Pylint/pep8 cleanup.

cms/djangoapps/course_creators/admin.py

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 
 
 class CourseCreatorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    """
+    Admin for the course creator table.
+    """
+
     # Fields to display on the overview page.
     list_display = ('username', 'email', 'state', 'state_changed')
     readonly_fields = ('username', 'email', 'state_changed')

cms/djangoapps/course_creators/views.py

@@ -2,26 +2,53 @@
 Methods for interacting programmatically with the user creator table.
 """
 from course_creators.models import CourseCreator
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+
+from auth.authz import add_user_to_creator_group
 
 
-def add_user_with_status_unrequested(user):
+def add_user_with_status_unrequested(caller, user):
     """
     Adds a user to the course creator table with status 'unrequested'.
+
+    Caller must have staff permissions.
     """
-    _add_user(user, 'u')
+    _add_user(caller, user, 'u')
 
 
-def add_user_with_status_granted(user):
+def add_user_with_status_granted(caller, user):
     """
     Adds a user to the course creator table with status 'granted'.
+
+    Caller must have staff permissions. This method also adds the user
+    to the course creator group maintained by authz.py.
     """
-    _add_user(user, 'g')
+    _add_user(caller, user, 'g')
+    add_user_to_creator_group(caller, user)
 
 
-def _add_user(user, state):
+def get_course_creator_status(user):
+    """
+    Returns the status for a particular user.
+
+    Possible return values are:
+        'g' = 'granted'
+        'u' = 'unrequested'
+        'p' = 'pending'
+        'd' = 'denied'
+    """
+    user = CourseCreator.objects.filter(username=user.username)
+    assert user.count() == 1, "The user does not exist in the table."
+    return user[0].state
+
+
+def _add_user(caller, user, state):
     """
     Adds a user to the course creator table with the specified state.
     """
+    if not caller.is_active or not caller.is_authenticated or not caller.is_staff:
+        raise PermissionDenied
+
     if CourseCreator.objects.filter(username=user.username).count() == 0:
         entry = CourseCreator(username=user.username, email=user.email, state=state)
         entry.save()