""" Python API for interacting with edx-platform's new XBlock Runtime. For content in modulestore (currently all course content), you'll need to use the older runtime. Note that these views are only for interacting with existing blocks. Other Studio APIs cover use cases like adding/deleting/editing blocks. """ import logging import threading from django.urls import reverse from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ from opaque_keys.edx.keys import UsageKeyV2 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import BundleDefinitionLocator from rest_framework.exceptions import NotFound from xblock.core import XBlock from xblock.exceptions import NoSuchViewError from openedx.core.djangoapps.xblock.apps import get_xblock_app_config from openedx.core.djangoapps.xblock.learning_context.manager import get_learning_context_impl from openedx.core.djangoapps.xblock.runtime.blockstore_runtime import BlockstoreXBlockRuntime, xml_for_definition from openedx.core.djangoapps.xblock.runtime.runtime import XBlockRuntimeSystem from openedx.core.djangolib.blockstore_cache import BundleCache from .utils import get_secure_token_for_xblock_handler, get_xblock_id_for_anonymous_user log = logging.getLogger(__name__) def get_runtime_system(): """ Get the XBlockRuntimeSystem, which is a single long-lived factory that can create user-specific runtimes. The Runtime System isn't always needed (e.g. for management commands), so to keep application startup faster, it's only initialized when first accessed via this method. """ # The runtime system should not be shared among threads, as there is currently a race condition when parsing XML # that can lead to duplicate children. # (In BlockstoreXBlockRuntime.get_block(), has_cached_definition(def_id) returns false so parse_xml is called, but # meanwhile another thread parses the XML and caches the definition; then when parse_xml gets to XML nodes for # child blocks, it appends them to the children already cached by the other thread and saves the doubled list of # children; this happens only occasionally but is very difficult to avoid in a clean way due to the API of parse_xml # and XBlock field data in general [does not distinguish between setting initial values during parsing and changing # values at runtime due to user interaction], and how it interacts with BlockstoreFieldData. Keeping the caches # local to each thread completely avoids this problem.) cache_name = f'_system_{threading.get_ident()}' if not hasattr(get_runtime_system, cache_name): params = dict( handler_url=get_handler_url, runtime_class=BlockstoreXBlockRuntime, ) params.update(get_xblock_app_config().get_runtime_system_params()) setattr(get_runtime_system, cache_name, XBlockRuntimeSystem(**params)) return getattr(get_runtime_system, cache_name) def load_block(usage_key, user): """ Load the specified XBlock for the given user. Returns an instantiated XBlock. Exceptions: NotFound - if the XBlock doesn't exist or if the user doesn't have the necessary permissions """ # Is this block part of a course, a library, or what? # Get the Learning Context Implementation based on the usage key context_impl = get_learning_context_impl(usage_key) # Now, check if the block exists in this context and if the user has # permission to render this XBlock view: if user is not None and not context_impl.can_view_block(user, usage_key): # We do not know if the block was not found or if the user doesn't have # permission, but we want to return the same result in either case: raise NotFound(f"XBlock {usage_key} does not exist, or you don't have permission to view it.") # TODO: load field overrides from the context # e.g. a course might specify that all 'problem' XBlocks have 'max_attempts' # set to 3. # field_overrides = context_impl.get_field_overrides(usage_key) runtime = get_runtime_system().get_runtime(user=user) return runtime.get_block(usage_key) def get_block_metadata(block, includes=()): """ Get metadata about the specified XBlock. This metadata is the same for all users. Any data which varies per-user must be served from a different API. Optionally provide a list or set of metadata keys to include. Valid keys are: index_dictionary: a dictionary of data used to add this XBlock's content to a search index. student_view_data: data needed to render the XBlock on mobile or in custom frontends. children: list of usage keys of the XBlock's children editable_children: children in the same bundle, as opposed to linked children in other bundles. """ data = { "block_id": str(block.scope_ids.usage_id), "block_type": block.scope_ids.block_type, "display_name": get_block_display_name(block), } if "index_dictionary" in includes: data["index_dictionary"] = block.index_dictionary() if "student_view_data" in includes: data["student_view_data"] = block.student_view_data() if hasattr(block, 'student_view_data') else None if "children" in includes: data["children"] = block.children if hasattr(block, 'children') else [] # List of usage keys of children if "editable_children" in includes: # "Editable