course/externallib.php

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  16
  17
  18 /**
  19  * External course API
  20  *
  21  * @package    core_course
  22  * @category   external
  23  * @copyright  2009 Petr Skodak
  24  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  25  */
  26
  27 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die;
  28
  29 require_once("$CFG->libdir/externallib.php");
  30
  31 /**
  32  * Course external functions
  33  *
  34  * @package    core_course
  35  * @category   external
  36  * @copyright  2011 Jerome Mouneyrac
  37  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  38  * @since Moodle 2.2
  39  */
  40 class core_course_external extends external_api {
  41
  42     /**
  43      * Returns description of method parameters
  44      *
  45      * @return external_function_parameters
  46      * @since Moodle 2.9 Options available
  47      * @since Moodle 2.2
  48      */
  49     public static function get_course_contents_parameters() {
  50         return new external_function_parameters(
  51                 array('courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
  52                       'options' => new external_multiple_structure (
  53                               new external_single_structure(
  54                                 array(
  55                                     'name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUM,
  56                                                 'The expected keys (value format) are:
  57                                                 excludemodules (bool) Do not return modules, return only the sections structure
  58                                                 excludecontents (bool) Do not return module contents (i.e: files inside a resource)
  59                                                 sectionid (int) Return only this section
  60                                                 sectionnumber (int) Return only this section with number (order)
  61                                                 cmid (int) Return only this module information (among the whole sections structure)
  62                                                 modname (string) Return only modules with this name "label, forum, etc..."
  63                                                 modid (int) Return only the module with this id (to be used with modname'),
  64                                     'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'the value of the option,
  65                                                                     this param is personaly validated in the external function.')
  66                               )
  67                       ), 'Options, used since Moodle 2.9', VALUE_DEFAULT, array())
  68                 )
  69         );
  70     }
  71
  72     /**
  73      * Get course contents
  74      *
  75      * @param int $courseid course id
  76      * @param array $options Options for filtering the results, used since Moodle 2.9
  77      * @return array
  78      * @since Moodle 2.9 Options available
  79      * @since Moodle 2.2
  80      */
  81     public static function get_course_contents($courseid, $options = array()) {
  82         global $CFG, $DB;
  83         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
  84
  85         //validate parameter
  86         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_course_contents_parameters(),
  87                         array('courseid' => $courseid, 'options' => $options));
  88
  89         $filters = array();
  90         if (!empty($params['options'])) {
  91
  92             foreach ($params['options'] as $option) {
  93                 $name = trim($option['name']);
  94                 // Avoid duplicated options.
  95                 if (!isset($filters[$name])) {
  96                     switch ($name) {
  97                         case 'excludemodules':
  98                         case 'excludecontents':
  99                             $value = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_BOOL);
 100                             $filters[$name] = $value;
 101                             break;
 102                         case 'sectionid':
 103                         case 'sectionnumber':
 104                         case 'cmid':
 105                         case 'modid':
 106                             $value = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
 107                             if (is_numeric($value)) {
 108                                 $filters[$name] = $value;
 109                             } else {
 110                                 throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', $name);
 111                             }
 112                             break;
 113                         case 'modname':
 114                             $value = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_PLUGIN);
 115                             if ($value) {
 116                                 $filters[$name] = $value;
 117                             } else {
 118                                 throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', $name);
 119                             }
 120                             break;
 121                         default:
 122                             throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', $name);
 123                     }
 124                 }
 125             }
 126         }
 127
 128         //retrieve the course
 129         $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $params['courseid']), '*', MUST_EXIST);
 130
 131         if ($course->id != SITEID) {
 132             // Check course format exist.
 133             if (!file_exists($CFG->dirroot . '/course/format/' . $course->format . '/lib.php')) {
 134                 throw new moodle_exception('cannotgetcoursecontents', 'webservice', '', null,
 135                                             get_string('courseformatnotfound', 'error', $course->format));
 136             } else {
 137                 require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/course/format/' . $course->format . '/lib.php');
 138             }
 139         }
 140
 141         // now security checks
 142         $context = context_course::instance($course->id, IGNORE_MISSING);
 143         try {
 144             self::validate_context($context);
 145         } catch (Exception $e) {
 146             $exceptionparam = new stdClass();
 147             $exceptionparam->message = $e->getMessage();
 148             $exceptionparam->courseid = $course->id;
 149             throw new moodle_exception('errorcoursecontextnotvalid', 'webservice', '', $exceptionparam);
 150         }
 151
 152         $canupdatecourse = has_capability('moodle/course:update', $context);
 153
 154         //create return value
 155         $coursecontents = array();
 156
 157         if ($canupdatecourse or $course->visible
 158                 or has_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddencourses', $context)) {
 159
 160             //retrieve sections
 161             $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($course);
 162             $sections = $modinfo->get_section_info_all();
 163
 164             //for each sections (first displayed to last displayed)
 165             $modinfosections = $modinfo->get_sections();
 166             foreach ($sections as $key => $section) {
 167
 168                 if (!$section->uservisible) {
 169                     continue;
 170                 }
 171
 172                 // This becomes true when we are filtering and we found the value to filter with.
 173                 $sectionfound = false;
 174
 175                 // Filter by section id.
 176                 if (!empty($filters['sectionid'])) {
 177                     if ($section->id != $filters['sectionid']) {
 178                         continue;
 179                     } else {
 180                         $sectionfound = true;
 181                     }
 182                 }
 183
 184                 // Filter by section number. Note that 0 is a valid section number.
 185                 if (isset($filters['sectionnumber'])) {
 186                     if ($key != $filters['sectionnumber']) {
 187                         continue;
 188                     } else {
 189                         $sectionfound = true;
 190                     }
 191                 }
 192
 193                 // reset $sectioncontents
 194                 $sectionvalues = array();
 195                 $sectionvalues['id'] = $section->id;
 196                 $sectionvalues['name'] = get_section_name($course, $section);
 197                 $sectionvalues['visible'] = $section->visible;
 198                 list($sectionvalues['summary'], $sectionvalues['summaryformat']) =
 199                         external_format_text($section->summary, $section->summaryformat,
 200                                 $context->id, 'course', 'section', $section->id);
 201                 $sectioncontents = array();
 202
 203                 //for each module of the section
 204                 if (empty($filters['excludemodules']) and !empty($modinfosections[$section->section])) {
 205                     foreach ($modinfosections[$section->section] as $cmid) {
 206                         $cm = $modinfo->cms[$cmid];
 207
 208                         // stop here if the module is not visible to the user
 209                         if (!$cm->uservisible) {
 210                             continue;
 211                         }
 212
 213                         // This becomes true when we are filtering and we found the value to filter with.
 214                         $modfound = false;
 215
 216                         // Filter by cmid.
 217                         if (!empty($filters['cmid'])) {
 218                             if ($cmid != $filters['cmid']) {
 219                                 continue;
 220                             } else {
 221                                 $modfound = true;
 222                             }
 223                         }
 224
 225                         // Filter by module name and id.
 226                         if (!empty($filters['modname'])) {
 227                             if ($cm->modname != $filters['modname']) {
 228                                 continue;
 229                             } else if (!empty($filters['modid'])) {
 230                                 if ($cm->instance != $filters['modid']) {
 231                                     continue;
 232                                 } else {
 233                                     // Note that if we are only filtering by modname we don't break the loop.
 234                                     $modfound = true;
 235                                 }
 236                             }
 237                         }
 238
 239                         $module = array();
 240
 241                         $modcontext = context_module::instance($cm->id);
 242
 243                         //common info (for people being able to see the module or availability dates)
 244                         $module['id'] = $cm->id;
 245                         $module['name'] = external_format_string($cm->name, $modcontext->id);
 246                         $module['instance'] = $cm->instance;
 247                         $module['modname'] = $cm->modname;
 248                         $module['modplural'] = $cm->modplural;
 249                         $module['modicon'] = $cm->get_icon_url()->out(false);
 250                         $module['indent'] = $cm->indent;
 251
 252                         if (!empty($cm->showdescription) or $cm->modname == 'label') {
 253                             // We want to use the external format. However from reading get_formatted_content(), $cm->content format is always FORMAT_HTML.
 254                             list($module['description'], $descriptionformat) = external_format_text($cm->content,
 255                                 FORMAT_HTML, $modcontext->id, $cm->modname, 'intro', $cm->id);
 256                         }
 257
 258                         //url of the module
 259                         $url = $cm->url;
 260                         if ($url) { //labels don't have url
 261                             $module['url'] = $url->out(false);
 262                         }
 263
 264                         $canviewhidden = has_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddenactivities',
 265                                             context_module::instance($cm->id));
 266                         //user that can view hidden module should know about the visibility
 267                         $module['visible'] = $cm->visible;
 268
 269                         // Availability date (also send to user who can see hidden module).
 270                         if ($CFG->enableavailability && ($canviewhidden || $canupdatecourse)) {
 271                             $module['availability'] = $cm->availability;
 272                         }
 273
 274                         $baseurl = 'webservice/pluginfile.php';
 275
 276                         //call $modulename_export_contents
 277                         //(each module callback take care about checking the capabilities)
 278
 279                         require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/mod/' . $cm->modname . '/lib.php');
 280                         $getcontentfunction = $cm->modname.'_export_contents';
 281                         if (function_exists($getcontentfunction)) {
 282                             if (empty($filters['excludecontents']) and $contents = $getcontentfunction($cm, $baseurl)) {
 283                                 $module['contents'] = $contents;
 284                             } else {
 285                                 $module['contents'] = array();
 286                             }
 287                         }
 288
 289                         //assign result to $sectioncontents
 290                         $sectioncontents[] = $module;
 291
 292                         // If we just did a filtering, break the loop.
 293                         if ($modfound) {
 294                             break;
 295                         }
 296
 297                     }
 298                 }
 299                 $sectionvalues['modules'] = $sectioncontents;
 300
 301                 // assign result to $coursecontents
 302                 $coursecontents[] = $sectionvalues;
 303
 304                 // Break the loop if we are filtering.
 305                 if ($sectionfound) {
 306                     break;
 307                 }
 308             }
 309         }
 310         return $coursecontents;
 311     }
 312
 313     /**
 314      * Returns description of method result value
 315      *
 316      * @return external_description
 317      * @since Moodle 2.2
 318      */
 319     public static function get_course_contents_returns() {
 320         return new external_multiple_structure(
 321             new external_single_structure(
 322                 array(
 323                     'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Section ID'),
 324                     'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Section name'),
 325                     'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'is the section visible', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 326                     'summary' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Section description'),
 327                     'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary'),
 328                     'modules' => new external_multiple_structure(
 329                             new external_single_structure(
 330                                 array(
 331                                     'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'activity id'),
 332                                     'url' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'activity url', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 333                                     'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'activity module name'),
 334                                     'instance' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'instance id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 335                                     'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'activity description', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 336                                     'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'is the module visible', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 337                                     'modicon' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'activity icon url'),
 338                                     'modname' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN, 'activity module type'),
 339                                     'modplural' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'activity module plural name'),
 340                                     'availability' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'module availability settings', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 341                                     'indent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'number of identation in the site'),
 342                                     'contents' => new external_multiple_structure(
 343                                           new external_single_structure(
 344                                               array(
 345                                                   // content info
 346                                                   'type'=> new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'a file or a folder or external link'),
 347                                                   'filename'=> new external_value(PARAM_FILE, 'filename'),
 348                                                   'filepath'=> new external_value(PARAM_PATH, 'filepath'),
 349                                                   'filesize'=> new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'filesize'),
 350                                                   'fileurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'downloadable file url', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 351                                                   'content' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Raw content, will be used when type is content', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 352                                                   'timecreated' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time created'),
 353                                                   'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time modified'),
 354                                                   'sortorder' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Content sort order'),
 355
 356                                                   // copyright related info
 357                                                   'userid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'User who added this content to moodle'),
 358                                                   'author' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Content owner'),
 359                                                   'license' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Content license'),
 360                                               )
 361                                           ), VALUE_DEFAULT, array()
 362                                       )
 363                                 )
 364                             ), 'list of module'
 365                     )
 366                 )
 367             )
 368         );
 369     }
 370
 371     /**
 372      * Returns description of method parameters
 373      *
 374      * @return external_function_parameters
 375      * @since Moodle 2.3
 376      */
 377     public static function get_courses_parameters() {
 378         return new external_function_parameters(
 379                 array('options' => new external_single_structure(
 380                             array('ids' => new external_multiple_structure(
 381                                         new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course id')
 382                                         , 'List of course id. If empty return all courses
 383                                             except front page course.',
 384                                         VALUE_OPTIONAL)
 385                             ), 'options - operator OR is used', VALUE_DEFAULT, array())
 386                 )
 387         );
 388     }
 389
 390     /**
 391      * Get courses
 392      *
 393      * @param array $options It contains an array (list of ids)
 394      * @return array
 395      * @since Moodle 2.2
 396      */
 397     public static function get_courses($options = array()) {
 398         global $CFG, $DB;
 399         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
 400
 401         //validate parameter
 402         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_courses_parameters(),
 403                         array('options' => $options));
 404
 405         //retrieve courses
 406         if (!array_key_exists('ids', $params['options'])
 407                 or empty($params['options']['ids'])) {
 408             $courses = $DB->get_records('course');
 409         } else {
 410             $courses = $DB->get_records_list('course', 'id', $params['options']['ids']);
 411         }
 412
 413         //create return value
 414         $coursesinfo = array();
 415         foreach ($courses as $course) {
 416
 417             // now security checks
 418             $context = context_course::instance($course->id, IGNORE_MISSING);
 419             $courseformatoptions = course_get_format($course)->get_format_options();
 420             try {
 421                 self::validate_context($context);
 422             } catch (Exception $e) {
 423                 $exceptionparam = new stdClass();
 424                 $exceptionparam->message = $e->getMessage();
 425                 $exceptionparam->courseid = $course->id;
 426                 throw new moodle_exception('errorcoursecontextnotvalid', 'webservice', '', $exceptionparam);
 427             }
 428             require_capability('moodle/course:view', $context);
 429
 430             $courseinfo = array();
 431             $courseinfo['id'] = $course->id;
 432             $courseinfo['fullname'] = $course->fullname;
 433             $courseinfo['shortname'] = $course->shortname;
 434             $courseinfo['categoryid'] = $course->category;
 435             list($courseinfo['summary'], $courseinfo['summaryformat']) =
 436                 external_format_text($course->summary, $course->summaryformat, $context->id, 'course', 'summary', 0);
 437             $courseinfo['format'] = $course->format;
 438             $courseinfo['startdate'] = $course->startdate;
 439             if (array_key_exists('numsections', $courseformatoptions)) {
 440                 // For backward-compartibility
 441                 $courseinfo['numsections'] = $courseformatoptions['numsections'];
 442             }
 443
 444             //some field should be returned only if the user has update permission
 445             $courseadmin = has_capability('moodle/course:update', $context);
 446             if ($courseadmin) {
 447                 $courseinfo['categorysortorder'] = $course->sortorder;
 448                 $courseinfo['idnumber'] = $course->idnumber;
 449                 $courseinfo['showgrades'] = $course->showgrades;
 450                 $courseinfo['showreports'] = $course->showreports;
 451                 $courseinfo['newsitems'] = $course->newsitems;
 452                 $courseinfo['visible'] = $course->visible;
 453                 $courseinfo['maxbytes'] = $course->maxbytes;
 454                 if (array_key_exists('hiddensections', $courseformatoptions)) {
 455                     // For backward-compartibility
 456                     $courseinfo['hiddensections'] = $courseformatoptions['hiddensections'];
 457                 }
 458                 $courseinfo['groupmode'] = $course->groupmode;
 459                 $courseinfo['groupmodeforce'] = $course->groupmodeforce;
 460                 $courseinfo['defaultgroupingid'] = $course->defaultgroupingid;
 461                 $courseinfo['lang'] = $course->lang;
 462                 $courseinfo['timecreated'] = $course->timecreated;
 463                 $courseinfo['timemodified'] = $course->timemodified;
 464                 $courseinfo['forcetheme'] = $course->theme;
 465                 $courseinfo['enablecompletion'] = $course->enablecompletion;
 466                 $courseinfo['completionnotify'] = $course->completionnotify;
 467                 $courseinfo['courseformatoptions'] = array();
 468                 foreach ($courseformatoptions as $key => $value) {
 469                     $courseinfo['courseformatoptions'][] = array(
 470                         'name' => $key,
 471                         'value' => $value
 472                     );
 473                 }
 474             }
 475
 476             if ($courseadmin or $course->visible
 477                     or has_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddencourses', $context)) {
 478                 $coursesinfo[] = $courseinfo;
 479             }
 480         }
 481
 482         return $coursesinfo;
 483     }
 484
 485     /**
 486      * Returns description of method result value
 487      *
 488      * @return external_description
 489      * @since Moodle 2.2
 490      */
 491     public static function get_courses_returns() {
 492         return new external_multiple_structure(
 493                 new external_single_structure(
 494                         array(
 495                             'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
 496                             'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course short name'),
 497                             'categoryid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category id'),
 498                             'categorysortorder' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 499                                     'sort order into the category', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 500                             'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'full name'),
 501                             'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'id number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 502                             'summary' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'summary'),
 503                             'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary'),
 504                             'format' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN,
 505                                     'course format: weeks, topics, social, site,..'),
 506                             'showgrades' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 507                                     '1 if grades are shown, otherwise 0', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 508                             'newsitems' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 509                                     'number of recent items appearing on the course page', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 510                             'startdate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 511                                     'timestamp when the course start'),
 512                             'numsections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 513                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) number of weeks/topics',
 514                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 515                             'maxbytes' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 516                                     'largest size of file that can be uploaded into the course',
 517                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 518                             'showreports' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 519                                     'are activity report shown (yes = 1, no =0)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 520                             'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 521                                     '1: available to student, 0:not available', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 522                             'hiddensections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 523                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) How the hidden sections in the course are displayed to students',
 524                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 525                             'groupmode' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'no group, separate, visible',
 526                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 527                             'groupmodeforce' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1: yes, 0: no',
 528                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 529                             'defaultgroupingid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'default grouping id',
 530                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 531                             'timecreated' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 532                                     'timestamp when the course have been created', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 533                             'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 534                                     'timestamp when the course have been modified', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 535                             'enablecompletion' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 536                                     'Enabled, control via completion and activity settings. Disbaled,
 537                                         not shown in activity settings.',
 538                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 539                             'completionnotify' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 540                                     '1: yes 0: no', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 541                             'lang' => new external_value(PARAM_SAFEDIR,
 542                                     'forced course language', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 543                             'forcetheme' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN,
 544                                     'name of the force theme', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 545                             'courseformatoptions' => new external_multiple_structure(
 546                                 new external_single_structure(
 547                                     array('name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'course format option name'),
 548                                         'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'course format option value')
 549                                 )),
 550                                     'additional options for particular course format', VALUE_OPTIONAL
 551                              ),
 552                         ), 'course'
 553                 )
 554         );
 555     }
 556
 557     /**
 558      * Returns description of method parameters
 559      *
 560      * @return external_function_parameters
 561      * @since Moodle 2.2
 562      */
 563     public static function create_courses_parameters() {
 564         $courseconfig = get_config('moodlecourse'); //needed for many default values
 565         return new external_function_parameters(
 566             array(
 567                 'courses' => new external_multiple_structure(
 568                     new external_single_structure(
 569                         array(
 570                             'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'full name'),
 571                             'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course short name'),
 572                             'categoryid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category id'),
 573                             'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'id number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 574                             'summary' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 575                             'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary', VALUE_DEFAULT),
 576                             'format' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN,
 577                                     'course format: weeks, topics, social, site,..',
 578                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, $courseconfig->format),
 579                             'showgrades' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 580                                     '1 if grades are shown, otherwise 0', VALUE_DEFAULT,
 581                                     $courseconfig->showgrades),
 582                             'newsitems' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 583                                     'number of recent items appearing on the course page',
 584                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, $courseconfig->newsitems),
 585                             'startdate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 586                                     'timestamp when the course start', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 587                             'numsections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 588                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) number of weeks/topics',
 589                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 590                             'maxbytes' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 591                                     'largest size of file that can be uploaded into the course',
 592                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, $courseconfig->maxbytes),
 593                             'showreports' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 594                                     'are activity report shown (yes = 1, no =0)', VALUE_DEFAULT,
 595                                     $courseconfig->showreports),
 596                             'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 597                                     '1: available to student, 0:not available', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 598                             'hiddensections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 599                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) How the hidden sections in the course are displayed to students',
 600                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 601                             'groupmode' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'no group, separate, visible',
 602                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, $courseconfig->groupmode),
 603                             'groupmodeforce' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1: yes, 0: no',
 604                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, $courseconfig->groupmodeforce),
 605                             'defaultgroupingid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'default grouping id',
 606                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, 0),
 607                             'enablecompletion' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 608                                     'Enabled, control via completion and activity settings. Disabled,
 609                                         not shown in activity settings.',
 610                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 611                             'completionnotify' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 612                                     '1: yes 0: no', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 613                             'lang' => new external_value(PARAM_SAFEDIR,
 614                                     'forced course language', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 615                             'forcetheme' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN,
 616                                     'name of the force theme', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 617                             'courseformatoptions' => new external_multiple_structure(
 618                                 new external_single_structure(
 619                                     array('name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'course format option name'),
 620                                         'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'course format option value')
 621                                 )),
 622                                     'additional options for particular course format', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 623                         )
 624                     ), 'courses to create'
 625                 )
 626             )
 627         );
 628     }
 629
 630     /**
 631      * Create  courses
 632      *
 633      * @param array $courses
 634      * @return array courses (id and shortname only)
 635      * @since Moodle 2.2
 636      */
 637     public static function create_courses($courses) {
 638         global $CFG, $DB;
 639         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
 640         require_once($CFG->libdir . '/completionlib.php');
 641
 642         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::create_courses_parameters(),
 643                         array('courses' => $courses));
 644
 645         $availablethemes = core_component::get_plugin_list('theme');
 646         $availablelangs = get_string_manager()->get_list_of_translations();
 647
 648         $transaction = $DB->start_delegated_transaction();
 649
 650         foreach ($params['courses'] as $course) {
 651
 652             // Ensure the current user is allowed to run this function
 653             $context = context_coursecat::instance($course['categoryid'], IGNORE_MISSING);
 654             try {
 655                 self::validate_context($context);
 656             } catch (Exception $e) {
 657                 $exceptionparam = new stdClass();
 658                 $exceptionparam->message = $e->getMessage();
 659                 $exceptionparam->catid = $course['categoryid'];
 660                 throw new moodle_exception('errorcatcontextnotvalid', 'webservice', '', $exceptionparam);
 661             }
 662             require_capability('moodle/course:create', $context);
 663
 664             // Make sure lang is valid
 665             if (array_key_exists('lang', $course) and empty($availablelangs[$course['lang']])) {
 666                 throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', 'lang');
 667             }
 668
 669             // Make sure theme is valid
 670             if (array_key_exists('forcetheme', $course)) {
 671                 if (!empty($CFG->allowcoursethemes)) {
 672                     if (empty($availablethemes[$course['forcetheme']])) {
 673                         throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', 'forcetheme');
 674                     } else {
 675                         $course['theme'] = $course['forcetheme'];
 676                     }
 677                 }
 678             }
 679
 680             //force visibility if ws user doesn't have the permission to set it
 681             $category = $DB->get_record('course_categories', array('id' => $course['categoryid']));
 682             if (!has_capability('moodle/course:visibility', $context)) {
 683                 $course['visible'] = $category->visible;
 684             }
 685
 686             //set default value for completion
 687             $courseconfig = get_config('moodlecourse');
 688             if (completion_info::is_enabled_for_site()) {
 689                 if (!array_key_exists('enablecompletion', $course)) {
 690                     $course['enablecompletion'] = $courseconfig->enablecompletion;
 691                 }
 692             } else {
 693                 $course['enablecompletion'] = 0;
 694             }
 695
 696             $course['category'] = $course['categoryid'];
 697
 698             // Summary format.
 699             $course['summaryformat'] = external_validate_format($course['summaryformat']);
 700
 701             if (!empty($course['courseformatoptions'])) {
 702                 foreach ($course['courseformatoptions'] as $option) {
 703                     $course[$option['name']] = $option['value'];
 704                 }
 705             }
 706
 707             //Note: create_course() core function check shortname, idnumber, category
 708             $course['id'] = create_course((object) $course)->id;
 709
 710             $resultcourses[] = array('id' => $course['id'], 'shortname' => $course['shortname']);
 711         }
 712
 713         $transaction->allow_commit();
 714
 715         return $resultcourses;
 716     }
 717
 718     /**
 719      * Returns description of method result value
 720      *
 721      * @return external_description
 722      * @since Moodle 2.2
 723      */
 724     public static function create_courses_returns() {
 725         return new external_multiple_structure(
 726             new external_single_structure(
 727                 array(
 728                     'id'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
 729                     'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'short name'),
 730                 )
 731             )
 732         );
 733     }
 734
 735     /**
 736      * Update courses
 737      *
 738      * @return external_function_parameters
 739      * @since Moodle 2.5
 740      */
 741     public static function update_courses_parameters() {
 742         return new external_function_parameters(
 743             array(
 744                 'courses' => new external_multiple_structure(
 745                     new external_single_structure(
 746                         array(
 747                             'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'ID of the course'),
 748                             'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'full name', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 749                             'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course short name', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 750                             'categoryid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 751                             'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'id number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 752                             'summary' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 753                             'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 754                             'format' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN,
 755                                     'course format: weeks, topics, social, site,..', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 756                             'showgrades' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 757                                     '1 if grades are shown, otherwise 0', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 758                             'newsitems' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 759                                     'number of recent items appearing on the course page', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 760                             'startdate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 761                                     'timestamp when the course start', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 762                             'numsections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 763                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) number of weeks/topics', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 764                             'maxbytes' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 765                                     'largest size of file that can be uploaded into the course', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 766                             'showreports' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 767                                     'are activity report shown (yes = 1, no =0)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 768                             'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 769                                     '1: available to student, 0:not available', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 770                             'hiddensections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 771                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) How the hidden sections in the course are
 772                                         displayed to students', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 773                             'groupmode' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'no group, separate, visible', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 774                             'groupmodeforce' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1: yes, 0: no', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 775                             'defaultgroupingid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'default grouping id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 776                             'enablecompletion' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 777                                     'Enabled, control via completion and activity settings. Disabled,
 778                                         not shown in activity settings.', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 779                             'completionnotify' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1: yes 0: no', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 780                             'lang' => new external_value(PARAM_SAFEDIR, 'forced course language', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 781                             'forcetheme' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN, 'name of the force theme', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 782                             'courseformatoptions' => new external_multiple_structure(
 783                                 new external_single_structure(
 784                                     array('name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'course format option name'),
 785                                         'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'course format option value')
 786                                 )),
 787                                     'additional options for particular course format', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
 788                         )
 789                     ), 'courses to update'
 790                 )
 791             )
 792         );
 793     }
 794
 795     /**
 796      * Update courses
 797      *
 798      * @param array $courses
 799      * @since Moodle 2.5
 800      */
 801     public static function update_courses($courses) {
 802         global $CFG, $DB;
 803         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
 804         $warnings = array();
 805
 806         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::update_courses_parameters(),
 807                         array('courses' => $courses));
 808
 809         $availablethemes = core_component::get_plugin_list('theme');
 810         $availablelangs = get_string_manager()->get_list_of_translations();
 811
 812         foreach ($params['courses'] as $course) {
 813             // Catch any exception while updating course and return as warning to user.
 814             try {
 815                 // Ensure the current user is allowed to run this function.
 816                 $context = context_course::instance($course['id'], MUST_EXIST);
 817                 self::validate_context($context);
 818
 819                 $oldcourse = course_get_format($course['id'])->get_course();
 820
 821                 require_capability('moodle/course:update', $context);
 822
 823                 // Check if user can change category.
 824                 if (array_key_exists('categoryid', $course) && ($oldcourse->category != $course['categoryid'])) {
 825                     require_capability('moodle/course:changecategory', $context);
 826                     $course['category'] = $course['categoryid'];
 827                 }
 828
 829                 // Check if the user can change fullname.
 830                 if (array_key_exists('fullname', $course) && ($oldcourse->fullname != $course['fullname'])) {
 831                     require_capability('moodle/course:changefullname', $context);
 832                 }
 833
 834                 // Check if the user can change shortname.
 835                 if (array_key_exists('shortname', $course) && ($oldcourse->shortname != $course['shortname'])) {
 836                     require_capability('moodle/course:changeshortname', $context);
 837                 }
 838
 839                 // Check if the user can change the idnumber.
 840                 if (array_key_exists('idnumber', $course) && ($oldcourse->idnumber != $course['idnumber'])) {
 841                     require_capability('moodle/course:changeidnumber', $context);
 842                 }
 843
 844                 // Check if user can change summary.
 845                 if (array_key_exists('summary', $course) && ($oldcourse->summary != $course['summary'])) {
 846                     require_capability('moodle/course:changesummary', $context);
 847                 }
 848
 849                 // Summary format.
 850                 if (array_key_exists('summaryformat', $course) && ($oldcourse->summaryformat != $course['summaryformat'])) {
 851                     require_capability('moodle/course:changesummary', $context);
 852                     $course['summaryformat'] = external_validate_format($course['summaryformat']);
 853                 }
 854
 855                 // Check if user can change visibility.
 856                 if (array_key_exists('visible', $course) && ($oldcourse->visible != $course['visible'])) {
 857                     require_capability('moodle/course:visibility', $context);
 858                 }
 859
 860                 // Make sure lang is valid.
 861                 if (array_key_exists('lang', $course) && empty($availablelangs[$course['lang']])) {
 862                     throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', 'lang');
 863                 }
 864
 865                 // Make sure theme is valid.
 866                 if (array_key_exists('forcetheme', $course)) {
 867                     if (!empty($CFG->allowcoursethemes)) {
 868                         if (empty($availablethemes[$course['forcetheme']])) {
 869                             throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', 'forcetheme');
 870                         } else {
 871                             $course['theme'] = $course['forcetheme'];
 872                         }
 873                     }
 874                 }
 875
 876                 // Make sure completion is enabled before setting it.
 877                 if (array_key_exists('enabledcompletion', $course) && !completion_info::is_enabled_for_site()) {
 878                     $course['enabledcompletion'] = 0;
 879                 }
 880
 881                 // Make sure maxbytes are less then CFG->maxbytes.
 882                 if (array_key_exists('maxbytes', $course)) {
 883                     $course['maxbytes'] = get_max_upload_file_size($CFG->maxbytes, $course['maxbytes']);
 884                 }
 885
 886                 if (!empty($course['courseformatoptions'])) {
 887                     foreach ($course['courseformatoptions'] as $option) {
 888                         if (isset($option['name']) && isset($option['value'])) {
 889                             $course[$option['name']] = $option['value'];
 890                         }
 891                     }
 892                 }
 893
 894                 // Update course if user has all required capabilities.
 895                 update_course((object) $course);
 896             } catch (Exception $e) {
 897                 $warning = array();
 898                 $warning['item'] = 'course';
 899                 $warning['itemid'] = $course['id'];
 900                 if ($e instanceof moodle_exception) {
 901                     $warning['warningcode'] = $e->errorcode;
 902                 } else {
 903                     $warning['warningcode'] = $e->getCode();
 904                 }
 905                 $warning['message'] = $e->getMessage();
 906                 $warnings[] = $warning;
 907             }
 908         }
 909
 910         $result = array();
 911         $result['warnings'] = $warnings;
 912         return $result;
 913     }
 914
 915     /**
 916      * Returns description of method result value
 917      *
 918      * @return external_description
 919      * @since Moodle 2.5
 920      */
 921     public static function update_courses_returns() {
 922         return new external_single_structure(
 923             array(
 924                 'warnings' => new external_warnings()
 925             )
 926         );
 927     }
 928
 929     /**
 930      * Returns description of method parameters
 931      *
 932      * @return external_function_parameters
 933      * @since Moodle 2.2
 934      */
 935     public static function delete_courses_parameters() {
 936         return new external_function_parameters(
 937             array(
 938                 'courseids' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course ID')),
 939             )
 940         );
 941     }
 942
 943     /**
 944      * Delete courses
 945      *
 946      * @param array $courseids A list of course ids
 947      * @since Moodle 2.2
 948      */
 949     public static function delete_courses($courseids) {
 950         global $CFG, $DB;
 951         require_once($CFG->dirroot."/course/lib.php");
 952
 953         // Parameter validation.
