eox-core 7.0.0

eduNEXT Openedx extensions

Eox-core (A.K.A. Edunext Open extensions) is an openedx plugin, for the edx-platform that adds multiple API endpoints in order to extend the functionality of the edx-platform and avoid changing the base code directly. These API endpoints includes bulk creation of pre-activated users (for example, skip sending an activation email), enrollments and pre-enrollment operations.

Usage

Open edX releases before juniper

1. Create the oauth client at http://localhost:18000/admin/oauth2/client/add/, copy the client-id and client-secret.

2. Generate an auth-token using that client-id and client-secret:

   $ curl -X POST -d "client_id=<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>&client_secret=<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET> &grant_type=client_credentials" http://localhost:18000/oauth2/access_token/

3. Use the token to call the API as you need:

   • User creation API example

     curl -X POST http://localhost:18000/eox-core/api/v1/user/ \
          -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN>" \
          -H "Accept: application/json" \
          -H "Content\-Type: application/json" \
                --data  '{"username": "jsmith", "email": "[e-mail]", "password": "qwerty123", "fullname": "Jhon Smith"}'

   • Enroll api example

     curl -X POST http://localhost:18000/eox-core/api/v1/enrollment/ \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN>" \
           -H "Accept: application/json" \
           -H "Content\-Type: application/json" \
                --data '{"course_id": "course-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_Course", "email": "[e-mail]", "mode": "audit", "force": 1}'

Open edX releases after juniper

Instead of step 1, follow:

1. Create a Django Oauth Toolkit Application at http://localhost:18000/admin/oauth2_provider/application/add/, copy the client-id and client-secret. Then follow 2 and 3.

Installation on Open edX Devstack

• Install either the Ironwood or Juniper version of the Open edX devstack

• Clone the git repo:

  cd ~/Documents/eoxstack/src/  # Assuming that devstack is in  ~/Documents/eoxstack/devstack/
  sudo mkdir edxapp
  cd edxapp
  git clone [e-mail]:eduNEXT/eox-core.git

• Install plugin from your server (in this case the devstack docker lms shell):

  cd ~/Documents/eoxstack/devstack  # Change for your devstack path (if you are using devstack)
  make lms-shell  # Enter the devstack machine (or server where lms process lives)
  cd /edx/src/edxapp/eox-core
  pip install -e .

Compatibility Notes

Open edX Release	Version
Ironwood	< 3.0
Juniper	>= 3.0 < 5.0
Koa	>= 4.9 < 6.0
Lilac	>= 4.9 < 6.0
Maple	>= 6.0
Nutmeg	>= 7.0

NOTE: The Maple version does not support Django 2.2 but it does support Django 3.2 as of eox-core 7.0.

The following changes to the plugin settings are necessary. If the release you are looking for is not listed, then the accumulation of changes from previous releases is enough.

Ironwood

EOX_CORE_USERS_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.users_h_v1"
EOX_CORE_PRE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_h_v1"
EOX_CORE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.enrollment_h_v1"

Juniper

EOX_CORE_USERS_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.users_j_v1"
EOX_CORE_PRE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_h_v1"
EOX_CORE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.enrollment_h_v1"

Koa

EOX_CORE_USERS_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.users_l_v1"
EOX_CORE_PRE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_l_v1"
EOX_CORE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.enrollment_l_v1"

Lilac

EOX_CORE_USERS_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.users_l_v1"
EOX_CORE_PRE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_l_v1"
EOX_CORE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.enrollment_l_v1"

Maple

EOX_CORE_USERS_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.users_m_v1"
EOX_CORE_PRE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_l_v1"
EOX_CORE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.enrollment_l_v1"

Nutmeg

EOX_CORE_USERS_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.users_m_v1"
EOX_CORE_PRE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_l_v1"
EOX_CORE_ENROLLMENT_BACKEND: "eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.enrollment_l_v1"

These settings can be changed in eox_core/settings/common.py or, for example, in ansible configurations.

NOTE: the current common.py works with Open edX Nutmeg version.

Dependency Management

EOX core now follows OEP-18 so the correct way to update dependencies is to run make upgrade inside your virtualenv.

Integrations with third party services

The plugin offers some integrations listed below:

1. Sentry: This service allows to track the errors generated on edx-platform. Check more details in https://sentry.io/welcome/. To enable the integration, follow the steps below:

   • Install the plugin with Sentry support (extras_require [sentry]).

   • Sign up/in to your sentry account and create a new Django application integration.

   • Get the DSN for your integration. This is an unique identifier for your application.

   • Setup the following configuration values for edx-platform:

     EOX_CORE_SENTRY_INTEGRATION_DSN: <your DSN value>
     EOX_CORE_SENTRY_IGNORED_ERRORS: [] # optional

     By default, EOX_CORE_SENTRY_INTEGRATION_DSN setting is None, which disables the sentry integration. EOX_CORE_SENTRY_IGNORED_ERRORS is optional. It is a list of the exceptions you want to ignore. For instance, it can be defined as:

     EOX_CORE_SENTRY_IGNORED_ERRORS: [
       'xmodule.exceptions.NotFoundError',
       'openedx.core.djangoapps.user_authn.exceptions.AuthFailedError',
     ]

EOX core migration notes

Migrating to version 2.0.0

From version 2.0.0, middlewares RedirectionsMiddleware and PathRedirectionMiddleware are now included in this plugin. These middlewares were moved from the `eox-tenant`_ plugin.

if you installed eox-core alongside eox-tenant plugin, follow the steps below:

• Upgrade eox-tenant to version 1.0.0 (previous releases are not compatible with eox-core 2.0.0)

• Run the plugin migrations as indicated below:

$ python manage.py lms migrate eox_tenant --settings=<your app settings>
$ python manage.py lms migrate eox_core --fake-initial --settings=<your app settings>

In case eox-tenant is not installed on the platform, just run the eox-core migrations.

Auditing Django views

The majority of views in eox-core use an auditing decorator, defined in our custom library called eox-audit-model, that helps saving relevant information about non-idempotent operations. By default this functionality is turned on. To check your auditing records go to Django sysadmin and find DJANGO EDUNEXT AUDIT MODEL.

For more information, check the eox-audit-model documentation.

How to Contribute

Contributions are welcome! See our CONTRIBUTING file for more information – it also contains guidelines for how to maintain high code quality, which will make your contribution more likely to be accepted.