. /** * External forum API * * @package mod_forum * @copyright 2012 Mark Nelson * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die; require_once("$CFG->libdir/externallib.php"); class mod_forum_external extends external_api { /** * Describes the parameters for get_forum. * * @return external_external_function_parameters * @since Moodle 2.5 */ public static function get_forums_by_courses_parameters() { return new external_function_parameters ( array( 'courseids' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course ID', '', VALUE_REQUIRED, '', NULL_NOT_ALLOWED), 'Array of Course IDs', VALUE_DEFAULT, array()), ) ); } /** * Returns a list of forums in a provided list of courses, * if no list is provided all forums that the user can view * will be returned. * * @param array $courseids the course ids * @return array the forum details * @since Moodle 2.5 */ public static function get_forums_by_courses($courseids = array()) { global $CFG, $DB, $USER; require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/mod/forum/lib.php"); $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_forums_by_courses_parameters(), array('courseids' => $courseids)); if (empty($params['courseids'])) { // Get all the courses the user can view. $courseids = array_keys(enrol_get_my_courses()); } else { $courseids = $params['courseids']; } // Array to store the forums to return. $arrforums = array(); // Ensure there are courseids to loop through. if (!empty($courseids)) { // Go through the courseids and return the forums. foreach ($courseids as $cid) { // Get the course context. $context = context_course::instance($cid); // Check the user can function in this context. self::validate_context($context); // Get the forums in this course. if ($forums = $DB->get_records('forum', array('course' => $cid))) { // Get the modinfo for the course. $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($cid); // Get the forum instances. $foruminstances = $modinfo->get_instances_of('forum'); // Loop through the forums returned by modinfo. foreach ($foruminstances as $forumid => $cm) { // If it is not visible or present in the forums get_records call, continue. if (!$cm->uservisible || !isset($forums[$forumid])) { continue; } // Set the forum object. $forum = $forums[$forumid]; // Get the module context. $context = context_module::instance($cm->id); // Check they have the view forum capability. require_capability('mod/forum:viewdiscussion', $context); // Format the intro before being returning using the format setting. list($forum->intro, $forum->introformat) = external_format_text($forum->intro, $forum->introformat, $context->id, 'mod_forum', 'intro', 0); // Add the course module id to the object, this information is useful. $forum->cmid = $cm->id; // Add the forum to the array to return. $arrforums[$forum->id] = (array) $forum; } } } } return $arrforums; } /** * Describes the get_forum return value. * * @return external_single_structure * @since Moodle 2.5 */ public static function get_forums_by_courses_returns() { return new external_multiple_structure( new external_single_structure( array( 'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Forum id'), 'course' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Course id'), 'type' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The forum type'), 'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Forum name'), 'intro' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The forum intro'), 'introformat' => new external_format_value('intro'), 'assessed' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Aggregate type'), 'assesstimestart' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Assess start time'), 'assesstimefinish' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Assess finish time'), 'scale' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Scale'), 'maxbytes' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Maximum attachment size'), 'maxattachments' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Maximum number of attachments'), 'forcesubscribe' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Force users to subscribe'), 'trackingtype' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Subscription mode'), 'rsstype' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'RSS feed for this activity'), 'rssarticles' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Number of RSS recent articles'), 'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time modified'), 'warnafter' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Post threshold for warning'), 'blockafter' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Post threshold for blocking'), 'blockperiod' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time period for blocking'), 'completiondiscussions' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Student must create discussions'), 'completionreplies' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Student must post replies'), 'completionposts' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Student must post discussions or replies'), 'cmid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course module id') ), 'forum' ) ); } /** * Describes the parameters for get_forum_discussions. * * @return external_external_function_parameters * @since Moodle 2.5 */ public static function get_forum_discussions_parameters() { return new external_function_parameters ( array( 'forumids' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'forum ID', '', VALUE_REQUIRED, '', NULL_NOT_ALLOWED), 'Array of Forum IDs', VALUE_REQUIRED), ) ); } /** * Returns a list of forum discussions as well as a summary of the discussion * in a provided list of forums. * * @param array $forumids the forum ids * @return array the forum discussion details * @since Moodle 2.5 */ public static function get_forum_discussions($forumids) { global $CFG, $DB, $USER; require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/mod/forum/lib.php"); // Validate the parameter. $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_forum_discussions_parameters(), array('forumids' => $forumids)); $forumids = $params['forumids']; // Array to store the forum discussions to return. $arrdiscussions = array(); // Keep track of the course ids we have performed a require_course_login check on to avoid repeating. $arrcourseschecked = array(); // Store the modinfo for the forums in an individual courses. $arrcoursesforuminfo = array(); // Keep track of the users we have looked up in the DB. $arrusers = array(); // Loop through them. foreach ($forumids as $id) { // Get the forum object. $forum = $DB->get_record('forum', array('id' => $id), '*', MUST_EXIST); // Check that that user can view this course if check not performed yet. if (!in_array($forum->course, $arrcourseschecked)) { // Check the user can function in this context. self::validate_context(context_course::instance($forum->course)); // Add to the array. $arrcourseschecked[] = $forum->course; } // Get the modinfo for the course if we haven't already. if (!isset($arrcoursesforuminfo[$forum->course])) { $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($forum->course); $arrcoursesforuminfo[$forum->course] = $modinfo->get_instances_of('forum'); } // Check if this forum does not exist in the modinfo array, should always be false unless DB is borked. if (empty($arrcoursesforuminfo[$forum->course][$forum->id])) { throw new moodle_exception('invalidmodule', 'error'); } // We now have the course module. $cm = $arrcoursesforuminfo[$forum->course][$forum->id]; // If the forum is not visible throw an exception. if (!