Added CCXCon app

The CCXCon app is used to push course updated to the CCXCon
 externale service.

cms/djangoapps/models/settings/course_metadata.py

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class CourseMetadata(object):
         # Do not show enable_ccx if feature is not enabled.
         if not settings.FEATURES.get('CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'):
             filtered_list.append('enable_ccx')
+            filtered_list.append('ccx_connector')
 
         return filtered_list
 

cms/envs/aws.py

@@ -379,3 +379,7 @@ MICROSITE_DATABASE_TEMPLATE_CACHE_TTL = ENV_TOKENS.get(
 
 # OpenID Connect issuer ID. Normally the URL of the authentication endpoint.
 OAUTH_OIDC_ISSUER = ENV_TOKENS['OAUTH_OIDC_ISSUER']
+
+######################## CUSTOM COURSES for EDX CONNECTOR ######################
+if FEATURES.get('CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'):
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon',)

cms/envs/test.py

@@ -313,3 +313,7 @@ FEATURES['ENABLE_TEAMS'] = True
 
 # Dummy secret key for dev/test
 SECRET_KEY = '85920908f28904ed733fe576320db18cabd7b6cd'
+
+######### custom courses #########
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon',)
+FEATURES['CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'] = True

cms/envs/yaml_config.py

@@ -247,3 +247,7 @@ BROKER_URL = "{0}://{1}:{2}@{3}/{4}".format(CELERY_BROKER_TRANSPORT,
                                             CELERY_BROKER_PASSWORD,
                                             CELERY_BROKER_HOSTNAME,
                                             CELERY_BROKER_VHOST)
+
+######################## CUSTOM COURSES for EDX CONNECTOR ######################
+if FEATURES.get('CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'):
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon',)

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py

@@ -395,6 +395,16 @@ class CourseFields(object):
         default=False,
         scope=Scope.settings
     )
+    ccx_connector = String(
+        # Translators: Custom Courses for edX (CCX) is an edX feature for re-using course content.
+        display_name=_("CCX Connector URL"),
+        # Translators: Custom Courses for edX (CCX) is an edX feature for re-using course content.
+        help=_(
+            "URL for CCX Connector application for managing creation of CCXs. (optional)."
+            " Ignored unless 'Enable CCX' is set to 'true'."
+        ),
+        scope=Scope.settings, default=""
+    )
     allow_anonymous = Boolean(
         display_name=_("Allow Anonymous Discussion Posts"),
         help=_("Enter true or false. If true, students can create discussion posts that are anonymous to all users."),

lms/envs/aws.py

@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ ECOMMERCE_API_TIMEOUT = ENV_TOKENS.get('ECOMMERCE_API_TIMEOUT', ECOMMERCE_API_TI
 
 ##### Custom Courses for EdX #####
 if FEATURES.get('CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'):
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ('lms.djangoapps.ccx',)
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('lms.djangoapps.ccx', 'openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon')
     FIELD_OVERRIDE_PROVIDERS += (
         'lms.djangoapps.ccx.overrides.CustomCoursesForEdxOverrideProvider',
     )

lms/envs/test.py

@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ FACEBOOK_APP_ID = "Test"
 FACEBOOK_API_VERSION = "v2.2"
 
 ######### custom courses #########
-INSTALLED_APPS += ('lms.djangoapps.ccx',)
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('lms.djangoapps.ccx', 'openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon')
 FEATURES['CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'] = True
 
 # Set dummy values for profile image settings.

lms/envs/yaml_config.py

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ GRADES_DOWNLOAD_ROUTING_KEY = HIGH_MEM_QUEUE
 
 ##### Custom Courses for EdX #####
 if FEATURES.get('CUSTOM_COURSES_EDX'):
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ('lms.djangoapps.ccx',)
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('lms.djangoapps.ccx', 'openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon')
     FIELD_OVERRIDE_PROVIDERS += (
         'lms.djangoapps.ccx.overrides.CustomCoursesForEdxOverrideProvider',
     )

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+The ccxcon app contains the models and the APIs to  interact
+with the `CCX Connector`, an application external to openedx
+that is used to interact with the CCX and their master courses.
+
+The ccxcon app needs to be placed in `openedx.core.djangoapps`
+because it will be used both in CMS and LMS.
+"""
+import openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon.signals