 954         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::delete_courses_parameters(), array('courseids'=>$courseids));
 955
 956         $warnings = array();
 957
 958         foreach ($params['courseids'] as $courseid) {
 959             $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $courseid));
 960
 961             if ($course === false) {
 962                 $warnings[] = array(
 963                                 'item' => 'course',
 964                                 'itemid' => $courseid,
 965                                 'warningcode' => 'unknowncourseidnumber',
 966                                 'message' => 'Unknown course ID ' . $courseid
 967                             );
 968                 continue;
 969             }
 970
 971             // Check if the context is valid.
 972             $coursecontext = context_course::instance($course->id);
 973             self::validate_context($coursecontext);
 974
 975             // Check if the current user has permission.
 976             if (!can_delete_course($courseid)) {
 977                 $warnings[] = array(
 978                                 'item' => 'course',
 979                                 'itemid' => $courseid,
 980                                 'warningcode' => 'cannotdeletecourse',
 981                                 'message' => 'You do not have the permission to delete this course' . $courseid
 982                             );
 983                 continue;
 984             }
 985
 986             if (delete_course($course, false) === false) {
 987                 $warnings[] = array(
 988                                 'item' => 'course',
 989                                 'itemid' => $courseid,
 990                                 'warningcode' => 'cannotdeletecategorycourse',
 991                                 'message' => 'Course ' . $courseid . ' failed to be deleted'
 992                             );
 993                 continue;
 994             }
 995         }
 996
 997         fix_course_sortorder();
 998
 999         return array('warnings' => $warnings);
1000     }
1001
1002     /**
1003      * Returns description of method result value
1004      *
1005      * @return external_description
1006      * @since Moodle 2.2
1007      */
1008     public static function delete_courses_returns() {
1009         return new external_single_structure(
1010             array(
1011                 'warnings' => new external_warnings()
1012             )
1013         );
1014     }
1015
1016     /**
1017      * Returns description of method parameters
1018      *
1019      * @return external_function_parameters
1020      * @since Moodle 2.3
1021      */
1022     public static function duplicate_course_parameters() {
1023         return new external_function_parameters(
1024             array(
1025                 'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course to duplicate id'),
1026                 'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'duplicated course full name'),
1027                 'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'duplicated course short name'),
1028                 'categoryid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'duplicated course category parent'),
1029                 'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'duplicated course visible, default to yes', VALUE_DEFAULT, 1),
1030                 'options' => new external_multiple_structure(
1031                     new external_single_structure(
1032                         array(
1033                                 'name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHAEXT, 'The backup option name:
1034                                             "activities" (int) Include course activites (default to 1 that is equal to yes),
1035                                             "blocks" (int) Include course blocks (default to 1 that is equal to yes),
1036                                             "filters" (int) Include course filters  (default to 1 that is equal to yes),
1037                                             "users" (int) Include users (default to 0 that is equal to no),
1038                                             "role_assignments" (int) Include role assignments  (default to 0 that is equal to no),
1039                                             "comments" (int) Include user comments  (default to 0 that is equal to no),
1040                                             "userscompletion" (int) Include user course completion information  (default to 0 that is equal to no),
1041                                             "logs" (int) Include course logs  (default to 0 that is equal to no),
1042                                             "grade_histories" (int) Include histories  (default to 0 that is equal to no)'
1043                                             ),
1044                                 'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'the value for the option 1 (yes) or 0 (no)'
1045                             )
1046                         )
1047                     ), VALUE_DEFAULT, array()
1048                 ),
1049             )
1050         );
1051     }
1052
1053     /**
1054      * Duplicate a course
1055      *
1056      * @param int $courseid
1057      * @param string $fullname Duplicated course fullname
1058      * @param string $shortname Duplicated course shortname
1059      * @param int $categoryid Duplicated course parent category id
1060      * @param int $visible Duplicated course availability
1061      * @param array $options List of backup options
1062      * @return array New course info
1063      * @since Moodle 2.3
1064      */
1065     public static function duplicate_course($courseid, $fullname, $shortname, $categoryid, $visible = 1, $options = array()) {
1066         global $CFG, $USER, $DB;
1067         require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/backup/util/includes/backup_includes.php');
1068         require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/backup/util/includes/restore_includes.php');
1069
1070         // Parameter validation.
1071         $params = self::validate_parameters(
1072                 self::duplicate_course_parameters(),
1073                 array(
1074                       'courseid' => $courseid,
1075                       'fullname' => $fullname,
1076                       'shortname' => $shortname,
1077                       'categoryid' => $categoryid,
1078                       'visible' => $visible,
1079                       'options' => $options
1080                 )
1081         );
1082
1083         // Context validation.
1084
1085         if (! ($course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$params['courseid'])))) {
1086             throw new moodle_exception('invalidcourseid', 'error');
1087         }
1088
1089         // Category where duplicated course is going to be created.
1090         $categorycontext = context_coursecat::instance($params['categoryid']);
1091         self::validate_context($categorycontext);
1092
1093         // Course to be duplicated.
1094         $coursecontext = context_course::instance($course->id);
1095         self::validate_context($coursecontext);
1096
1097         $backupdefaults = array(
1098             'activities' => 1,
1099             'blocks' => 1,
1100             'filters' => 1,
1101             'users' => 0,
1102             'role_assignments' => 0,
1103             'comments' => 0,
1104             'userscompletion' => 0,
1105             'logs' => 0,
1106             'grade_histories' => 0
1107         );
1108
1109         $backupsettings = array();
1110         // Check for backup and restore options.
1111         if (!empty($params['options'])) {
1112             foreach ($params['options'] as $option) {
1113
1114                 // Strict check for a correct value (allways 1 or 0, true or false).
1115                 $value = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
1116
1117                 if ($value !== 0 and $value !== 1) {
1118                     throw new moodle_exception('invalidextparam', 'webservice', '', $option['name']);
1119                 }
1120
1121                 if (!isset($backupdefaults[$option['name']])) {
1122                     throw new moodle_exception('invalidextparam', 'webservice', '', $option['name']);
1123                 }
1124
1125                 $backupsettings[$option['name']] = $value;
1126             }
1127         }
1128
1129         // Capability checking.
1130
1131         // The backup controller check for this currently, this may be redundant.
1132         require_capability('moodle/course:create', $categorycontext);
1133         require_capability('moodle/restore:restorecourse', $categorycontext);
1134         require_capability('moodle/backup:backupcourse', $coursecontext);
1135
1136         if (!empty($backupsettings['users'])) {
1137             require_capability('moodle/backup:userinfo', $coursecontext);
1138             require_capability('moodle/restore:userinfo', $categorycontext);
1139         }
1140
1141         // Check if the shortname is used.
1142         if ($foundcourses = $DB->get_records('course', array('shortname'=>$shortname))) {
1143             foreach ($foundcourses as $foundcourse) {
1144                 $foundcoursenames[] = $foundcourse->fullname;
1145             }
1146
1147             $foundcoursenamestring = implode(',', $foundcoursenames);
1148             throw new moodle_exception('shortnametaken', '', '', $foundcoursenamestring);
1149         }
1150
1151         // Backup the course.
1152
1153         $bc = new backup_controller(backup::TYPE_1COURSE, $course->id, backup::FORMAT_MOODLE,
1154         backup::INTERACTIVE_NO, backup::MODE_SAMESITE, $USER->id);
1155
1156         foreach ($backupsettings as $name => $value) {
1157             $bc->get_plan()->get_setting($name)->set_value($value);
1158         }
1159
1160         $backupid       = $bc->get_backupid();
1161         $backupbasepath = $bc->get_plan()->get_basepath();
1162
1163         $bc->execute_plan();
1164         $results = $bc->get_results();
1165         $file = $results['backup_destination'];
1166
1167         $bc->destroy();
1168
1169         // Restore the backup immediately.
1170
1171         // Check if we need to unzip the file because the backup temp dir does not contains backup files.
1172         if (!file_exists($backupbasepath . "/moodle_backup.xml")) {
1173             $file->extract_to_pathname(get_file_packer('application/vnd.moodle.backup'), $backupbasepath);
1174         }
1175
1176         // Create new course.
1177         $newcourseid = restore_dbops::create_new_course($params['fullname'], $params['shortname'], $params['categoryid']);
1178
1179         $rc = new restore_controller($backupid, $newcourseid,
1180                 backup::INTERACTIVE_NO, backup::MODE_SAMESITE, $USER->id, backup::TARGET_NEW_COURSE);
1181
1182         foreach ($backupsettings as $name => $value) {
1183             $setting = $rc->get_plan()->get_setting($name);
1184             if ($setting->get_status() == backup_setting::NOT_LOCKED) {
1185                 $setting->set_value($value);
1186             }
1187         }
1188
1189         if (!$rc->execute_precheck()) {
1190             $precheckresults = $rc->get_precheck_results();
1191             if (is_array($precheckresults) && !empty($precheckresults['errors'])) {
1192                 if (empty($CFG->keeptempdirectoriesonbackup)) {
1193                     fulldelete($backupbasepath);
1194                 }
1195
1196                 $errorinfo = '';
1197
1198                 foreach ($precheckresults['errors'] as $error) {
1199                     $errorinfo .= $error;
1200                 }
1201
1202                 if (array_key_exists('warnings', $precheckresults)) {
1203                     foreach ($precheckresults['warnings'] as $warning) {
1204                         $errorinfo .= $warning;
1205                     }
1206                 }
1207
1208                 throw new moodle_exception('backupprecheckerrors', 'webservice', '', $errorinfo);
1209             }
1210         }
1211
1212         $rc->execute_plan();
1213         $rc->destroy();
1214
1215         $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $newcourseid), '*', MUST_EXIST);
1216         $course->fullname = $params['fullname'];
1217         $course->shortname = $params['shortname'];
1218         $course->visible = $params['visible'];
1219
1220         // Set shortname and fullname back.
1221         $DB->update_record('course', $course);
1222
1223         if (empty($CFG->keeptempdirectoriesonbackup)) {
1224             fulldelete($backupbasepath);
1225         }
1226
1227         // Delete the course backup file created by this WebService. Originally located in the course backups area.
