actions:
- author: richvdh
  body: maybe something like {{GET /publicRooms/<roomId>}} ?
  created: 2016-09-18 15:54:27.0
  id: '13120'
  issue: '12834'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-09-18 15:54:27.0
- author: richvdh
  body: 'Migrated to github: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/711'
  created: 2016-10-28 16:28:48.0
  id: '13520'
  issue: '12834'
  type: comment
  updateauthor: richvdh
  updated: 2016-10-28 16:28:48.0