have the Files and Upload pages surface a 'portable_url' which uses the /static/ shorthand which is more portable across course runs

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def asset_index(request, org, course, name):
 
         asset_location = StaticContent.compute_location(asset_id['org'], asset_id['course'], asset_id['name'])
         display_info['url'] = StaticContent.get_url_path_from_location(asset_location)
+        display_info['portable_url'] = StaticContent.get_static_path_from_location(asset_location)
 
         # note, due to the schema change we may not have a 'thumbnail_location' in the result set
         _thumbnail_location = asset.get('thumbnail_location', None)
@@ -187,12 +188,13 @@ def upload_asset(request, org, course, coursename):
     response_payload = {'displayname': content.name,
                         'uploadDate': get_default_time_display(readback.last_modified_at),
                         'url': StaticContent.get_url_path_from_location(content.location),
+                        'portable_url': StaticContent.get_static_path_from_location(content.location),
                         'thumb_url': StaticContent.get_url_path_from_location(thumbnail_location) if thumbnail_content is not None else None,
                         'msg': 'Upload completed'
                         }
 
     response = JsonResponse(response_payload)
-    response['asset_url'] = StaticContent.get_url_path_from_location(content.location)
+    response['asset_url'] = StaticContent.get_static_path_from_location(content.location)
     return response
 
 

cms/templates/asset_index.html

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         {{uploadDate}}
       </td>
       <td class="embed-col">
-        <input type="text" class="embeddable-xml-input" value='{{url}}' readonly>
+        <input type="text" class="embeddable-xml-input" value='{{portable_url}}' readonly>
       </td>
       <td class="delete-col">
         <a href="#" data-tooltip="${_('Delete this asset')}" class="remove-asset-button"><span class="delete-icon"></span></a>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 ${asset['uploadDate']}
               </td>
               <td class="embed-col">
-                <input type="text" class="embeddable-xml-input" value="${asset['url']}" readonly>
+                <input type="text" class="embeddable-xml-input" value="${asset['portable_url']}" readonly>
               </td>
               <td class="delete-col">
                 <a href="#" data-tooltip="${_('Delete this asset')}" class="remove-asset-button"><span class="delete-icon"></span></a>

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/contentstore/content.py

@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ class StaticContent(object):
         else:
             return None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_static_path_from_location(location):
+        if location is not None:
+            return "/static/{name}".format(**location.dict())
+        else:
+            return None
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_base_url_path_for_course_assets(loc):
         if loc is not None: