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edx-platform/common/djangoapps/student/models.py
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"""
Models for Student Information
Replication Notes
TODO: Update this to be consistent with reality (no portal servers, no more askbot)
In our live deployment, we intend to run in a scenario where there is a pool of
Portal servers that hold the canoncial user information and that user
information is replicated to slave Course server pools. Each Course has a set of
servers that serves only its content and has users that are relevant only to it.
We replicate the following tables into the Course DBs where the user is
enrolled. Only the Portal servers should ever write to these models.
* UserProfile
* CourseEnrollment
We do a partial replication of:
* User -- Askbot extends this and uses the extra fields, so we replicate only
the stuff that comes with basic django_auth and ignore the rest.)
There are a couple different scenarios:
1. There's an update of User or UserProfile -- replicate it to all Course DBs
that the user is enrolled in (found via CourseEnrollment).
2. There's a change in CourseEnrollment. We need to push copies of UserProfile,
CourseEnrollment, and the base fields in User
Migration Notes
If you make changes to this model, be sure to create an appropriate migration
file and check it in at the same time as your model changes. To do that,
1. Go to the mitx dir
2. django-admin.py schemamigration student --auto --settings=lms.envs.dev --pythonpath=. description_of_your_change
3. Add the migration file created in mitx/common/djangoapps/student/migrations/
"""
from datetime import datetime
import hashlib
import json
import logging
import uuid
from random import randint
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.dispatch import receiver
from django.forms import ModelForm, forms
import comment_client as cc
from django_comment_client.models import Role
from feedparser import binascii
import os
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class UserProfile(models.Model):
"""This is where we store all the user demographic fields. We have a
separate table for this rather than extending the built-in Django auth_user.
Notes:
* Some fields are legacy ones from the first run of 6.002, from which
we imported many users.
* Fields like name and address are intentionally open ended, to account
for international variations. An unfortunate side-effect is that we
cannot efficiently sort on last names for instance.
Replication:
* Only the Portal servers should ever modify this information.
* All fields are replicated into relevant Course databases
Some of the fields are legacy ones that were captured during the initial
MITx fall prototype.
"""
class Meta:
db_table = "auth_userprofile"
## CRITICAL TODO/SECURITY
# Sanitize all fields.
# This is not visible to other users, but could introduce holes later
user = models.OneToOneField(User, unique=True, db_index=True, related_name='profile')
name = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, db_index=True)
meta = models.TextField(blank=True) # JSON dictionary for future expansion
courseware = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, default='course.xml')
# Location is no longer used, but is held here for backwards compatibility
# for users imported from our first class.
language = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, db_index=True)
location = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, db_index=True)
# Optional demographic data we started capturing from Fall 2012
this_year = datetime.now().year
VALID_YEARS = range(this_year, this_year - 120, -1)
year_of_birth = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True, db_index=True)
GENDER_CHOICES = (('m', 'Male'), ('f', 'Female'), ('o', 'Other'))
gender = models.CharField(blank=True, null=True, max_length=6, db_index=True,
choices=GENDER_CHOICES)
LEVEL_OF_EDUCATION_CHOICES = (('p_se', 'Doctorate in science or engineering'),
('p_oth', 'Doctorate in another field'),
('m', "Master's or professional degree"),
('b', "Bachelor's degree"),
('hs', "Secondary/high school"),
('jhs', "Junior secondary/junior high/middle school"),
('el', "Elementary/primary school"),
('none', "None"),
('other', "Other"))
level_of_education = models.CharField(
blank=True, null=True, max_length=6, db_index=True,
choices=LEVEL_OF_EDUCATION_CHOICES
)
mailing_address = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
goals = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
def get_meta(self):
js_str = self.meta
if not js_str:
js_str = dict()
else:
js_str = json.loads(self.meta)
return js_str
def set_meta(self, js):
self.meta = json.dumps(js)
class TestCenterUser(models.Model):
"""This is our representation of the User for in-person testing, and
specifically for Pearson at this point. A few things to note:
* Pearson only supports Latin-1, so we have to make sure that the data we
capture here will work with that encoding.
* While we have a lot of this demographic data in UserProfile, it's much
more free-structured there. We'll try to pre-pop the form with data from
UserProfile, but we'll need to have a step where people who are signing
up re-enter their demographic data into the fields we specify.
* Users are only created here if they register to take an exam in person.
The field names and lengths are modeled on the conventions and constraints
of Pearson's data import system, including oddities such as suffix having
a limit of 255 while last_name only gets 50.
Also storing here the confirmation information received from Pearson (if any)
as to the success or failure of the upload. (VCDC file)
"""
# Our own record keeping...
user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True, default=None)
created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, db_index=True)
updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, db_index=True)
# user_updated_at happens only when the user makes a change to their data,
# and is something Pearson needs to know to manage updates. Unlike
# updated_at, this will not get incremented when we do a batch data import.
user_updated_at = models.DateTimeField(db_index=True)
# Unique ID given to us for this User by the Testing Center. It's null when
# we first create the User entry, and is assigned by Pearson later.
candidate_id = models.IntegerField(null=True, db_index=True)
# Unique ID we assign our user for the Test Center.
client_candidate_id = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=50, db_index=True)
# Name
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30, db_index=True)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, db_index=True)
middle_name = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True)
suffix = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
salutation = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True)
# Address
address_1 = models.CharField(max_length=40)
address_2 = models.CharField(max_length=40, blank=True)
address_3 = models.CharField(max_length=40, blank=True)
city = models.CharField(max_length=32, db_index=True)
# state example: HI -- they have an acceptable list that we'll just plug in
# state is required if you're in the US or Canada, but otherwise not.
state = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True, db_index=True)
# postal_code required if you're in the US or Canada
postal_code = models.CharField(max_length=16, blank=True, db_index=True)
# country is a ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (e.g. "USA", "CAN", "MNG")
country = models.CharField(max_length=3, db_index=True)
# Phone
phone = models.CharField(max_length=35)
extension = models.CharField(max_length=8, blank=True, db_index=True)
phone_country_code = models.CharField(max_length=3, db_index=True)
fax = models.CharField(max_length=35, blank=True)
# fax_country_code required *if* fax is present.
fax_country_code = models.CharField(max_length=3, blank=True)
# Company
company_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, db_index=True)
# Confirmation
upload_status = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True, db_index=True) # 'Error' or 'Accepted'
uploaded_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True, db_index=True)
upload_error_message = models.CharField(max_length=512, blank=True)
@staticmethod
def user_provided_fields():
return [ 'first_name', 'middle_name', 'last_name', 'suffix', 'salutation',
'address_1', 'address_2', 'address_3', 'city', 'state', 'postal_code', 'country',
'phone', 'extension', 'phone_country_code', 'fax', 'fax_country_code', 'company_name']
@property
def email(self):
return self.user.email
def needs_update(self, dict):
# needs_updating = any([__getattribute__(fieldname) != dict[fieldname]
# for fieldname in TestCenterUser.user_provided_fields()])
for fieldname in TestCenterUser.user_provided_fields():
if self.__getattribute__(fieldname) != dict[fieldname]:
return True
return False
@staticmethod
def _generate_candidate_id():
NUM_DIGITS = 12
return u"edX%0d" % randint(1, 10**NUM_DIGITS-1) # binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(8))
@staticmethod
def create(user):
testcenter_user = TestCenterUser(user=user)
# testcenter_user.candidate_id remains unset
# assign an ID of our own:
cand_id = TestCenterUser._generate_candidate_id()
while TestCenterUser.objects.filter(client_candidate_id=cand_id).exists():
cand_id = TestCenterUser._generate_candidate_id()
testcenter_user.client_candidate_id = cand_id
return testcenter_user
class TestCenterUserForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = TestCenterUser
fields = ( 'first_name', 'middle_name', 'last_name', 'suffix', 'salutation',
'address_1', 'address_2', 'address_3', 'city', 'state', 'postal_code', 'country',
'phone', 'extension', 'phone_country_code', 'fax', 'fax_country_code', 'company_name')
def update_and_save(self):
new_user = self.save(commit=False)
# create additional values here:
new_user.user_updated_at = datetime.now()
new_user.save()
# add validation:
@staticmethod
def can_encode_as_latin(fieldvalue):
try:
fieldvalue.encode('iso-8859-1')
except UnicodeEncodeError:
return False
return True
def check_country_code(self, fieldname):
code = self.cleaned_data[fieldname]
if code and len(code) != 3:
raise forms.ValidationError(u'Must be three characters (ISO 3166-1): e.g. USA, CAN, MNG')
return code
def clean_country(self):
return self.check_country_code('country')
def clean_phone_country_code(self):
return self.check_country_code('phone_country_code')
def clean_fax_country_code(self):
return self.check_country_code('fax_country_code')
def clean(self):
cleaned_data = super(TestCenterUserForm, self).clean()
# check for interactions between fields:
if 'country' in cleaned_data:
country = cleaned_data.get('country')
if country == 'USA' or country == 'CAN':
if 'state' in cleaned_data and len(cleaned_data['state']) == 0:
self._errors['state'] = self.error_class([u'Required if country is USA or CAN.'])
