feat: list courses details by keys

docs/swagger.yaml

@@ -2084,6 +2084,21 @@ paths:
                 provided org code (e.g., "HarvardX") are returned.
                 Case-insensitive.
 
+            permissions (optional):
+                If specified, it filters visible `CourseOverview` objects by
+                checking if each permission specified is granted for the username.
+                Notice that Staff users are always granted permission to list any
+                course.
+
+            active_only (optional):
+                If this boolean is specified, only the courses that have not ended or do not have any end
+                date are returned. This is different from search_term because this filtering is done on
+                CourseOverview and not ElasticSearch.
+
+            course_keys (optional):
+                If specified, it filters visible `CourseOverview` objects by
+                the course keys (ids) provided
+
         **Returns**
 
             * 200 on success, with a list of course discovery objects as returned

lms/djangoapps/branding/__init__.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.site_configuration import helpers as configuration_helpers
 
 
-def get_visible_courses(org=None, filter_=None, active_only=False):
+def get_visible_courses(org=None, filter_=None, active_only=False, course_keys=None):
     """
     Yield the CourseOverviews that should be visible in this branded
     instance.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ def get_visible_courses(org=None, filter_=None, active_only=False):
         filter_ (dict): Optional parameter that allows custom filtering by
             fields on the course.
         active_only (bool): Optional parameter that enables fetching active courses only.
+        course_keys (list[str]): Optional parameter that allows for selecting which
+            courses to fetch the `CourseOverviews` for
     """
     # Import is placed here to avoid model import at project startup.
     from openedx.core.djangoapps.content.course_overviews.models import CourseOverview
@@ -36,12 +38,16 @@ def get_visible_courses(org=None, filter_=None, active_only=False):
     if org:
         # Check the current site's orgs to make sure the org's courses should be displayed
         if not current_site_orgs or org in current_site_orgs:
-            courses = CourseOverview.get_all_courses(orgs=[org], filter_=filter_, active_only=active_only)
+            courses = CourseOverview.get_all_courses(
+                orgs=[org], filter_=filter_, active_only=active_only, course_keys=course_keys
+            )
     elif current_site_orgs:
         # Only display courses that should be displayed on this site
-        courses = CourseOverview.get_all_courses(orgs=current_site_orgs, filter_=filter_, active_only=active_only)
+        courses = CourseOverview.get_all_courses(
+            orgs=current_site_orgs, filter_=filter_, active_only=active_only, course_keys=course_keys
+        )
     else:
-        courses = CourseOverview.get_all_courses(filter_=filter_, active_only=active_only)
+        courses = CourseOverview.get_all_courses(filter_=filter_, active_only=active_only, course_keys=course_keys)
 
     courses = courses.order_by('id')
 

lms/djangoapps/course_api/api.py

@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def list_courses(request,
                  filter_=None,
                  search_term=None,
                  permissions=None,
-                 active_only=False):
+                 active_only=False,
+                 course_keys=None):
     """
     Yield all available courses.
 
@@ -146,12 +147,17 @@ def list_courses(request,
             If specified, it filters visible `CourseOverview` objects by
             checking if each permission specified is granted for the username.
         active_only (bool): Optional parameter that enables fetching active courses only.
+        course_keys (list[str]):
+            If specified, it filters visible `CourseOverview` objects by
+            the course keys (ids) provided
 
     Return value:
         Yield `CourseOverview` objects representing the collection of courses.
     """
     user = get_effective_user(request.user, username)
-    course_qs = get_courses(user, org=org, filter_=filter_, permissions=permissions, active_only=active_only)
+    course_qs = get_courses(
+        user, org=org, filter_=filter_, permissions=permissions, active_only=active_only, course_keys=course_keys
+    )
     course_qs = _filter_by_search(course_qs, search_term)
     return course_qs
 

lms/djangoapps/course_api/forms.py

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class CourseListGetForm(UsernameValidatorMixin, Form):
     mobile = ExtendedNullBooleanField(required=False)
     active_only = ExtendedNullBooleanField(required=False)
     permissions = MultiValueField(required=False)
+    course_keys = MultiValueField(required=False)
 
     def clean(self):
         """
@@ -80,6 +81,20 @@ def clean(self):
 
         return cleaned_data
 
+    def clean_course_keys(self):
+        """
+        Ensure valid course_keys were provided.
+        """
+        course_keys = self.cleaned_data['course_keys']
+        if course_keys:
+            for course_key in course_keys:
+                try:
+                    CourseKey.from_string(course_key)
+                except InvalidKeyError:
+                    raise ValidationError(f"'{str(course_key)}' is not a valid course key.")  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=raise-missing-from
+
+        return course_keys
+
 
 class CourseIdListGetForm(UsernameValidatorMixin, Form):
     """

lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_api.py

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ def _make_api_call(self,
                        specified_user,
                        org=None,
                        filter_=None,
-                       permissions=None):
+                       permissions=None,
+                       course_keys=None):
         """
         Call the list_courses api endpoint to get information about
         `specified_user` on behalf of `requesting_user`.
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ def _make_api_call(self,
                 org=org,
                 filter_=filter_,
                 permissions=permissions,
+                course_keys=course_keys,
             )
 
     def verify_courses(self, courses):
@@ -244,6 +246,39 @@ def test_permissions(self):
 
         self.assertEqual({c.id for c in filtered_courses}, {self.course.id})
 
