diff --git a/src/lib.ts b/src/lib.ts
index 854248c2..6e93be14 100644
--- a/src/lib.ts
+++ b/src/lib.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export {ConsoleReporter} from "./logging/ConsoleReporter";
 export {Platform} from "./platform/web/Platform.js";
 export {Client, LoadStatus} from "./matrix/Client.js";
 export {RoomStatus} from "./matrix/room/common";
+export {AttachmentUpload} from "./matrix/room/AttachmentUpload";
 export {CallIntent} from "./matrix/calls/callEventTypes";
 // export everything needed to observe state events on all rooms using session.observeRoomState
 export type {RoomStateHandler} from "./matrix/room/state/types";
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/BaseRoom.js b/src/matrix/room/BaseRoom.js
index b8f172d0..7865723b 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/BaseRoom.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/BaseRoom.js
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ export class BaseRoom extends EventEmitter {
         return value;
     }
 
+    async getStateEvent(type, key = '') {
+        const txn = await this._storage.readTxn(['roomState']);
+        return txn.roomState.get(this.id, type, key);
+    }
+
     async _addStateObserver(stateObserver, txn) {
         if (!txn) {
             txn = await this._storage.readTxn([this._storage.storeNames.roomState]);
@@ -409,6 +414,10 @@ export class BaseRoom extends EventEmitter {
         return this._roomId;
     }
 
+    get type() {
+        return this._summary.data.type;
+    }
+
     get lastMessageTimestamp() {
         return this._summary.data.lastMessageTimestamp;
     }
@@ -446,6 +455,10 @@ export class BaseRoom extends EventEmitter {
         return this._summary.data.membership;
     }
 
+    get isDirectMessage() {
+        return this._summary.data.isDirectMessage;
+    }
+
     isDirectMessageForUserId(userId) {
         if (this._summary.data.dmUserId === userId) {
             return true;
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js b/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js
index 62608683..c9114594 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export function processStateEvent(data, event, ownUserId) {
     if (event.type === "m.room.create") {
         data = data.cloneIfNeeded();
         data.lastMessageTimestamp = event.origin_server_ts;
+        data.type = event.content?.type ?? null;
     } else if (event.type === "m.room.encryption") {
         const algorithm = event.content?.algorithm;
         if (!data.encryption && algorithm === MEGOLM_ALGORITHM) {
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ export class SummaryData {
     constructor(copy, roomId) {
         this.roomId = copy ? copy.roomId : roomId;
         this.name = copy ? copy.name : null;
+        this.type = copy ? copy.type : null;
         this.lastMessageTimestamp = copy ? copy.lastMessageTimestamp : null;
         this.isUnread = copy ? copy.isUnread : false;
         this.encryption = copy ? copy.encryption : null;