del cleaned_data['state']
if 'postal_code' in cleaned_data and len(cleaned_data['postal_code']) == 0:
self._errors['postal_code'] = self.error_class([u'Required if country is USA or CAN.'])
del cleaned_data['postal_code']
if 'fax' in cleaned_data and len(cleaned_data['fax']) > 0 and 'fax_country_code' in cleaned_data and len(cleaned_data['fax_country_code']) == 0:
self._errors['fax_country_code'] = self.error_class([u'Required if fax is specified.'])
del cleaned_data['fax_country_code']
# check encoding for all fields:
cleaned_data_fields = [fieldname for fieldname in cleaned_data]
for fieldname in cleaned_data_fields:
if not TestCenterUserForm.can_encode_as_latin(cleaned_data[fieldname]):
self._errors[fieldname] = self.error_class([u'Must only use characters in Latin-1 encoding'])
del cleaned_data[fieldname]
# Always return the full collection of cleaned data.
return cleaned_data
ACCOMODATION_CODES = (
('EQPMNT', 'Equipment'),
('ET12ET', 'Extra Time - 1/2 Exam Time'),
('ET30MN', 'Extra Time - 30 Minutes'),
('ETDBTM', 'Extra Time - Double Time'),
('SEPRMM', 'Separate Room'),
('SRREAD', 'Separate Room & Reader'),
('SRRERC', 'Separate Room & Reader/Recorder'),
('SRRECR', 'Separate Room & Recorder'),
('SRSEAN', 'Separate Room & Service Animal'),
('SRSGNR', 'Separate Room & Sign Lang Interp'),
)
class TestCenterRegistration(models.Model):
"""
This is our representation of a user's registration for in-person testing,
and specifically for Pearson at this point. A few things to note:
* Pearson only supports Latin-1, so we have to make sure that the data we
capture here will work with that encoding. This is less of an issue
than for the TestCenterUser.
* Registrations are only created here when a user registers to take an exam in person.
The field names and lengths are modeled on the conventions and constraints
of Pearson's data import system.
"""
# to find an exam registration, we key off of the user and course_id.
# If multiple exams per course are possible, we would also need to add the
# exam_series_code.
testcenter_user = models.ForeignKey(TestCenterUser, default=None)
course_id = models.CharField(max_length=128, db_index=True)
created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, db_index=True)
updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, db_index=True)
# user_updated_at happens only when the user makes a change to their data,
# and is something Pearson needs to know to manage updates. Unlike
# updated_at, this will not get incremented when we do a batch data import.
# The appointment dates, the exam count, and the accommodation codes can be updated,
# but hopefully this won't happen often.
user_updated_at = models.DateTimeField(db_index=True)
# "client_authorization_id" is the client's unique identifier for the authorization.
# This must be present for an update or delete to be sent to Pearson.
client_authorization_id = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True, db_index=True)
# information about the test, from the course policy:
exam_series_code = models.CharField(max_length=15, db_index=True)
eligibility_appointment_date_first = models.DateField(db_index=True)
eligibility_appointment_date_last = models.DateField(db_index=True)