1228         $file->delete();
1229
1230         return array('id' => $course->id, 'shortname' => $course->shortname);
1231     }
1232
1233     /**
1234      * Returns description of method result value
1235      *
1236      * @return external_description
1237      * @since Moodle 2.3
1238      */
1239     public static function duplicate_course_returns() {
1240         return new external_single_structure(
1241             array(
1242                 'id'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
1243                 'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'short name'),
1244             )
1245         );
1246     }
1247
1248     /**
1249      * Returns description of method parameters for import_course
1250      *
1251      * @return external_function_parameters
1252      * @since Moodle 2.4
1253      */
1254     public static function import_course_parameters() {
1255         return new external_function_parameters(
1256             array(
1257                 'importfrom' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the id of the course we are importing from'),
1258                 'importto' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the id of the course we are importing to'),
1259                 'deletecontent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'whether to delete the course content where we are importing to (default to 0 = No)', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0),
1260                 'options' => new external_multiple_structure(
1261                     new external_single_structure(
1262                         array(
1263                                 'name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'The backup option name:
1264                                             "activities" (int) Include course activites (default to 1 that is equal to yes),
1265                                             "blocks" (int) Include course blocks (default to 1 that is equal to yes),
1266                                             "filters" (int) Include course filters  (default to 1 that is equal to yes)'
1267                                             ),
1268                                 'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'the value for the option 1 (yes) or 0 (no)'
1269                             )
1270                         )
1271                     ), VALUE_DEFAULT, array()
1272                 ),
1273             )
1274         );
1275     }
1276
1277     /**
1278      * Imports a course
1279      *
1280      * @param int $importfrom The id of the course we are importing from
1281      * @param int $importto The id of the course we are importing to
1282      * @param bool $deletecontent Whether to delete the course we are importing to content
1283      * @param array $options List of backup options
1284      * @return null
1285      * @since Moodle 2.4
1286      */
1287     public static function import_course($importfrom, $importto, $deletecontent = 0, $options = array()) {
1288         global $CFG, $USER, $DB;
1289         require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/backup/util/includes/backup_includes.php');
1290         require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/backup/util/includes/restore_includes.php');
1291
1292         // Parameter validation.
1293         $params = self::validate_parameters(
1294             self::import_course_parameters(),
1295             array(
1296                 'importfrom' => $importfrom,
1297                 'importto' => $importto,
1298                 'deletecontent' => $deletecontent,
1299                 'options' => $options
1300             )
1301         );
1302
1303         if ($params['deletecontent'] !== 0 and $params['deletecontent'] !== 1) {
1304             throw new moodle_exception('invalidextparam', 'webservice', '', $params['deletecontent']);
1305         }
1306
1307         // Context validation.
1308
1309         if (! ($importfrom = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$params['importfrom'])))) {
1310             throw new moodle_exception('invalidcourseid', 'error');
1311         }
1312
1313         if (! ($importto = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$params['importto'])))) {
1314             throw new moodle_exception('invalidcourseid', 'error');
1315         }
1316
1317         $importfromcontext = context_course::instance($importfrom->id);
1318         self::validate_context($importfromcontext);
1319
1320         $importtocontext = context_course::instance($importto->id);
1321         self::validate_context($importtocontext);
1322
1323         $backupdefaults = array(
1324             'activities' => 1,
1325             'blocks' => 1,
1326             'filters' => 1
1327         );
1328
1329         $backupsettings = array();
1330
1331         // Check for backup and restore options.
1332         if (!empty($params['options'])) {
1333             foreach ($params['options'] as $option) {
1334
1335                 // Strict check for a correct value (allways 1 or 0, true or false).
1336                 $value = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
1337
1338                 if ($value !== 0 and $value !== 1) {
1339                     throw new moodle_exception('invalidextparam', 'webservice', '', $option['name']);
1340                 }
1341
1342                 if (!isset($backupdefaults[$option['name']])) {
1343                     throw new moodle_exception('invalidextparam', 'webservice', '', $option['name']);
1344                 }
1345
1346                 $backupsettings[$option['name']] = $value;
1347             }
1348         }
1349
1350         // Capability checking.
1351
1352         require_capability('moodle/backup:backuptargetimport', $importfromcontext);
1353         require_capability('moodle/restore:restoretargetimport', $importtocontext);
1354
1355         $bc = new backup_controller(backup::TYPE_1COURSE, $importfrom->id, backup::FORMAT_MOODLE,
1356                 backup::INTERACTIVE_NO, backup::MODE_IMPORT, $USER->id);
1357
1358         foreach ($backupsettings as $name => $value) {
1359             $bc->get_plan()->get_setting($name)->set_value($value);
1360         }
1361
1362         $backupid       = $bc->get_backupid();
1363         $backupbasepath = $bc->get_plan()->get_basepath();
1364
1365         $bc->execute_plan();
1366         $bc->destroy();
1367
1368         // Restore the backup immediately.
1369
1370         // Check if we must delete the contents of the destination course.
1371         if ($params['deletecontent']) {
1372             $restoretarget = backup::TARGET_EXISTING_DELETING;
1373         } else {
1374             $restoretarget = backup::TARGET_EXISTING_ADDING;
1375         }
1376
1377         $rc = new restore_controller($backupid, $importto->id,
1378                 backup::INTERACTIVE_NO, backup::MODE_IMPORT, $USER->id, $restoretarget);
1379
1380         foreach ($backupsettings as $name => $value) {
1381             $rc->get_plan()->get_setting($name)->set_value($value);
1382         }
1383
1384         if (!$rc->execute_precheck()) {
1385             $precheckresults = $rc->get_precheck_results();
1386             if (is_array($precheckresults) && !empty($precheckresults['errors'])) {
1387                 if (empty($CFG->keeptempdirectoriesonbackup)) {
1388                     fulldelete($backupbasepath);
1389                 }
1390
1391                 $errorinfo = '';
1392
1393                 foreach ($precheckresults['errors'] as $error) {
1394                     $errorinfo .= $error;
1395                 }
1396
1397                 if (array_key_exists('warnings', $precheckresults)) {
1398                     foreach ($precheckresults['warnings'] as $warning) {
1399                         $errorinfo .= $warning;
1400                     }
1401                 }
1402
1403                 throw new moodle_exception('backupprecheckerrors', 'webservice', '', $errorinfo);
1404             }
1405         } else {
1406             if ($restoretarget == backup::TARGET_EXISTING_DELETING) {
1407                 restore_dbops::delete_course_content($importto->id);
1408             }
1409         }
1410
1411         $rc->execute_plan();
1412         $rc->destroy();
1413
1414         if (empty($CFG->keeptempdirectoriesonbackup)) {
1415             fulldelete($backupbasepath);
1416         }
1417
1418         return null;
1419     }
1420
1421     /**
1422      * Returns description of method result value
1423      *
1424      * @return external_description
1425      * @since Moodle 2.4
1426      */
1427     public static function import_course_returns() {
1428         return null;
1429     }
1430
1431     /**
1432      * Returns description of method parameters
1433      *
1434      * @return external_function_parameters
1435      * @since Moodle 2.3
1436      */
1437     public static function get_categories_parameters() {
1438         return new external_function_parameters(
1439             array(
1440                 'criteria' => new external_multiple_structure(
1441                     new external_single_structure(
1442                         array(
1443                             'key' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA,
1444                                          'The category column to search, expected keys (value format) are:'.
1445                                          '"id" (int) the category id,'.
1446                                          '"name" (string) the category name,'.
1447                                          '"parent" (int) the parent category id,'.
1448                                          '"idnumber" (string) category idnumber'.
1449                                          ' - user must have \'moodle/category:manage\' to search on idnumber,'.
1450                                          '"visible" (int) whether the returned categories must be visible or hidden. If the key is not passed,
1451                                              then the function return all categories that the user can see.'.
1452                                          ' - user must have \'moodle/category:manage\' or \'moodle/category:viewhiddencategories\' to search on visible,'.
1453                                          '"theme" (string) only return the categories having this theme'.
1454                                          ' - user must have \'moodle/category:manage\' to search on theme'),
1455                             'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'the value to match')
1456                         )
1457                     ), 'criteria', VALUE_DEFAULT, array()
1458                 ),
1459                 'addsubcategories' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'return the sub categories infos
1460                                           (1 - default) otherwise only the category info (0)', VALUE_DEFAULT, 1)
1461             )
1462         );
1463     }
1464
1465     /**
1466      * Get categories
1467      *
1468      * @param array $criteria Criteria to match the results
1469      * @param booln $addsubcategories obtain only the category (false) or its subcategories (true - default)
1470      * @return array list of categories
1471      * @since Moodle 2.3
1472      */
1473     public static function get_categories($criteria = array(), $addsubcategories = true) {
1474         global $CFG, $DB;
1475         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
1476
1477         // Validate parameters.
1478         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_categories_parameters(),
1479                 array('criteria' => $criteria, 'addsubcategories' => $addsubcategories));
1480
1481         // Retrieve the categories.
1482         $categories = array();
1483         if (!empty($params['criteria'])) {
1484
1485             $conditions = array();
1486             $wheres = array();
1487             foreach ($params['criteria'] as $crit) {
1488                 $key = trim($crit['key']);
1489
1490                 // Trying to avoid duplicate keys.
1491                 if (!isset($conditions[$key])) {
1492
1493                     $context = context_system::instance();
1494                     $value = null;
1495                     switch ($key) {
1496                         case 'id':
1497                             $value = clean_param($crit['value'], PARAM_INT);
1498                             break;
1499
1500                         case 'idnumber':
1501                             if (has_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context)) {
1502                                 $value = clean_param($crit['value'], PARAM_RAW);
1503                             } else {
1504                                 // We must throw an exception.
1505                                 // Otherwise the dev client would think no idnumber exists.
1506                                 throw new moodle_exception('criteriaerror',
1507                                         'webservice', '', null,
1508                                         'You don\'t have the permissions to search on the "idnumber" field.');
1509                             }
1510                             break;
1511
1512                         case 'name':
1513                             $value = clean_param($crit['value'], PARAM_TEXT);
1514                             break;
1515
1516                         case 'parent':
1517                             $value = clean_param($crit['value'], PARAM_INT);
1518                             break;
1519
1520                         case 'visible':
1521                             if (has_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context)
1522                                 or has_capability('moodle/category:viewhiddencategories',
1523                                         context_system::instance())) {
1524                                 $value = clean_param($crit['value'], PARAM_INT);
1525                             } else {
1526                                 throw new moodle_exception('criteriaerror',
1527                                         'webservice', '', null,
1528                                         'You don\'t have the permissions to search on the "visible" field.');
1529                             }
1530                             break;
1531
1532                         case 'theme':
1533                             if (has_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context)) {
1534                                 $value = clean_param($crit['value'], PARAM_THEME);
1535                             } else {
1536                                 throw new moodle_exception('criteriaerror',
1537                                         'webservice', '', null,
1538                                         'You don\'t have the permissions to search on the "theme" field.');
1539                             }
1540                             break;
1541
1542                         default:
1543                             throw new moodle_exception('criteriaerror',
1544                                     'webservice', '', null,
1545                                     'You can not search on this criteria: ' . $key);
1546                     }
1547
1548                     if (isset($value)) {
1549                         $conditions[$key] = $crit['value'];
1550                         $wheres[] = $key . " = :" . $key;
1551                     }
1552                 }
1553             }
1554
1555             if (!empty($wheres)) {
1556                 $wheres = implode(" AND ", $wheres);
1557
1558                 $categories = $DB->get_records_select('course_categories', $wheres, $conditions);
1559
1560                 // Retrieve its sub subcategories (all levels).
1561                 if ($categories and !empty($params['addsubcategories'])) {
1562                     $newcategories = array();
1563
1564                     // Check if we required visible/theme checks.
