openedx-rest-api-client 0.3.0

Standalone client used to access Open edX REST APIs.

The REST API client for Open edX REST API allows users to communicate with various edX REST APIs. It is based on https://github.com/edx/edx-rest-api-client, whith a few differences:

• It does not depend on Django

• What is called ‘the client’ in edX’s version is now called ‘session’.

• As the edX’s version relies on Django’s cache, now the token is stored in memory under the scope of the session object

• The client here encompasses the session, and one function per REST API entry point

Part of the code is also taken from Opencraft’s implementation of the openedx client.

Testing

$ make validate

Usage

The OpenedxRESTAPIClient object starts a session with the LMS and provides methods to access the Open edX endpoints.

# create client
client = OpenedxRESTAPIClient('https://lms.example.com', 'client_id', 'client_secret')

# get a list of all courses
courses = client.list_all_courses()

Function Reference

list_all_courses

Get the full list of courses visible to the requesting user. Calls the /api/courses/v1/courses LMS endpoint

Args:

• org: filter by organization

Returns:

• List of dict in the form:

[
   {
      "blocks_url": "https://lms.example.com/api/courses/v1/blocks/?course_id=course-v1%3A<org>%2B<code>%2B<edition>",
      "effort":"01:00",
      "end":"None",
      "enrollment_start":"None",
      "enrollment_end":"None",
      "id":"course-v1:<org>+<code>+<run>",
      "media":{
         "course_image":{
            "uri":"<img path>"
         },
         "course_video":{
            "uri":"None"
         },
         "image":{
            "raw":"<img url>",
            "small":"<img url>",
            "large":"<img url>"
         }
      },
      "name":"Course name",
      "number":"<edition>",
      "org":"<org>",
      "short_description":"",
      "start":"2018-01-11T00:00:00Z",
      "start_display":"11 de Enero de 2018",
      "start_type":"timestamp",
      "pacing":"instructor",
      "mobile_available":true,
      "hidden":false,
      "invitation_only":false,
      "course_id":"course-v1:<org>+<code>+<edition>"
   },
   ...
]

change_enrollment

Enroll or unenroll (depending on the value of action) the list of emails in the list of courses. Calls the /api/bulk_enroll/v1/bulk_enroll/ LMS endpoint

Args:

• emails: list of emails to enroll

• courses: list of course ids to enroll

• action: can be ‘enroll’ or ‘unenroll’

• url: url of the LMS (base or site). If not specified, uses the base url of the session. Defaults to the LMS base.

• auto_enroll: if true, the users will be automatically enrolled as soon as they register. Defaults to true.

• email_students: if true, an email will be sent with the update. Defaults to true.

• cohorts: List of cohort names to add the students to.

Returns:

dict in the form:

{
   "action":"enroll",
   "courses":{
      "course-v1:ORG+CODE+EDITION":{
         "action":"enroll",
         "results":[
            {
               "identifier":"[e-mail]",
               "after":{
                  "enrollment":true,
                  "allowed":false,
                  "user":true,
                  "auto_enroll":false
               },
               "before":{
                  "enrollment":false,
                  "allowed":false,
                  "user":true,
                  "auto_enroll":false
               }
            },
            ...
         ],
         "auto_enroll":true
      },
      ...
   },
   "email_students":true,
   "auto_enroll":true
}

Account validation

Validates the account registration form. Calls the /api/user/v1/validation/registration API endpoint.

Args:

• url: url of the LMS (base or site). If not specified, uses the base url of the session. Defaults to the LMS base.

• **kwargs: dict with form parameters to validate. E.g.:

{
    email=<email>,
    username=<username>,
    name=<name>,
    password=<password>,
    honor_code=<honor_code>,
    terms_of_service=<terms_of_service>,
}

Returns: dict in the form:

{
    'validation_decisions': {
        <field name>: <validation result, or empty if success>,
        ...
    },
    'username_suggestions': [<username suggestions * 3>]
}

Account registration

Registers a new user account. Calls the /api/user/v1/account/registration/ API endpoint.

Args:

• email: email to register

• username: username to register

• name: full name of the user

• password: password

• url: url of the LMS (base or site). If not specified, uses the base url of the session.

  Defaults to the LMS base.

Additional default fields accepted:

• name: full name of the user

• level_of_education *: one of:

  • ‘p’: ‘Doctorate’

  • ‘m’: “Master’s or professional degree”

  • ‘b’: “Bachelor’s degree”

  • ‘a’: “Associate degree”

  • ‘hs’: “Secondary/high school”

  • ‘jhs’: “Junior secondary/junior high/middle school”

  • ‘el’: “Elementary/primary school”

  • ‘none’: “No formal education”

  • ‘other’: “Other education”

• gender *: can be ‘m’, ‘f’, or ‘o’

• mailing_address *

• city *

• country: ISO3166-1 two letters country codes as used in django_countries.countries *

• goals *

• year_of_birth *: numeric 4-digit year of birth

• honor_code *: Bool. If mandatory and not set will not create the account.

• terms_of_service *: Bool. If unset, will be set equally to honor_code

• marketing_emails_opt_in *: Bool. If set, will add a is_marketable user attribute (see Student > User Attributes in Django admin)

• provider: Oauth2 provider information

• social_auth_provider: Oauth2 provider information

* Can be set as hidden, optional or mandatory in REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS setting.

Returns: Dict with the form:

• If successful:

{
    'success': True,
    'redirect_url': <redirection url to finish the authorization and go to the dashboard>
}

• If error:

{
    <field name>: [
        {'user_message': <error message>}
    ]
    'error_code': <error code>,
    'username_suggestions': [<username suggestions> * 3]
}

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