# this is really a list of codes, using an '*' as a delimiter.
# So it's not a choice list.
accommodation_code = models.CharField(max_length=64, blank=True)
# store the original text of the accommodation request.
accommodation_request = models.CharField(max_length=1024, blank=True)
# Confirmation
upload_status = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True) # 'Error' or 'Accepted'
uploaded_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, db_index=True)
upload_error_message = models.CharField(max_length=512, blank=True)
@property
def candidate_id(self):
return self.testcenter_user.candidate_id
@property
def client_candidate_id(self):
return self.testcenter_user.client_candidate_id
@staticmethod
def create(testcenter_user, course_id, exam_info, accommodation_request):
registration = TestCenterRegistration(testcenter_user = testcenter_user)
registration.course_id = course_id
registration.accommodation_request = accommodation_request
registration.exam_series_code = exam_info.get('Exam_Series_Code')
registration.eligibility_appointment_date_first = exam_info.get('First_Eligible_Appointment_Date')
registration.eligibility_appointment_date_last = exam_info.get('Last_Eligible_Appointment_Date')
# accommodation_code remains blank for now, along with Pearson confirmation
registration.client_authorization_id = registration._create_client_authorization_id()
return registration
@staticmethod
def _generate_authorization_id():
NUM_DIGITS = 12
return u"edX%0d" % randint(1, 10**NUM_DIGITS-1) # binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(8))
def _create_client_authorization_id(self):
"""
Return a unique id for a registration, suitable for using as an authorization code
for Pearson. It must fit within 20 characters.
"""
# generate a random value, and check to see if it already is in use here
auth_id = TestCenterRegistration._generate_authorization_id()
while TestCenterRegistration.objects.filter(client_authorization_id=auth_id).exists():
auth_id = TestCenterRegistration._generate_authorization_id()
return auth_id
def is_accepted(self):
return self.upload_status == 'Accepted'
def is_rejected(self):
return self.upload_status == 'Error'
def is_pending_accommodation(self):
return len(self.accommodation_request) > 0 and self.accommodation_code == ''
def is_pending_acknowledgement(self):
return self.upload_status == '' and not self.is_pending_accommodation()
class TestCenterRegistrationForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = TestCenterRegistration
fields = ( 'accommodation_request', )
def update_and_save(self):
registration = self.save(commit=False)
# create additional values here:
registration.user_updated_at = datetime.now()
registration.save()
# TODO: add validation code for values added to accommodation_code field.
def get_testcenter_registrations_for_user_and_course(user, course_id, exam_series_code=None):
try:
tcu = TestCenterUser.objects.get(user=user)
except TestCenterUser.DoesNotExist:
return []
if exam_series_code is None:
return TestCenterRegistration.objects.filter(testcenter_user=tcu, course_id=course_id)
else:
return TestCenterRegistration.objects.filter(testcenter_user=tcu, course_id=course_id, exam_series_code=exam_series_code)
def unique_id_for_user(user):
"""
Return a unique id for a user, suitable for inserting into
e.g. personalized survey links.
"""
# include the secret key as a salt, and to make the ids unique across
# different LMS installs.
h = hashlib.md5()
h.update(settings.SECRET_KEY)
h.update(str(user.id))
return h.hexdigest()
## TODO: Should be renamed to generic UserGroup, and possibly
# Given an optional field for type of group
class UserTestGroup(models.Model):
users = models.ManyToManyField(User, db_index=True)
name = models.CharField(blank=False, max_length=32, db_index=True)
description = models.TextField(blank=True)
class Registration(models.Model):
''' Allows us to wait for e-mail before user is registered. A
registration profile is created when the user creates an
account, but that account is inactive. Once the user clicks
on the activation key, it becomes active. '''
class Meta:
db_table = "auth_registration"
user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True)
activation_key = models.CharField(('activation key'), max_length=32, unique=True, db_index=True)
def register(self, user):
# MINOR TODO: Switch to crypto-secure key
self.activation_key = uuid.uuid4().hex
self.user = user
self.save()
def activate(self):
self.user.is_active = True
self.user.save()
#self.delete()
class PendingNameChange(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, unique=True, db_index=True)
new_name = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255)
rationale = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=1024)
class PendingEmailChange(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, unique=True, db_index=True)
new_email = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, db_index=True)
activation_key = models.CharField(('activation key'), max_length=32, unique=True, db_index=True)
class CourseEnrollment(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
course_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True)
created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True, db_index=True)
class Meta:
unique_together = (('user', 'course_id'), )
def __unicode__(self):
return "[CourseEnrollment] %s: %s (%s)" % (self.user, self.course_id, self.created)
@receiver(post_save, sender=CourseEnrollment)
def assign_default_role(sender, instance, **kwargs):
if instance.user.is_staff:
role = Role.objects.get_or_create(course_id=instance.course_id, name="Moderator")[0]
else:
role = Role.objects.get_or_create(course_id=instance.course_id, name="Student")[0]
logging.info("assign_default_role: adding %s as %s" % (instance.user, role))
instance.user.roles.add(role)
#cache_relation(User.profile)