1565                     $additionalselect = '';
1566                     $additionalparams = array();
1567                     if (isset($conditions['visible'])) {
1568                         $additionalselect .= ' AND visible = :visible';
1569                         $additionalparams['visible'] = $conditions['visible'];
1570                     }
1571                     if (isset($conditions['theme'])) {
1572                         $additionalselect .= ' AND theme= :theme';
1573                         $additionalparams['theme'] = $conditions['theme'];
1574                     }
1575
1576                     foreach ($categories as $category) {
1577                         $sqlselect = $DB->sql_like('path', ':path') . $additionalselect;
1578                         $sqlparams = array('path' => $category->path.'/%') + $additionalparams; // It will NOT include the specified category.
1579                         $subcategories = $DB->get_records_select('course_categories', $sqlselect, $sqlparams);
1580                         $newcategories = $newcategories + $subcategories;   // Both arrays have integer as keys.
1581                     }
1582                     $categories = $categories + $newcategories;
1583                 }
1584             }
1585
1586         } else {
1587             // Retrieve all categories in the database.
1588             $categories = $DB->get_records('course_categories');
1589         }
1590
1591         // The not returned categories. key => category id, value => reason of exclusion.
1592         $excludedcats = array();
1593
1594         // The returned categories.
1595         $categoriesinfo = array();
1596
1597         // We need to sort the categories by path.
1598         // The parent cats need to be checked by the algo first.
1599         usort($categories, "core_course_external::compare_categories_by_path");
1600
1601         foreach ($categories as $category) {
1602
1603             // Check if the category is a child of an excluded category, if yes exclude it too (excluded => do not return).
1604             $parents = explode('/', $category->path);
1605             unset($parents[0]); // First key is always empty because path start with / => /1/2/4.
1606             foreach ($parents as $parentid) {
1607                 // Note: when the parent exclusion was due to the context,
1608                 // the sub category could still be returned.
1609                 if (isset($excludedcats[$parentid]) and $excludedcats[$parentid] != 'context') {
1610                     $excludedcats[$category->id] = 'parent';
1611                 }
1612             }
1613
1614             // Check category depth is <= maxdepth (do not check for user who can manage categories).
1615             if ((!empty($CFG->maxcategorydepth) && count($parents) > $CFG->maxcategorydepth)
1616                     and !has_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context)) {
1617                 $excludedcats[$category->id] = 'depth';
1618             }
1619
1620             // Check the user can use the category context.
1621             $context = context_coursecat::instance($category->id);
1622             try {
1623                 self::validate_context($context);
1624             } catch (Exception $e) {
1625                 $excludedcats[$category->id] = 'context';
1626
1627                 // If it was the requested category then throw an exception.
1628                 if (isset($params['categoryid']) && $category->id == $params['categoryid']) {
1629                     $exceptionparam = new stdClass();
1630                     $exceptionparam->message = $e->getMessage();
1631                     $exceptionparam->catid = $category->id;
1632                     throw new moodle_exception('errorcatcontextnotvalid', 'webservice', '', $exceptionparam);
1633                 }
1634             }
1635
1636             // Return the category information.
1637             if (!isset($excludedcats[$category->id])) {
1638
1639                 // Final check to see if the category is visible to the user.
1640                 if ($category->visible
1641                         or has_capability('moodle/category:viewhiddencategories', context_system::instance())
1642                         or has_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context)) {
1643
1644                     $categoryinfo = array();
1645                     $categoryinfo['id'] = $category->id;
1646                     $categoryinfo['name'] = $category->name;
1647                     list($categoryinfo['description'], $categoryinfo['descriptionformat']) =
1648                         external_format_text($category->description, $category->descriptionformat,
1649                                 $context->id, 'coursecat', 'description', null);
1650                     $categoryinfo['parent'] = $category->parent;
1651                     $categoryinfo['sortorder'] = $category->sortorder;
1652                     $categoryinfo['coursecount'] = $category->coursecount;
1653                     $categoryinfo['depth'] = $category->depth;
1654                     $categoryinfo['path'] = $category->path;
1655
1656                     // Some fields only returned for admin.
1657                     if (has_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context)) {
1658                         $categoryinfo['idnumber'] = $category->idnumber;
1659                         $categoryinfo['visible'] = $category->visible;
1660                         $categoryinfo['visibleold'] = $category->visibleold;
1661                         $categoryinfo['timemodified'] = $category->timemodified;
1662                         $categoryinfo['theme'] = $category->theme;
1663                     }
1664
1665                     $categoriesinfo[] = $categoryinfo;
1666                 } else {
1667                     $excludedcats[$category->id] = 'visibility';
1668                 }
1669             }
1670         }
1671
1672         // Sorting the resulting array so it looks a bit better for the client developer.
1673         usort($categoriesinfo, "core_course_external::compare_categories_by_sortorder");
1674
1675         return $categoriesinfo;
1676     }
1677
1678     /**
1679      * Sort categories array by path
1680      * private function: only used by get_categories
1681      *
1682      * @param array $category1
1683      * @param array $category2
1684      * @return int result of strcmp
1685      * @since Moodle 2.3
1686      */
1687     private static function compare_categories_by_path($category1, $category2) {
1688         return strcmp($category1->path, $category2->path);
1689     }
1690
1691     /**
1692      * Sort categories array by sortorder
1693      * private function: only used by get_categories
1694      *
1695      * @param array $category1
1696      * @param array $category2
1697      * @return int result of strcmp
1698      * @since Moodle 2.3
1699      */
1700     private static function compare_categories_by_sortorder($category1, $category2) {
1701         return strcmp($category1['sortorder'], $category2['sortorder']);
1702     }
1703
1704     /**
1705      * Returns description of method result value
1706      *
1707      * @return external_description
1708      * @since Moodle 2.3
1709      */
1710     public static function get_categories_returns() {
1711         return new external_multiple_structure(
1712             new external_single_structure(
1713                 array(
1714                     'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category id'),
1715                     'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'category name'),
1716                     'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'category id number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1717                     'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'category description'),
1718                     'descriptionformat' => new external_format_value('description'),
1719                     'parent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'parent category id'),
1720                     'sortorder' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category sorting order'),
1721                     'coursecount' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'number of courses in this category'),
1722                     'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1: available, 0:not available', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1723                     'visibleold' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1: available, 0:not available', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1724                     'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'timestamp', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1725                     'depth' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category depth'),
1726                     'path' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'category path'),
1727                     'theme' => new external_value(PARAM_THEME, 'category theme', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1728                 ), 'List of categories'
1729             )
1730         );
1731     }
1732
1733     /**
1734      * Returns description of method parameters
1735      *
1736      * @return external_function_parameters
1737      * @since Moodle 2.3
1738      */
1739     public static function create_categories_parameters() {
1740         return new external_function_parameters(
1741             array(
1742                 'categories' => new external_multiple_structure(
1743                         new external_single_structure(
1744                             array(
1745                                 'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'new category name'),
1746                                 'parent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
1747                                         'the parent category id inside which the new category will be created
1748                                          - set to 0 for a root category',
1749                                         VALUE_DEFAULT, 0),
1750                                 'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW,
1751                                         'the new category idnumber', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1752                                 'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW,
1753                                         'the new category description', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1754                                 'descriptionformat' => new external_format_value('description', VALUE_DEFAULT),
1755                                 'theme' => new external_value(PARAM_THEME,
1756                                         'the new category theme. This option must be enabled on moodle',
1757                                         VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1758                         )
1759                     )
1760                 )
1761             )
1762         );
1763     }
1764
1765     /**
1766      * Create categories
1767      *
1768      * @param array $categories - see create_categories_parameters() for the array structure
1769      * @return array - see create_categories_returns() for the array structure
1770      * @since Moodle 2.3
1771      */
1772     public static function create_categories($categories) {
1773         global $CFG, $DB;
1774         require_once($CFG->libdir . "/coursecatlib.php");
1775
1776         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::create_categories_parameters(),
1777                         array('categories' => $categories));
1778
1779         $transaction = $DB->start_delegated_transaction();
1780
1781         $createdcategories = array();
1782         foreach ($params['categories'] as $category) {
1783             if ($category['parent']) {
1784                 if (!$DB->record_exists('course_categories', array('id' => $category['parent']))) {
1785                     throw new moodle_exception('unknowcategory');
1786                 }
1787                 $context = context_coursecat::instance($category['parent']);
1788             } else {
1789                 $context = context_system::instance();
1790             }
1791             self::validate_context($context);
1792             require_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context);
1793
1794             // this will validate format and throw an exception if there are errors
1795             external_validate_format($category['descriptionformat']);
1796
1797             $newcategory = coursecat::create($category);
1798
1799             $createdcategories[] = array('id' => $newcategory->id, 'name' => $newcategory->name);
1800         }
1801
1802         $transaction->allow_commit();
1803
1804         return $createdcategories;
1805     }
1806
1807     /**
1808      * Returns description of method parameters
1809      *
1810      * @return external_function_parameters
1811      * @since Moodle 2.3
1812      */
1813     public static function create_categories_returns() {
1814         return new external_multiple_structure(
1815             new external_single_structure(
1816                 array(
1817                     'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'new category id'),
1818                     'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'new category name'),
1819                 )
1820             )
1821         );
1822     }
1823
1824     /**
1825      * Returns description of method parameters
1826      *
1827      * @return external_function_parameters
1828      * @since Moodle 2.3
1829      */
1830     public static function update_categories_parameters() {
1831         return new external_function_parameters(
1832             array(
1833                 'categories' => new external_multiple_structure(
1834                     new external_single_structure(
1835                         array(
1836                             'id'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
1837                             'name' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'category name', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1838                             'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'category id number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1839                             'parent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'parent category id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1840                             'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'category description', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1841                             'descriptionformat' => new external_format_value('description', VALUE_DEFAULT),
1842                             'theme' => new external_value(PARAM_THEME,
1843                                     'the category theme. This option must be enabled on moodle', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1844                         )
1845                     )
1846                 )
1847             )
1848         );
1849     }
1850
1851     /**
1852      * Update categories
1853      *
1854      * @param array $categories The list of categories to update
1855      * @return null
1856      * @since Moodle 2.3
1857      */
1858     public static function update_categories($categories) {
1859         global $CFG, $DB;
1860         require_once($CFG->libdir . "/coursecatlib.php");
1861
1862         // Validate parameters.