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Admin site bindings for ccxcon
+"""
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from .models import CCXCon
+
+admin.site.register(CCXCon)

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+"""
+Module containing API functions for the CCXCon
+"""
+
+import logging
+import urlparse
+
+from django.core.validators import URLValidator
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.http import Http404
+from oauthlib.oauth2 import BackendApplicationClient
+from requests_oauthlib import OAuth2Session
+from rest_framework.status import (
+    HTTP_200_OK,
+    HTTP_201_CREATED,
+)
+
+from lms.djangoapps.courseware.courses import get_course_by_id
+from lms.djangoapps.instructor.access import list_with_level
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.models.course_details import CourseDetails
+from student.models import anonymous_id_for_user
+from .models import CCXCon
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+CCXCON_COURSEXS_URL = '/api/v1/coursexs/'
+CCXCON_TOKEN_URL = '/o/token/'
+CCXCON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30
+
+
+class CCXConnServerError(Exception):
+    """
+    Custom exception to be raised in case there is any
+    issue with the request to the server
+    """
+
+
+def is_valid_url(url):
+    """
+    Helper function used to check if a string is a valid url.
+
+    Args:
+        url (str): the url string to be validated
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: whether the url is valid or not
+    """
+    validate = URLValidator()
+    try:
+        validate(url)
+        return True
+    except ValidationError:
+        return False
+
+
+def get_oauth_client(server_token_url, client_id, client_secret):
+    """
+    Function that creates an oauth client and fetches a token.
+    It intentionally doesn't handle errors.
+
+    Args:
+        server_token_url (str): server URL where to get an authentication token
+        client_id (str): oauth client ID
+        client_secret (str): oauth client secret
+
+    Returns:
+        OAuth2Session: an instance of OAuth2Session with a token
+    """
+    if not is_valid_url(server_token_url):
+        return
+    client = BackendApplicationClient(client_id=client_id)
+    oauth_ccxcon = OAuth2Session(client=client)
+    oauth_ccxcon.fetch_token(
+        token_url=server_token_url,
+        client_id=client_id,
+        client_secret=client_secret,
+        timeout=CCXCON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+    )
+    return oauth_ccxcon
+
+
+def course_info_to_ccxcon(course_key):
+    """
+    Function that gathers informations about the course and
+    makes a post request to a CCXCon with the data.
+
+    Args:
+        course_key (CourseLocator): the master course key
+    """
+
+    try:
+        course = get_course_by_id(course_key)
+    except Http404:
+        log.error('Master Course with key "%s" not found', unicode(course_key))
+        return
+    if not course.enable_ccx:
+        log.debug('ccx not enabled for course key "%s"', unicode(course_key))
+        return
+    if not course.ccx_connector:
+        log.debug('ccx connector not defined for course key "%s"', unicode(course_key))
+        return
+    if not is_valid_url(course.ccx_connector):
+        log.error(
+            'ccx connector URL "%s" for course key "%s" is not a valid URL.',
+            course.ccx_connector, unicode(course_key)
+        )
+        return
+    # get the oauth credential for this URL
+    try:
+        ccxcon = CCXCon.objects.get(url=course.ccx_connector)
+    except CCXCon.DoesNotExist:
+        log.error('ccx connector Oauth credentials not configured for URL "%s".', course.ccx_connector)
+        return
+
+    # get an oauth client with a valid token
+
+    oauth_ccxcon = get_oauth_client(
+        server_token_url=urlparse.urljoin(course.ccx_connector, CCXCON_TOKEN_URL),
+        client_id=ccxcon.oauth_client_id,
+        client_secret=ccxcon.oauth_client_secret
+    )
+
+    # get the entire list of instructors
+    course_instructors = list_with_level(course, 'instructor')
+    # get anonymous ids for each of them
+    course_instructors_ids = [anonymous_id_for_user(user, course_key) for user in course_instructors]
+    # extract the course details
+    course_details = CourseDetails.fetch(course_key)
+
+    payload = {
+        'course_id': unicode(course_key),
+        'title': course.display_name,
+        'author_name': None,
+        'overview': course_details.overview,
+        'description': course_details.short_description,
+        'image_url': course_details.course_image_asset_path,
+        'instructors': course_instructors_ids
+    }
+    headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
+
+    # make the POST request
+    add_course_url = urlparse.urljoin(course.ccx_connector, CCXCON_COURSEXS_URL)
+    resp = oauth_ccxcon.post(
+        url=add_course_url,
+        json=payload,
+        headers=headers,
+        timeout=CCXCON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+    )
+
+    if resp.status_code >= 500:
+        raise CCXConnServerError('Server returned error Status: %s, Content: %s', resp.status_code, resp.content)
+    if resp.status_code >= 400:
+        log.error("Error creating course on ccxcon. Status: %s, Content: %s", resp.status_code, resp.content)
+    # this API performs a POST request both for POST and PATCH, but the POST returns 201 and the PATCH returns 200
+    elif resp.status_code != HTTP_200_OK and resp.status_code != HTTP_201_CREATED:
+        log.error('Server returned unexpected status code %s', resp.status_code)
+    else:
+        log.debug('Request successful. Status: %s, Content: %s', resp.status_code, resp.content)

