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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-64655

New WS mod_forum_get_forum_access_information

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 3.6.2, 3.7
    • 3.7
    • Forum
    • MOODLE_36_STABLE, MOODLE_37_STABLE
    • MOODLE_37_STABLE
    • MDL-64655-master
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      1. As admin, enable "Mobile services": Site administration ► Mobile app ► Mobile settings
      2. Create a new forum activity in a new course
      3. Enrol two users in the course, one as student and the other one as editing teacher.
      4. Create a Token in the mobile app service for the two users
        • Click on Site administration ► Plugins ► Web services ► Manage tokens
      5. Open the console an execute this new curl request, replacing wstoken with the student token, the site url with yours. The forumid is the forum instance id (the id of the forum in the mod_forum table in the database)

        curl 'http://localhost/m/stable_master/webservice/rest/server.php?moodlewsrestformat=json' --data 'wsfunction=mod_forum_get_forum_access_information&wstoken=3af67232a7596ceb658df4db329e5ad6&forumid=2' | python -m "json.tool"

      6. Now check in the curl response that the following returned fields are set to true: canallowforcesubscribe, cancreateattachment, candeleteownpost, canexportownpost, canreplypost,canstartdiscussion, canviewdiscussion and canviewrating
      7. Execute again the same curl request but this time using the teacher token.
      8. Check that in the curl response all the returned fields are set to true
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      As admin, enable "Mobile services": Site administration ► Mobile app ► Mobile settings Create a new forum activity in a new course Enrol two users in the course, one as student and the other one as editing teacher. Create a Token in the mobile app service for the two users Click on Site administration ► Plugins ► Web services ► Manage tokens Open the console an execute this new curl request, replacing wstoken with the student token, the site url with yours. The forumid is the forum instance id (the id of the forum in the mod_forum table in the database) curl 'http://localhost/m/stable_master/webservice/rest/server.php?moodlewsrestformat=json' --data 'wsfunction=mod_forum_get_forum_access_information&wstoken=3af67232a7596ceb658df4db329e5ad6&forumid=2' | python -m "json.tool" Now check in the curl response that the following returned fields are set to true: canallowforcesubscribe, cancreateattachment, candeleteownpost, canexportownpost, canreplypost,canstartdiscussion, canviewdiscussion and canviewrating Execute again the same curl request but this time using the teacher token. Check that in the curl response all the returned fields are set to true

    Description

      In Moodle web, when the forum is using groups and the user cannot create a discussion because of it, a warning is displayed. We should display the same warning in the app (so this is why we need this new WS).

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          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MOBILE-3018 Support the "Post a copy to all groups" option when a teacher is creating a new discussion

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has a non-specific relationship to

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-65077 Review the current implemention of the get_access_information WS functions for activity modules

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open
          will help resolve

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MOBILE-2798 Forum: Display message explaining why cannot create discussion when groups are used

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

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              jleyva Juan Leyva
              jleyva Juan Leyva
              Mark Nelson Mark Nelson
              Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
              Janelle Barcega Janelle Barcega
              Adrian Greeve, Ilya Tregubov, Kevin Percy, Mathew May, Mihail Geshoski, Shamim Rezaie
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                20/May/19

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