1863         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::update_categories_parameters(), array('categories' => $categories));
1864
1865         $transaction = $DB->start_delegated_transaction();
1866
1867         foreach ($params['categories'] as $cat) {
1868             $category = coursecat::get($cat['id']);
1869
1870             $categorycontext = context_coursecat::instance($cat['id']);
1871             self::validate_context($categorycontext);
1872             require_capability('moodle/category:manage', $categorycontext);
1873
1874             // this will throw an exception if descriptionformat is not valid
1875             external_validate_format($cat['descriptionformat']);
1876
1877             $category->update($cat);
1878         }
1879
1880         $transaction->allow_commit();
1881     }
1882
1883     /**
1884      * Returns description of method result value
1885      *
1886      * @return external_description
1887      * @since Moodle 2.3
1888      */
1889     public static function update_categories_returns() {
1890         return null;
1891     }
1892
1893     /**
1894      * Returns description of method parameters
1895      *
1896      * @return external_function_parameters
1897      * @since Moodle 2.3
1898      */
1899     public static function delete_categories_parameters() {
1900         return new external_function_parameters(
1901             array(
1902                 'categories' => new external_multiple_structure(
1903                     new external_single_structure(
1904                         array(
1905                             'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category id to delete'),
1906                             'newparent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
1907                                 'the parent category to move the contents to, if specified', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
1908                             'recursive' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, '1: recursively delete all contents inside this
1909                                 category, 0 (default): move contents to newparent or current parent category (except if parent is root)', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0)
1910                         )
1911                     )
1912                 )
1913             )
1914         );
1915     }
1916
1917     /**
1918      * Delete categories
1919      *
1920      * @param array $categories A list of category ids
1921      * @return array
1922      * @since Moodle 2.3
1923      */
1924     public static function delete_categories($categories) {
1925         global $CFG, $DB;
1926         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
1927         require_once($CFG->libdir . "/coursecatlib.php");
1928
1929         // Validate parameters.
1930         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::delete_categories_parameters(), array('categories' => $categories));
1931
1932         $transaction = $DB->start_delegated_transaction();
1933
1934         foreach ($params['categories'] as $category) {
1935             $deletecat = coursecat::get($category['id'], MUST_EXIST);
1936             $context = context_coursecat::instance($deletecat->id);
1937             require_capability('moodle/category:manage', $context);
1938             self::validate_context($context);
1939             self::validate_context(get_category_or_system_context($deletecat->parent));
1940
1941             if ($category['recursive']) {
1942                 // If recursive was specified, then we recursively delete the category's contents.
1943                 if ($deletecat->can_delete_full()) {
1944                     $deletecat->delete_full(false);
1945                 } else {
1946                     throw new moodle_exception('youcannotdeletecategory', '', '', $deletecat->get_formatted_name());
1947                 }
1948             } else {
1949                 // In this situation, we don't delete the category's contents, we either move it to newparent or parent.
1950                 // If the parent is the root, moving is not supported (because a course must always be inside a category).
1951                 // We must move to an existing category.
1952                 if (!empty($category['newparent'])) {
1953                     $newparentcat = coursecat::get($category['newparent']);
1954                 } else {
1955                     $newparentcat = coursecat::get($deletecat->parent);
1956                 }
1957
1958                 // This operation is not allowed. We must move contents to an existing category.
1959                 if (!$newparentcat->id) {
1960                     throw new moodle_exception('movecatcontentstoroot');
1961                 }
1962
1963                 self::validate_context(context_coursecat::instance($newparentcat->id));
1964                 if ($deletecat->can_move_content_to($newparentcat->id)) {
1965                     $deletecat->delete_move($newparentcat->id, false);
1966                 } else {
1967                     throw new moodle_exception('youcannotdeletecategory', '', '', $deletecat->get_formatted_name());
1968                 }
1969             }
1970         }
1971
1972         $transaction->allow_commit();
1973     }
1974
1975     /**
1976      * Returns description of method parameters
1977      *
1978      * @return external_function_parameters
1979      * @since Moodle 2.3
1980      */
1981     public static function delete_categories_returns() {
1982         return null;
1983     }
1984
1985     /**
1986      * Describes the parameters for delete_modules.
1987      *
1988      * @return external_external_function_parameters
1989      * @since Moodle 2.5
1990      */
1991     public static function delete_modules_parameters() {
1992         return new external_function_parameters (
1993             array(
1994                 'cmids' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course module ID',
1995                         VALUE_REQUIRED, '', NULL_NOT_ALLOWED), 'Array of course module IDs'),
1996             )
1997         );
1998     }
1999
2000     /**
2001      * Deletes a list of provided module instances.
2002      *
2003      * @param array $cmids the course module ids
2004      * @since Moodle 2.5
2005      */
2006     public static function delete_modules($cmids) {
2007         global $CFG, $DB;
2008
2009         // Require course file containing the course delete module function.
2010         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
2011
2012         // Clean the parameters.
2013         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::delete_modules_parameters(), array('cmids' => $cmids));
2014
2015         // Keep track of the course ids we have performed a capability check on to avoid repeating.
2016         $arrcourseschecked = array();
2017
2018         foreach ($params['cmids'] as $cmid) {
2019             // Get the course module.
2020             $cm = $DB->get_record('course_modules', array('id' => $cmid), '*', MUST_EXIST);
2021
2022             // Check if we have not yet confirmed they have permission in this course.
2023             if (!in_array($cm->course, $arrcourseschecked)) {
2024                 // Ensure the current user has required permission in this course.
2025                 $context = context_course::instance($cm->course);
2026                 self::validate_context($context);
2027                 // Add to the array.
2028                 $arrcourseschecked[] = $cm->course;
2029             }
2030
2031             // Ensure they can delete this module.
2032             $modcontext = context_module::instance($cm->id);
2033             require_capability('moodle/course:manageactivities', $modcontext);
2034
2035             // Delete the module.
2036             course_delete_module($cm->id);
2037         }
2038     }
2039
2040     /**
2041      * Describes the delete_modules return value.
2042      *
2043      * @return external_single_structure
2044      * @since Moodle 2.5
2045      */
2046     public static function delete_modules_returns() {
2047         return null;
2048     }
2049
2050     /**
2051      * Returns description of method parameters
2052      *
2053      * @return external_function_parameters
2054      * @since Moodle 2.9
2055      */
2056     public static function view_course_parameters() {
2057         return new external_function_parameters(
2058             array(
2059                 'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of the course'),
2060                 'sectionnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'section number', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0)
2061             )
2062         );
2063     }
2064
2065     /**
2066      * Trigger the course viewed event.
2067      *
2068      * @param int $courseid id of course
2069      * @param int $sectionnumber sectionnumber (0, 1, 2...)
2070      * @return array of warnings and status result
2071      * @since Moodle 2.9
2072      * @throws moodle_exception
2073      */
2074     public static function view_course($courseid, $sectionnumber = 0) {
2075         global $CFG;
2076         require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/course/lib.php");
2077
2078         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::view_course_parameters(),
2079                                             array(
2080                                                 'courseid' => $courseid,
2081                                                 'sectionnumber' => $sectionnumber
2082                                             ));
2083
2084         $warnings = array();
2085
2086         $course = get_course($params['courseid']);
2087         $context = context_course::instance($course->id);
2088         self::validate_context($context);
2089
2090         if (!empty($params['sectionnumber'])) {
2091
2092             // Get section details and check it exists.
2093             $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($course);
2094             $coursesection = $modinfo->get_section_info($params['sectionnumber'], MUST_EXIST);
2095
2096             // Check user is allowed to see it.
2097             if (!$coursesection->uservisible) {
2098                 require_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddensections', $context);
2099             }
2100         }
2101
2102         course_view($context, $params['sectionnumber']);
2103
2104         $result = array();
2105         $result['status'] = true;
2106         $result['warnings'] = $warnings;
2107         return $result;
2108     }
2109
2110     /**
2111      * Returns description of method result value
2112      *
2113      * @return external_description
2114      * @since Moodle 2.9
2115      */
2116     public static function view_course_returns() {
2117         return new external_single_structure(
2118             array(
2119                 'status' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'status: true if success'),
2120                 'warnings' => new external_warnings()
2121             )
2122         );
2123     }
2124
2125     /**
2126      * Returns description of method parameters
2127      *
2128      * @return external_function_parameters
2129      * @since Moodle 3.0
2130      */
2131     public static function search_courses_parameters() {
2132         return new external_function_parameters(
2133             array(
2134                 'criterianame'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'criteria name
2135                                                         (search, modulelist (only admins), blocklist (only admins), tagid)'),
2136                 'criteriavalue' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'criteria value'),
2137                 'page'          => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'page number (0 based)', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0),
2138                 'perpage'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'items per page', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0)
2139             )
2140         );
2141     }
2142
2143     /**
2144      * Search courses following the specified criteria.
2145      *
2146      * @param string $criterianame  Criteria name (search, modulelist (only admins), blocklist (only admins), tagid)
2147      * @param string $criteriavalue Criteria value
2148      * @param int $page             Page number (for pagination)
2149      * @param int $perpage          Items per page
2150      * @return array of course objects and warnings
2151      * @since Moodle 3.0
2152      * @throws moodle_exception
2153      */
2154     public static function search_courses($criterianame, $criteriavalue, $page=0, $perpage=0) {
2155         global $CFG;
2156         require_once($CFG->libdir . '/coursecatlib.php');
2157
2158         $warnings = array();
2159
2160         $parameters = array(
2161             'criterianame'  => $criterianame,
2162             'criteriavalue' => $criteriavalue,
2163             'page'          => $page,
2164             'perpage'       => $perpage
2165         );
2166         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::search_courses_parameters(), $parameters);
2167
2168         $allowedcriterianames = array('search', 'modulelist', 'blocklist', 'tagid');
2169         if (!in_array($params['criterianame'], $allowedcriterianames)) {
2170             throw new invalid_parameter_exception('Invalid value for criterianame parameter (value: '.$params['criterianame'].'),' .
2171                 'allowed values are: '.implode(',', $allowedcriterianames));
2172         }
2173
2174         if ($params['criterianame'] == 'modulelist' or $params['criterianame'] == 'blocklist') {
2175             require_capability('moodle/site:config', context_system::instance());
2176         }
2177
2178         $paramtype = array(
2179             'search' => PARAM_RAW,
2180             'modulelist' => PARAM_PLUGIN,
2181             'blocklist' => PARAM_INT,
2182             'tagid' => PARAM_INT
2183         );
2184         $params['criteriavalue'] = clean_param($params['criteriavalue'], $paramtype[$params['criterianame']]);
2185
2186         // Prepare the search API options.
2187         $searchcriteria = array();
2188         $searchcriteria[$params['criterianame']] = $params['criteriavalue'];
2189
2190         $options = array();
2191         if ($params['perpage'] != 0) {
2192             $offset = $params['page'] * $params['perpage'];
2193             $options = array('offset' => $offset, 'limit' => $params['perpage']);
2194         }
2195
2196         // Search the courses.
2197         $courses = coursecat::search_courses($searchcriteria, $options);
2198         $totalcount = coursecat::search_courses_count($searchcriteria);
2199
2200         $finalcourses = array();
2201         $categoriescache = array();
2202
2203         foreach ($courses as $course) {
2204
2205             $coursecontext = context_course::instance($course->id);
2206
2207             // Category information.
2208             if (!isset($categoriescache[$course->category])) {
2209                 $categoriescache[$course->category] = coursecat::get($course->category);
2210             }
2211             $category = $categoriescache[$course->category];
2212
2213             // Retrieve course overfiew used files.