#### Helper methods for use from python manage.py shell.
def get_user(email):
u = User.objects.get(email=email)
up = UserProfile.objects.get(user=u)
return u, up
def user_info(email):
u, up = get_user(email)
print "User id", u.id
print "Username", u.username
print "E-mail", u.email
print "Name", up.name
print "Location", up.location
print "Language", up.language
return u, up
def change_email(old_email, new_email):
u = User.objects.get(email=old_email)
u.email = new_email
u.save()
def change_name(email, new_name):
u, up = get_user(email)
up.name = new_name
up.save()
def user_count():
print "All users", User.objects.all().count()
print "Active users", User.objects.filter(is_active=True).count()
return User.objects.all().count()
def active_user_count():
return User.objects.filter(is_active=True).count()
def create_group(name, description):
utg = UserTestGroup()
utg.name = name
utg.description = description
utg.save()
def add_user_to_group(user, group):
utg = UserTestGroup.objects.get(name=group)
utg.users.add(User.objects.get(username=user))
utg.save()
def remove_user_from_group(user, group):
utg = UserTestGroup.objects.get(name=group)
utg.users.remove(User.objects.get(username=user))
utg.save()
default_groups = {'email_future_courses': 'Receive e-mails about future MITx courses',
'email_helpers': 'Receive e-mails about how to help with MITx',
'mitx_unenroll': 'Fully unenrolled -- no further communications',
'6002x_unenroll': 'Took and dropped 6002x'}
def add_user_to_default_group(user, group):
try:
utg = UserTestGroup.objects.get(name=group)
except UserTestGroup.DoesNotExist:
utg = UserTestGroup()
utg.name = group
utg.description = default_groups[group]
utg.save()
utg.users.add(User.objects.get(username=user))
utg.save()
@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def update_user_information(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if not settings.MITX_FEATURES['ENABLE_DISCUSSION_SERVICE']:
# Don't try--it won't work, and it will fill the logs with lots of errors
return
try:
cc_user = cc.User.from_django_user(instance)
cc_user.save()
except Exception as e:
log = logging.getLogger("mitx.discussion")
log.error(unicode(e))
log.error("update user info to discussion failed for user with id: " + str(instance.id))
########################## REPLICATION SIGNALS #################################
# @receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def replicate_user_save(sender, **kwargs):
user_obj = kwargs['instance']
if not should_replicate(user_obj):
return
for course_db_name in db_names_to_replicate_to(user_obj.id):
replicate_user(user_obj, course_db_name)
# @receiver(post_save, sender=CourseEnrollment)
def replicate_enrollment_save(sender, **kwargs):
"""This is called when a Student enrolls in a course. It has to do the
following:
1. Make sure the User is copied into the Course DB. It may already exist
(someone deleting and re-adding a course). This has to happen first or
the foreign key constraint breaks.