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/migrations/0001_initial_ccxcon_model.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""
+Initial migration
+"""
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    """
+    Initial migration for CCXCon model
+    """
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='CCXCon',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
+                ('url', models.URLField(unique=True, db_index=True)),
+                ('oauth_client_id', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('oauth_client_secret', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""
+Models for the ccxcon
+"""
+
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class CCXCon(models.Model):
+    """
+    The definition of the CCXCon model.
+    This will store the url and the oauth key to access the REST APIs
+    on the CCX Connector.
+    """
+    url = models.URLField(unique=True, db_index=True)
+    oauth_client_id = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    oauth_client_secret = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+    class Meta(object):
+        app_label = 'ccxcon'
+        verbose_name = 'CCX Connector'
+        verbose_name_plural = 'CCX Connectors'
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<CCXCon {}>'.format(self.title)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.title
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return unicode(self.__str__())

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/signals.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""
+Signal handler for posting course updated to CCXCon
+"""
+from django.dispatch.dispatcher import receiver
+
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import SignalHandler
+
+
+@receiver(SignalHandler.course_published, dispatch_uid='ccxcon_course_publish_handler')
+def _listen_for_course_publish(sender, course_key, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    """
+    Listener for course_plublish events.
+    This listener takes care of submitting a task to update CCXCon
+    """
+    # update the course information on ccxcon using celery
+    # import here, because signal is registered at startup, but items in tasks are not yet able to be loaded
+    from openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon import tasks
+    tasks.update_ccxcon.delay(unicode(course_key))

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/tasks.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""
+This file contains celery tasks for ccxcon
+"""
+
+from celery.task import task  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error
+from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error
+from requests.exceptions import (
+    ConnectionError,
+    HTTPError,
+    RequestException,
+    TooManyRedirects
+)
+
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon import api
+
+
+log = get_task_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@task()
+def update_ccxcon(course_id, cur_retry=0):
+    """
+    Pass through function to update course information on CCXCon.
+    Takes care of retries in case of some specific exceptions.
+
+    Args:
+        course_id (str): string representing a course key
+        cur_retry (int): integer representing the current task retry
+    """
+    course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_id)
+    try:
+        api.course_info_to_ccxcon(course_key)
+        log.info('Course update to CCXCon returned no errors. Course key: %s', course_id)
+    except (ConnectionError, HTTPError, RequestException, TooManyRedirects, api.CCXConnServerError) as exp:
+        log.error('Course update to CCXCon failed for course_id %s with error: %s', course_id, exp)
+        # in case the maximum amount of retries has not been reached,
+        # insert another task delayed exponentially up to 5 retries
+        if cur_retry < 5:
+            update_ccxcon.apply_async(
+                kwargs={'course_id': course_id, 'cur_retry': cur_retry + 1},
+                countdown=10 ** cur_retry  # number of seconds the task should be delayed
+            )
+            log.info('Requeued celery task for course key %s ; retry # %s', course_id, cur_retry + 1)

