fail gracefully if course.xml missing metadata in course_staff_group_name

2012-08-04 11:16:47 -04:00
parent d50af5765e
commit b8ae026c29
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ def get_course_info_section(course, section_key):
    raise KeyError("Invalid about key " + str(section_key))

 def course_staff_group_name(course):
-    return 'staff_%s' % course.metadata['course']
+    coursename = course.metadata.get('course','')
+    if not coursename:					# Fall 2012: not all course.xml have metadata correct yet
+        coursename = course.metadata.get('data_dir','UnknownCourseName')
+    return 'staff_%s' % coursename

 def has_staff_access_to_course(user,course):
    '''