2. Replicate the CourseEnrollment.
3. Replicate the UserProfile.
"""
if not is_portal():
return
enrollment_obj = kwargs['instance']
log.debug("Replicating user because of new enrollment")
for course_db_name in db_names_to_replicate_to(enrollment_obj.user.id):
replicate_user(enrollment_obj.user, course_db_name)
log.debug("Replicating enrollment because of new enrollment")
replicate_model(CourseEnrollment.save, enrollment_obj, enrollment_obj.user_id)
log.debug("Replicating user profile because of new enrollment")
user_profile = UserProfile.objects.get(user_id=enrollment_obj.user_id)
replicate_model(UserProfile.save, user_profile, enrollment_obj.user_id)
# @receiver(post_delete, sender=CourseEnrollment)
def replicate_enrollment_delete(sender, **kwargs):
enrollment_obj = kwargs['instance']
return replicate_model(CourseEnrollment.delete, enrollment_obj, enrollment_obj.user_id)
# @receiver(post_save, sender=UserProfile)
def replicate_userprofile_save(sender, **kwargs):
"""We just updated the UserProfile (say an update to the name), so push that
change to all Course DBs that we're enrolled in."""
user_profile_obj = kwargs['instance']
return replicate_model(UserProfile.save, user_profile_obj, user_profile_obj.user_id)
######### Replication functions #########
USER_FIELDS_TO_COPY = ["id", "username", "first_name", "last_name", "email",
"password", "is_staff", "is_active", "is_superuser",
"last_login", "date_joined"]
def replicate_user(portal_user, course_db_name):
"""Replicate a User to the correct Course DB. This is more complicated than
it should be because Askbot extends the auth_user table and adds its own
fields. So we need to only push changes to the standard fields and leave
the rest alone so that Askbot changes at the Course DB level don't get
overridden.
"""
try:
course_user = User.objects.using(course_db_name).get(id=portal_user.id)
log.debug("User {0} found in Course DB, replicating fields to {1}"
.format(course_user, course_db_name))
except User.DoesNotExist:
log.debug("User {0} not found in Course DB, creating copy in {1}"
.format(portal_user, course_db_name))
course_user = User()
for field in USER_FIELDS_TO_COPY:
setattr(course_user, field, getattr(portal_user, field))
mark_handled(course_user)
course_user.save(using=course_db_name)
unmark(course_user)
def replicate_model(model_method, instance, user_id):
"""
model_method is the model action that we want replicated. For instance,
UserProfile.save
"""
if not should_replicate(instance):
return
course_db_names = db_names_to_replicate_to(user_id)
log.debug("Replicating {0} for user {1} to DBs: {2}"
.format(model_method, user_id, course_db_names))
mark_handled(instance)
for db_name in course_db_names:
model_method(instance, using=db_name)
unmark(instance)
######### Replication Helpers #########
def is_valid_course_id(course_id):
"""Right now, the only database that's not a course database is 'default'.
I had nicer checking in here originally -- it would scan the courses that
were in the system and only let you choose that. But it was annoying to run
tests with, since we don't have course data for some for our course test
databases. Hence the lazy version.
"""
return course_id != 'default'
def is_portal():
"""Are we in the portal pool? Only Portal servers are allowed to replicate
their changes. For now, only Portal servers see multiple DBs, so we use
that to decide."""
return len(settings.DATABASES) > 1
def db_names_to_replicate_to(user_id):
"""Return a list of DB names that this user_id is enrolled in."""
return [c.course_id
for c in CourseEnrollment.objects.filter(user_id=user_id)
if is_valid_course_id(c.course_id)]
def marked_handled(instance):
"""Have we marked this instance as being handled to avoid infinite loops
caused by saving models in post_save hooks for the same models?"""
return hasattr(instance, '_do_not_copy_to_course_db') and instance._do_not_copy_to_course_db
def mark_handled(instance):
"""You have to mark your instance with this function or else we'll go into
an infinite loop since we're putting listeners on Model saves/deletes and
the act of replication requires us to call the same model method.
We create a _replicated attribute to differentiate the first save of this
model vs. the duplicate save we force on to the course database. Kind of
a hack -- suggestions welcome.
"""
instance._do_not_copy_to_course_db = True
def unmark(instance):
"""If we don't unmark a model after we do replication, then consecutive
save() calls won't be properly replicated."""
instance._do_not_copy_to_course_db = False
def should_replicate(instance):
"""Should this instance be replicated? We need to be a Portal server and
the instance has to not have been marked_handled."""
if marked_handled(instance):
# Basically, avoid an infinite loop. You should
log.debug("{0} should not be replicated because it's been marked"
.format(instance))
return False
if not is_portal():
log.debug("{0} should not be replicated because we're not a portal."
.format(instance))
return False
return True