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/tests/factories.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""
+Dummy factories for tests
+"""
+from factory.django import DjangoModelFactory
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon.models import CCXCon
+
+
+class CcxConFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    """
+    Model factory for the CCXCon model
+    """
+    class Meta(object):
+        model = CCXCon
+
+    oauth_client_id = 'asdfjasdljfasdkjffsdfjksd98fsd8y24fdsiuhsfdsf'
+    oauth_client_secret = '19123084091238901912308409123890'
+    title = 'title for test ccxcon'

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/tests/test_api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+"""
+Unit tests for the API module
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import mock
+import pytz
+import urlparse
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+from student.tests.factories import AdminFactory
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import (
+    SharedModuleStoreTestCase,
+    TEST_DATA_SPLIT_MODULESTORE
+)
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import (
+    CourseFactory,
+    ItemFactory,
+)
+
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon import api as ccxconapi
+from .factories import CcxConFactory
+
+
+def flatten(seq):
+    """
+    For [[1, 2], [3, 4]] returns [1, 2, 3, 4].  Does not recurse.
+    """
+    return [x for sub in seq for x in sub]
+
+
+def fetch_token_mock(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    """
+    Mock function used to bypass the oauth fetch token
+    """
+    return
+
+
+@attr('shard_1')
+class APIsTestCase(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
+    """
+    Unit tests for the API module functions
+    """
+    MODULESTORE = TEST_DATA_SPLIT_MODULESTORE
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(APIsTestCase, cls).setUpClass()
+        cls.course = course = CourseFactory.create()
+        cls.course_key = cls.course.location.course_key
+
+        # Create a course outline
+        start = datetime.datetime(
+            2010, 5, 12, 2, 42, tzinfo=pytz.UTC
+        )
+        due = datetime.datetime(
+            2010, 7, 7, 0, 0, tzinfo=pytz.UTC
+        )
+
+        cls.chapters = [
+            ItemFactory.create(start=start, parent=course) for _ in xrange(2)
+        ]
+        cls.sequentials = flatten([
+            [
+                ItemFactory.create(parent=chapter) for _ in xrange(2)
+            ] for chapter in cls.chapters
+        ])
+        cls.verticals = flatten([
+            [
+                ItemFactory.create(
+                    start=start, due=due, parent=sequential, graded=True, format='Homework', category=u'vertical'
+                ) for _ in xrange(2)
+            ] for sequential in cls.sequentials
+        ])
+
+        # Trying to wrap the whole thing in a bulk operation fails because it
+        # doesn't find the parents. But we can at least wrap this part...
+        with cls.store.bulk_operations(course.id, emit_signals=False):
+            blocks = flatten([  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
+                [
+                    ItemFactory.create(parent=vertical) for _ in xrange(2)
+                ] for vertical in cls.verticals
+            ])
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Set up tests
+        """
+        super(APIsTestCase, self).setUp()
+        # Create instructor account
+        self.instructor = AdminFactory.create()
+        # create an instance of modulestore
+        self.mstore = modulestore()
+        # enable ccx
+        self.course.enable_ccx = True
+        # setup CCX connector
+        self.course.ccx_connector = 'https://url.to.cxx.connector.mit.edu'
+        # save the changes
+        self.mstore.update_item(self.course, self.instructor.id)
+        # create a configuration for the ccx connector: this must match the one in the course
+        self.ccxcon_conf = CcxConFactory(url=self.course.ccx_connector)
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_no_valid_course_key(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for an invalid course key
+        """
+        missing_course_key = CourseKey.from_string('course-v1:FakeOrganization+CN999+CR-FALL99')
+        self.assertIsNone(ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(missing_course_key))
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 0)
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_no_ccx_enabled(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for a course without CCX enabled
+        """
+        self.course.enable_ccx = False
+        self.mstore.update_item(self.course, self.instructor.id)
+        self.assertIsNone(ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key))
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 0)
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_invalid_ccx_connector(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for a course with invalid CCX connector URL
+        """
+        # no connector at all
+        self.course.ccx_connector = ""
+        self.mstore.update_item(self.course, self.instructor.id)
+        self.assertIsNone(ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key))
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 0)
+        # invalid url
+        self.course.ccx_connector = "www.foo"
+        self.mstore.update_item(self.course, self.instructor.id)
+        self.assertIsNone(ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key))
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 0)
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_no_config(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for course with ccx connector credentials not configured
+        """
+        self.course.ccx_connector = "https://www.foo.com"
+        self.mstore.update_item(self.course, self.instructor.id)
+        self.assertIsNone(ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key))
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 0)
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_ok(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for happy path
+        """
+        mock_response = mock.Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 201
+        mock_post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key)
+
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 1)
+        k_args, k_kwargs = mock_post.call_args
+        # no args used for the call
+        self.assertEqual(k_args, tuple())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            k_kwargs.get('url'),
+            urlparse.urljoin(self.course.ccx_connector, ccxconapi.CCXCON_COURSEXS_URL)
+        )
+
+        # second call with different status code
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key)
+
+        self.assertEqual(mock_post.call_count, 2)
+        k_args, k_kwargs = mock_post.call_args
+        # no args used for the call
+        self.assertEqual(k_args, tuple())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            k_kwargs.get('url'),
+            urlparse.urljoin(self.course.ccx_connector, ccxconapi.CCXCON_COURSEXS_URL)
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_500_error(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for 500 error: a CCXConnServerError exception is raised
+        """
+        mock_response = mock.Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 500
+        mock_post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ccxconapi.CCXConnServerError):
+            ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key)
+
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.fetch_token', fetch_token_mock)
+    @mock.patch('requests_oauthlib.oauth2_session.OAuth2Session.post')
+    def test_course_info_to_ccxcon_other_status_codes(self, mock_post):
+        """
+        Test for status codes different from >= 500 and 201:
+        The called function doesn't raise any exception and simply returns None.
+        """
+        mock_response = mock.Mock()
+        for status_code in (204, 300, 304, 400, 404):
+            mock_response.status_code = status_code
+            mock_post.return_value = mock_response
+            self.assertIsNone(ccxconapi.course_info_to_ccxcon(self.course_key))