children" means children in the same bundle, as opposed to linked children in other bundles. data["editable_children"] = [] child_includes = block.runtime.child_includes_of(block) for idx, include in enumerate(child_includes): if include.link_id is None: data["editable_children"].append(block.children[idx]) return data def resolve_definition(block_or_key): """ Given an XBlock, definition key, or usage key, return the definition key. """ if isinstance(block_or_key, BundleDefinitionLocator): return block_or_key elif isinstance(block_or_key, UsageKeyV2): context_impl = get_learning_context_impl(block_or_key) return context_impl.definition_for_usage(block_or_key) elif isinstance(block_or_key, XBlock): return block_or_key.scope_ids.def_id else: raise TypeError(block_or_key) def xblock_type_display_name(block_type): """ Get the display name for the specified XBlock class. """ block_class = XBlock.load_class(block_type) if hasattr(block_class, 'display_name') and block_class.display_name.default: return _(block_class.display_name.default) # pylint: disable=translation-of-non-string else: return block_type # Just use the block type as the name def get_block_display_name(block_or_key): """ Efficiently get the display name of the specified block. This is done in a way that avoids having to load and parse the block's entire XML field data using its parse_xml() method, which may be very expensive (e.g. the video XBlock parse_xml leads to various slow edxval API calls in some cases). This method also defines and implements various fallback mechanisms in case the ID can't be loaded. block_or_key can be an XBlock instance, a usage key or a definition key. Returns the display name as a string """ def_key = resolve_definition(block_or_key) use_draft = get_xblock_app_config().get_learning_context_params().get('use_draft') cache = BundleCache(def_key.bundle_uuid, draft_name=use_draft) cache_key = ('block_display_name', str(def_key)) display_name = cache.get(cache_key) if display_name is None: # Instead of loading the block, just load its XML and parse it try: olx_node = xml_for_definition(def_key) except Exception: # pylint: disable=broad-except log.exception("Error when trying to get display_name for block definition %s", def_key) # Return now so we don't cache the error result return xblock_type_display_name(def_key.block_type) try: display_name = olx_node.attrib['display_name'] except KeyError: display_name = xblock_type_display_name(def_key.block_type) cache.set(cache_key, display_name) return display_name def render_block_view(block, view_name, user): # pylint: disable=unused-argument """ Get the HTML, JS, and CSS needed to render the given XBlock view. The only difference between this method and calling load_block().render(view_name) is that this method can fall back from 'author_view' to 'student_view' Returns a Fragment. """ try: fragment = block.render(view_name) except NoSuchViewError: fallback_view = None if view_name == 'author_view': fallback_view = 'student_view' if fallback_view: fragment = block.render(fallback_view) else: raise return fragment def get_handler_url(usage_key, handler_name, user): """ A method for getting the URL to any XBlock handler. The URL must be usable without any authentication (no cookie, no OAuth/JWT), and may expire. (So that we can render the XBlock in a secure IFrame without any access to existing cookies.) The returned URL will contain the provided handler_name, but is valid for any other handler on the same XBlock. Callers may replace any occurrences of the handler name in the resulting URL with the name of any other handler and the URL will still work. (This greatly reduces the number of calls to this API endpoint that are needed to interact with any given XBlock.) Params: usage_key - Usage Key (Opaque Key object or string) handler_name - Name of the handler or a dummy name like 'any_handler' user - Django User (registered or anonymous) This view does not check/care if the XBlock actually exists. """ usage_key_str = str(usage_key) site_root_url = get_xblock_app_config().get_site_root_url() if not user: # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=no-else-raise raise TypeError("Cannot get handler URLs without specifying a specific user ID.") elif user.is_authenticated: user_id = user.id elif user.is_anonymous: user_id = get_xblock_id_for_anonymous_user(user) else: raise ValueError("Invalid user value") # Now generate a token-secured URL for this handler, specific to this user # and this XBlock: secure_token = get_secure_token_for_xblock_handler(user_id, usage_key_str) # Now generate the URL to that handler: path = reverse('xblock_api:xblock_handler', kwargs={ 'usage_key_str': usage_key_str, 'user_id': user_id, 'secure_token': secure_token, 'handler_name': handler_name, }) # We must return an absolute URL. We can't just use # rest_framework.reverse.reverse to get the absolute URL because this method # can be called by the XBlock from python as well and in that case we don't # have access to the request. return site_root_url + path