Added a start date to courses. Created a decorator to retrieve the course and check that it is open.

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+import dateutil.parser
 from fs.errors import ResourceNotFoundError
 import logging
 from path import path
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
     module_class = SequenceModule
 
+    def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs):
+        super(CourseDescriptor, self).__init__(system, definition, **kwargs)
+        
+        self.start = dateutil.parser.parse(self.metadata["start"])
+    
+    def has_started(self):
+        return datetime.now() > self.start
+    
     @classmethod
     def id_to_location(cls, course_id):
         org, course, name = course_id.split('/')
@@ -24,7 +34,7 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
 
     @property
     def title(self):
-        self.metadata['display_name']
+        return self.metadata['display_name']
 
     @property
     def instructors(self):
@@ -69,6 +79,7 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
         elif section_key == "title":
             return self.metadata.get('display_name', self.name)
         elif section_key == "university":
+            return self.metadata.get('start')
             return self.location.org
         elif section_key == "number":
             return self.number

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class XModuleDescriptor(Plugin):
 
     # A list of metadata that this module can inherit from its parent module
     inheritable_metadata = (
-        'graded', 'due', 'graceperiod', 'showanswer', 'rerandomize',
+        'graded', 'start', 'due', 'graceperiod', 'showanswer', 'rerandomize',
 
         # This is used by the XMLModuleStore to provide for locations for static files,
         # and will need to be removed when that code is removed
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ class XModuleDescriptor(Plugin):
                 display_name: The name to use for displaying this module to the user
                 format: The format of this module ('Homework', 'Lab', etc)
                 graded (bool): Whether this module is should be graded or not
+                start (string): The date for which this module will be available
                 due (string): The due date for this module
                 graceperiod (string): The amount of grace period to allow when enforcing the due date
                 showanswer (string): When to show answers for this module

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/xml_module.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class XmlDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
     # The attributes will be removed from the definition xml passed
     # to definition_from_xml, and from the xml returned by definition_to_xml
     metadata_attributes = ('format', 'graceperiod', 'showanswer', 'rerandomize',
-        'due', 'graded', 'name', 'slug')
+        'start', 'due', 'graded', 'name', 'slug')
 
     # A dictionary mapping xml attribute names to functions of the value
     # that return the metadata key and value

lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py

@@ -27,6 +27,25 @@ log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 
 template_imports = {'urllib': urllib}
 
+def check_course(function, course_must_be_open=True):
+    def inner_function(*args, **kwargs):
+        course_id = kwargs['course_id']
+
+        try:
+            course_loc = CourseDescriptor.id_to_location(course_id)
+            course = modulestore().get_item(course_loc)
+        except KeyError:
+            raise Http404("Course not found.")
+        
+        if course_must_be_open and not course.has_started():
+            raise Http404
+        
+        del kwargs['course_id']
+        kwargs['course'] = course
+        
+        return function(*args, **kwargs)
+    return inner_function
+    
 
 def user_groups(user):
     if not user.is_authenticated():
@@ -84,12 +103,12 @@ def gradebook(request, course_id):
 
 
 @login_required
+@check_course
 @cache_control(no_cache=True, no_store=True, must_revalidate=True)
-def profile(request, course_id, student_id=None):
+def profile(request, course, student_id=None):
     ''' User profile. Show username, location, etc, as well as grades .
         We need to allow the user to change some of these settings .'''
 
-    course_location = CourseDescriptor.id_to_location(course_id)
     if student_id is None:
         student = request.user
     else:
@@ -99,8 +118,8 @@ def profile(request, course_id, student_id=None):
 
     user_info = UserProfile.objects.get(user=student)
 
-    student_module_cache = StudentModuleCache(request.user, modulestore().get_item(course_location))
-    course, _, _, _ = get_module(request.user, request, course_location, student_module_cache)
+    student_module_cache = StudentModuleCache(request.user, course)
+    course, _, _, _ = get_module(request.user, request, course.location, student_module_cache)
 
     context = {'name': user_info.name,
                'username': student.username,
@@ -142,8 +161,9 @@ def render_accordion(request, course, chapter, section):
 
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
+@check_course
 @cache_control(no_cache=True, no_store=True, must_revalidate=True)
-def index(request, course_id=None, chapter=None, section=None,
+def index(request, course, chapter=None, section=None,
           position=None):
     ''' Displays courseware accordion, and any associated content.
     If course, chapter, and section aren't all specified, just returns
@@ -169,9 +189,6 @@ def index(request, course_id=None, chapter=None, section=None,
         '''
         return s.replace('_', ' ') if s is not None else None
 
-    course_location = CourseDescriptor.id_to_location(course_id)
-    course = modulestore().get_item(course_location)
-
     chapter = clean(chapter)
     section = clean(section)
 
@@ -249,13 +266,8 @@ def jump_to(request, probname=None):
 
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
-def course_info(request, course_id):
+@check_course
+def course_info(request, course):
     csrf_token = csrf(request)['csrf_token']
 
-    try:
-        course_location = CourseDescriptor.id_to_location(course_id)
-        course = modulestore().get_item(course_location)
-    except KeyError:
-        raise Http404("Course not found")
-
     return render_to_response('info.html', {'csrf': csrf_token, 'course': course})