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/tests/test_signals.py

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+"""
+Test for contentstore signals receiver
+"""
+
+import mock
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore, SignalHandler
+
+
+class CCXConSignalTestCase(TestCase):
+    """
+    The only tests currently implemented are for verifying that
+    the call for the ccxcon update are performed correctly by the
+    course_published signal handler
+    """
+
+    @mock.patch('openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon.tasks.update_ccxcon.delay')
+    def test_course_published_ccxcon_call(self, mock_upc):
+        """
+        Tests the async call to the ccxcon task.
+        It bypasses all the other calls.
+        """
+        mock_response = mock.MagicMock(return_value=None)
+        mock_upc.return_value = mock_response
+
+        course_id = u'course-v1:OrgFoo+CN199+CR-FALL01'
+        course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_id)
+
+        signal_handler = SignalHandler(modulestore())
+        signal_handler.send('course_published', course_key=course_key)
+
+        mock_upc.assert_called_once_with(course_id)

openedx/core/djangoapps/ccxcon/tests/test_tasks.py

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+"""
+Tests for the CCXCon celery tasks
+"""
+
+import mock
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+from openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon import api, tasks
+
+
+class CCXConTaskTestCase(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for CCXCon tasks.
+    """
+
+    @mock.patch('openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon.api.course_info_to_ccxcon')
+    def test_update_ccxcon_task_ok(self, mock_citc):
+        """
+        Test task with no problems
+        """
+        mock_response = mock.Mock()
+        mock_citc.return_value = mock_response
+
+        course_id = u'course-v1:OrgFoo+CN199+CR-FALL01'
+        tasks.update_ccxcon.delay(course_id)
+
+        mock_citc.assert_called_once_with(CourseKey.from_string(course_id))
+
+    @mock.patch('openedx.core.djangoapps.ccxcon.api.course_info_to_ccxcon')
+    def test_update_ccxcon_task_retry(self, mock_citc):
+        """
+        Test task with exception that triggers a retry
+        """
+        mock_citc.side_effect = api.CCXConnServerError()
+        course_id = u'course-v1:OrgFoo+CN199+CR-FALL01'
+        tasks.update_ccxcon.delay(course_id)
+
+        self.assertEqual(mock_citc.call_count, 6)
+        course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_id)
+        for call in mock_citc.call_args_list:
+            c_args, c_kwargs = call
+            self.assertEqual(c_kwargs, {})
+            self.assertEqual(len(c_args), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(c_args[0], course_key)