2214             $files = array();
2215             foreach ($course->get_course_overviewfiles() as $file) {
2216                 $fileurl = moodle_url::make_webservice_pluginfile_url($file->get_contextid(), $file->get_component(),
2217                                                                         $file->get_filearea(), null, $file->get_filepath(),
2218                                                                         $file->get_filename())->out(false);
2219                 $files[] = array(
2220                     'filename' => $file->get_filename(),
2221                     'fileurl' => $fileurl,
2222                     'filesize' => $file->get_filesize()
2223                 );
2224             }
2225
2226             // Retrieve the course contacts,
2227             // we need here the users fullname since if we are not enrolled can be difficult to obtain them via other Web Services.
2228             $coursecontacts = array();
2229             foreach ($course->get_course_contacts() as $contact) {
2230                  $coursecontacts[] = array(
2231                     'id' => $contact['user']->id,
2232                     'fullname' => $contact['username']
2233                 );
2234             }
2235
2236             // Allowed enrolment methods (maybe we can self-enrol).
2237             $enroltypes = array();
2238             $instances = enrol_get_instances($course->id, true);
2239             foreach ($instances as $instance) {
2240                 $enroltypes[] = $instance->enrol;
2241             }
2242
2243             // Format summary.
2244             list($summary, $summaryformat) =
2245                 external_format_text($course->summary, $course->summaryformat, $coursecontext->id, 'course', 'summary', null);
2246
2247             $coursereturns = array();
2248             $coursereturns['id']                = $course->id;
2249             $coursereturns['fullname']          = $course->get_formatted_fullname();
2250             $coursereturns['shortname']         = $course->get_formatted_shortname();
2251             $coursereturns['categoryid']        = $course->category;
2252             $coursereturns['categoryname']      = $category->name;
2253             $coursereturns['summary']           = $summary;
2254             $coursereturns['summaryformat']     = $summaryformat;
2255             $coursereturns['overviewfiles']     = $files;
2256             $coursereturns['contacts']          = $coursecontacts;
2257             $coursereturns['enrollmentmethods'] = $enroltypes;
2258             $finalcourses[] = $coursereturns;
2259         }
2260
2261         return array(
2262             'total' => $totalcount,
2263             'courses' => $finalcourses,
2264             'warnings' => $warnings
2265         );
2266     }
2267
2268     /**
2269      * Returns description of method result value
2270      *
2271      * @return external_description
2272      * @since Moodle 3.0
2273      */
2274     public static function search_courses_returns() {
2275
2276         return new external_single_structure(
2277             array(
2278                 'total' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'total course count'),
2279                 'courses' => new external_multiple_structure(
2280                     new external_single_structure(
2281                         array(
2282                             'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
2283                             'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course full name'),
2284                             'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course short name'),
2285                             'categoryid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'category id'),
2286                             'categoryname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'category name'),
2287                             'summary' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'summary'),
2288                             'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary'),
2289                             'overviewfiles' => new external_multiple_structure(
2290                                 new external_single_structure(
2291                                     array(
2292                                         'filename' => new external_value(PARAM_FILE, 'overview file name'),
2293                                         'fileurl'  => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'overview file url'),
2294                                         'filesize'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'overview file size'),
2295                                     )
2296                                 ),
2297                                 'additional overview files attached to this course'
2298                             ),
2299                             'contacts' => new external_multiple_structure(
2300                                 new external_single_structure(
2301                                     array(
2302                                         'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'contact user id'),
2303                                         'fullname'  => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'contact user fullname'),
2304                                     )
2305                                 ),
2306                                 'contact users'
2307                             ),
2308                             'enrollmentmethods' => new external_multiple_structure(
2309                                 new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN, 'enrollment method'),
2310                                 'enrollment methods list'
2311                             ),
2312                         )
2313                     ), 'course'
2314                 ),
2315                 'warnings' => new external_warnings()
2316             )
2317         );
2318     }
2319
2320     /**
2321      * Returns description of method parameters
2322      *
2323      * @return external_function_parameters
2324      * @since Moodle 3.0
2325      */
2326     public static function get_course_module_parameters() {
2327         return new external_function_parameters(
2328             array(
2329                 'cmid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The course module id')
2330             )
2331         );
2332     }
2333
2334     /**
2335      * Return information about a course module.
2336      *
2337      * @param int $cmid the course module id
2338      * @return array of warnings and the course module
2339      * @since Moodle 3.0
2340      * @throws moodle_exception
2341      */
2342     public static function get_course_module($cmid) {
2343
2344         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_course_module_parameters(),
2345                                             array(
2346                                                 'cmid' => $cmid,
2347                                             ));
2348
2349         $warnings = array();
2350
2351         $cm = get_coursemodule_from_id(null, $params['cmid'], 0, true, MUST_EXIST);
2352         $context = context_module::instance($cm->id);
2353         self::validate_context($context);
2354
2355         // If the user has permissions to manage the activity, return all the information.
2356         if (has_capability('moodle/course:manageactivities', $context)) {
2357             $info = $cm;
2358         } else {
2359             // Return information is safe to show to any user.
2360             $info = new stdClass();
2361             $info->id = $cm->id;
2362             $info->course = $cm->course;
2363             $info->module = $cm->module;
2364             $info->modname = $cm->modname;
2365             $info->instance = $cm->instance;
2366             $info->section = $cm->section;
2367             $info->sectionnum = $cm->sectionnum;
2368             $info->groupmode = $cm->groupmode;
2369             $info->groupingid = $cm->groupingid;
2370             $info->completion = $cm->completion;
2371         }
2372         // Format name.
2373         $info->name = external_format_string($cm->name, $context->id);
2374
2375         $result = array();
2376         $result['cm'] = $info;
2377         $result['warnings'] = $warnings;
2378         return $result;
2379     }
2380
2381     /**
2382      * Returns description of method result value
2383      *
2384      * @return external_description
2385      * @since Moodle 3.0
2386      */
2387     public static function get_course_module_returns() {
2388         return new external_single_structure(
2389             array(
2390                 'cm' => new external_single_structure(
2391                     array(
2392                         'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The course module id'),
2393                         'course' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The course id'),
2394                         'module' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The module type id'),
2395                         'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The activity name'),
2396                         'modname' => new external_value(PARAM_COMPONENT, 'The module component name (forum, assign, etc..)'),
2397                         'instance' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The activity instance id'),
2398                         'section' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The module section id'),
2399                         'sectionnum' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The module section number'),
2400                         'groupmode' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Group mode'),
2401                         'groupingid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Grouping id'),
2402                         'completion' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'If completion is enabled'),
2403                         'idnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Module id number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2404                         'added' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Time added', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2405                         'score' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Score', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2406                         'indent' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Indentation', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2407                         'visible' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'If visible', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2408                         'visibleold' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Visible old', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2409                         'completiongradeitemnumber' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Completion grade item', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2410                         'completionview' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Completion view setting', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2411                         'completionexpected' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Completion time expected', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2412                         'showdescription' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'If the description is showed', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2413                         'availability' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Availability settings', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
2414                     )
2415                 ),
2416                 'warnings' => new external_warnings()
2417             )
2418         );
2419     }
2420
2421     /**
2422      * Returns description of method parameters
2423      *
2424      * @return external_function_parameters
2425      * @since Moodle 3.0
2426      */
2427     public static function get_course_module_by_instance_parameters() {
2428         return new external_function_parameters(
2429             array(
2430                 'module' => new external_value(PARAM_COMPONENT, 'The module name'),
2431                 'instance' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The module instance id')
2432             )
2433         );
2434     }
2435
2436     /**
2437      * Return information about a course module.
2438      *
2439      * @param string $module the module name
2440      * @param int $instance the activity instance id
2441      * @return array of warnings and the course module
2442      * @since Moodle 3.0
2443      * @throws moodle_exception
2444      */
2445     public static function get_course_module_by_instance($module, $instance) {
2446
2447         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_course_module_by_instance_parameters(),
2448                                             array(
2449                                                 'module' => $module,
2450                                                 'instance' => $instance,
2451                                             ));
2452
2453         $warnings = array();
2454         $cm = get_coursemodule_from_instance($params['module'], $params['instance'], 0, false, MUST_EXIST);
2455
2456         return self::get_course_module($cm->id);
2457     }
2458
2459     /**
2460      * Returns description of method result value
2461      *
2462      * @return external_description
2463      * @since Moodle 3.0
2464      */
2465     public static function get_course_module_by_instance_returns() {
2466         return self::get_course_module_returns();
2467     }
2468
2469 }
2470
2471 /**
2472  * Deprecated course external functions
2473  *
2474  * @package    core_course
2475  * @copyright  2009 Petr Skodak
2476  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
2477  * @since Moodle 2.0
2478  * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not use this class any more.
2479  * @see core_course_external
2480  */
2481 class moodle_course_external extends external_api {
2482
2483     /**
2484      * Returns description of method parameters
2485      *
2486      * @return external_function_parameters
2487      * @since Moodle 2.0
2488      * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not call this function any more.
2489      * @see core_course_external::get_courses_parameters()
2490      */
2491     public static function get_courses_parameters() {
2492         return core_course_external::get_courses_parameters();
2493     }
2494
2495     /**
2496      * Get courses
2497      *
2498      * @param array $options
2499      * @return array
2500      * @since Moodle 2.0
2501      * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not call this function any more.
2502      * @see core_course_external::get_courses()
2503      */
2504     public static function get_courses($options) {
2505         return core_course_external::get_courses($options);
2506     }
2507
2508     /**
2509      * Returns description of method result value
2510      *
2511      * @return external_description
2512      * @since Moodle 2.0
2513      * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not call this function any more.
2514      * @see core_course_external::get_courses_returns()
2515      */
2516     public static function get_courses_returns() {
2517         return core_course_external::get_courses_returns();
2518     }
2519
2520     /**
2521      * Marking the method as deprecated.
2522      *
2523      * @return bool
2524      */
2525     public static function get_courses_is_deprecated() {
2526         return true;
2527     }
2528
2529     /**
2530      * Returns description of method parameters
2531      *
2532      * @return external_function_parameters
2533      * @since Moodle 2.0
2534      * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not call this function any more.
2535      * @see core_course_external::create_courses_parameters()
2536      */
2537     public static function create_courses_parameters() {
2538         return core_course_external::create_courses_parameters();
2539     }
2540
2541     /**
2542      * Create  courses
2543      *
2544      * @param array $courses
2545      * @return array courses (id and shortname only)
2546      * @since Moodle 2.0
2547      * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not call this function any more.
2548      * @see core_course_external::create_courses()
2549      */
2550     public static function create_courses($courses) {
2551         return core_course_external::create_courses($courses);
2552     }
2553
2554     /**
2555      * Returns description of method result value
2556      *
2557      * @return external_description
2558      * @since Moodle 2.0
2559      * @deprecated Moodle 2.2 MDL-29106 - Please do not call this function any more.
2560      * @see core_course_external::create_courses_returns()
2561      */
2562     public static function create_courses_returns() {
2563         return core_course_external::create_courses_returns();
2564     }
2565
2566     /**
2567      * Marking the method as deprecated.
2568      *
2569      * @return bool
2570      */
2571     public static function create_courses_is_deprecated() {
2572         return true;
2573     }
2574 }