Allow non-public XBlock assets in debug mode

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/xblock.py

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Views dedicated to rendering xblocks.
-"""
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-import logging
-import mimetypes
-
-from xblock.core import XBlock
-
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
-
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def xblock_resource(request, block_type, uri):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    """
-    Return a package resource for the specified XBlock.
-    """
-    try:
-        xblock_class = XBlock.load_class(block_type, select=settings.XBLOCK_SELECT_FUNCTION)
-        content = xblock_class.open_local_resource(uri)
-    except IOError:
-        log.info('Failed to load xblock resource', exc_info=True)
-        raise Http404
-    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-        log.error('Failed to load xblock resource', exc_info=True)
-        raise Http404
-
-    mimetype, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(uri)
-    return HttpResponse(content, mimetype=mimetype)

cms/envs/common.py

@@ -711,6 +711,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'south',
     'method_override',
 
+    # Common views
+    'openedx.core.djangoapps.common_views',
+
     # History tables
     'simple_history',
 

cms/urls.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
         'contentstore.views.component_handler', name='component_handler'),
 
     url(r'^xblock/resource/(?P<block_type>[^/]*)/(?P<uri>.*)$',
-        'contentstore.views.xblock.xblock_resource', name='xblock_resource_url'),
+        'openedx.core.djangoapps.common_views.xblock.xblock_resource', name='xblock_resource_url'),
 
     # temporary landing page for a course
     url(r'^edge/(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/course/(?P<coursename>[^/]+)$',