$cm->uservisible) { throw new moodle_exception('nopermissiontoshow', 'error'); } // Get the module context. $modcontext = context_module::instance($cm->id); // Check they have the view forum capability. require_capability('mod/forum:viewdiscussion', $modcontext); // Check if they can view full names. $canviewfullname = has_capability('moodle/site:viewfullnames', $modcontext); // Get the unreads array, this takes a forum id and returns data for all discussions. $unreads = array(); if ($cantrack = forum_tp_can_track_forums($forum)) { if ($forumtracked = forum_tp_is_tracked($forum)) { $unreads = forum_get_discussions_unread($cm); } } // The forum function returns the replies for all the discussions in a given forum. $replies = forum_count_discussion_replies($id); // Get the discussions for this forum. if ($discussions = $DB->get_records('forum_discussions', array('forum' => $id))) { foreach ($discussions as $discussion) { // If the forum is of type qanda and the user has not posted in the discussion // we need to ensure that they have the required capability. if ($forum->type == 'qanda' && !forum_user_has_posted($discussion->forum, $discussion->id, $USER->id)) { require_capability('mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting', $modcontext); } // If we don't have the users details then perform DB call. if (empty($arrusers[$discussion->userid])) { $arrusers[$discussion->userid] = $DB->get_record('user', array('id' => $discussion->userid), 'firstname, lastname, email, picture, imagealt', MUST_EXIST); } // Get the subject. $subject = $DB->get_field('forum_posts', 'subject', array('id' => $discussion->firstpost), MUST_EXIST); // Create object to return. $return = new stdClass(); $return->id = (int) $discussion->id; $return->course = $discussion->course; $return->forum = $discussion->forum; $return->name = $discussion->name; $return->userid = $discussion->userid; $return->groupid = $discussion->groupid; $return->assessed = $discussion->assessed; $return->timemodified = (int) $discussion->timemodified; $return->usermodified = $discussion->usermodified; $return->timestart = $discussion->timestart; $return->timeend = $discussion->timeend; $return->firstpost = (int) $discussion->firstpost; $return->firstuserfullname = fullname($arrusers[$discussion->userid], $canviewfullname); $return->firstuserimagealt = $arrusers[$discussion->userid]->imagealt; $return->firstuserpicture = $arrusers[$discussion->userid]->picture; $return->firstuseremail = $arrusers[$discussion->userid]->email; $return->subject = $subject; $return->numunread = ''; if ($cantrack && $forumtracked) { if (isset($unreads[$discussion->id])) { $return->numunread = (int) $unreads[$discussion->id]; } } // Check if there are any replies to this discussion. if (!empty($replies[$discussion->id])) { $return->numreplies = (int) $replies[$discussion->id]->replies; $return->lastpost = (int) $replies[$discussion->id]->lastpostid; } else { // No replies, so the last post will be the first post. $return->numreplies = 0; $return->lastpost = (int) $discussion->firstpost; } // Get the last post as well as the user who made it. $lastpost = $DB->get_record('forum_posts', array('id' => $return->lastpost), '*', MUST_EXIST); if (empty($arrusers[$lastpost->userid])) { $arrusers[$lastpost->userid] = $DB->get_record('user', array('id' => $lastpost->userid), 'firstname, lastname, email, picture, imagealt', MUST_EXIST); } $return->lastuserid = $lastpost->userid; $return->lastuserfullname = fullname($arrusers[$lastpost->userid], $canviewfullname); $return->lastuserimagealt = $arrusers[$lastpost->userid]->imagealt; $return->lastuserpicture = $arrusers[$lastpost->userid]->picture; $return->lastuseremail = $arrusers[$lastpost->userid]->email; // Add the discussion statistics to the array to return. $arrdiscussions[$return->id] = (array) $return; } } } return $arrdiscussions; } /** * Describes the get_forum_discussions return value. * * @return external_single_structure * @since Moodle 2.5 */ public static function get_forum_discussions_returns() { return new external_multiple_structure( new external_single_structure( array( 'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Forum id'), 'course' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course id'), 'forum' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The forum id'), 'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Discussion name'), 'userid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'User id'), 'groupid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Group id'), 'assessed' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Is this assessed?'), 'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time modified'), 'usermodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The id of the user who last modified'), 'timestart' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time discussion can start'), 'timeend' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time discussion ends'), 'firstpost' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The first post in the discussion'), 'firstuserfullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The discussion creators fullname'), 'firstuserimagealt' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The discussion creators image alt'), 'firstuserpicture' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The discussion creators profile picture'), 'firstuseremail' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The discussion creators email'), 'subject' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The discussion subject'), 'numreplies' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The number of replies in the discussion'), 'numunread' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The number of unread posts, blank if this value is not available due to forum settings.'), 'lastpost' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The id of the last post in the discussion'), 'lastuserid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The id of the user who made the last post'), 'lastuserfullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The last person to posts fullname'), 'lastuserimagealt' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The last person to posts image alt'), 'lastuserpicture' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The last person to posts profile picture'), 'lastuseremail' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The last person to posts email'), ), 'discussion' ) ); } }