+    def test_filter_by_keys(self):
+        """
+        Verify that courses are filtered by the provided course keys.
+        """
+
+        # Create alternative courses to be included in the `course_keys` filter.
+        alternative_course_1 = self.create_course(course='alternative-course-1')
+        alternative_course_2 = self.create_course(course='alternative-course-2')
+
+        # No filtering.
+        unfiltered_expected_courses = [
+            self.course,
+            alternative_course_1,
+            alternative_course_2,
+        ]
+        unfiltered_courses = self._make_api_call(self.honor_user, self.honor_user)
+        assert {course.id for course in unfiltered_courses} == {course.id for course in unfiltered_expected_courses}
+
+        # With filtering.
+        filtered_expected_courses = [
+            alternative_course_1,
+            alternative_course_2,
+        ]
+        filtered_courses = self._make_api_call(
+            self.honor_user,
+            self.honor_user,
+            course_keys={
+                alternative_course_1.id,
+                alternative_course_2.id
+            }
+        )
+        assert {course.id for course in filtered_courses} == {course.id for course in filtered_expected_courses}
+
 
 class TestGetCourseListExtras(CourseListTestMixin, ModuleStoreTestCase):
     """

lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_forms.py

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def set_up_data(self, user):
             'filter_': None,
             'permissions': set(),
             'active_only': None,
+            'course_keys': set(),
         }
 
     def test_basic(self):
@@ -100,6 +101,14 @@ def test_filter(self, param_field_name, param_field_value):
 
         self.assert_valid(self.cleaned_data)
 
+    def test_invalid_course_keys(self):
+        """
+        Verify form checks for validity of course keys provided
+        """
+
+        self.form_data['course_keys'] = 'course-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_Course,invalid_course_key'
+        self.assert_error('course_keys', "'invalid_course_key' is not a valid course key.")
+
 
 class TestCourseIdListGetForm(FormTestMixin, UsernameTestMixin, SharedModuleStoreTestCase):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=missing-class-docstring
     FORM_CLASS = CourseIdListGetForm

lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py

@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ class CourseListView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, ListAPIView):
             date are returned. This is different from search_term because this filtering is done on
             CourseOverview and not ElasticSearch.
 
+        course_keys (optional):
+            If specified, it fetches the `CourseOverview` objects for the
+            the specified course keys
+
     **Returns**
 
         * 200 on success, with a list of course discovery objects as returned
@@ -343,7 +347,8 @@ def get_queryset(self):
             filter_=form.cleaned_data['filter_'],
             search_term=form.cleaned_data['search_term'],
             permissions=form.cleaned_data['permissions'],
-            active_only=form.cleaned_data.get('active_only', False)
+            active_only=form.cleaned_data.get('active_only', False),
+            course_keys=form.cleaned_data['course_keys'],
         )
 
 

lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py

@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ def get_course_syllabus_section(course, section_key):
 
 
 @function_trace('get_courses')
-def get_courses(user, org=None, filter_=None, permissions=None, active_only=False):
+def get_courses(user, org=None, filter_=None, permissions=None, active_only=False, course_keys=None):
     """
     Return a LazySequence of courses available, optionally filtered by org code
     (case-insensitive) or a set of permissions to be satisfied for the specified
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ def get_courses(user, org=None, filter_=None, permissions=None, active_only=Fals
     courses = branding.get_visible_courses(
         org=org,
         filter_=filter_,
-        active_only=active_only
+        active_only=active_only,
+        course_keys=course_keys
     ).prefetch_related(
         'modes',
     ).select_related(

openedx/core/djangoapps/content/course_overviews/models.py

@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ def update_select_courses(cls, course_keys, force_update=False):
         log.info('Finished generating course overviews.')
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_all_courses(cls, orgs=None, filter_=None, active_only=False):
+    def get_all_courses(cls, orgs=None, filter_=None, active_only=False, course_keys=None):
         """
         Return a queryset containing all CourseOverview objects in the database.
 
@@ -666,12 +666,17 @@ def get_all_courses(cls, orgs=None, filter_=None, active_only=False):
                 filtering by organization.
             filter_ (dict): Optional parameter that allows custom filtering.
             active_only (bool): If provided, only the courses that have not ended will be returned.
+            course_keys (list[string]): Optional parameter that allows case-insensitive
+                filter by course ids
         """
         # Note: If a newly created course is not returned in this QueryList,
         # make sure the "publish" signal was emitted when the course was
         # created. For tests using CourseFactory, use emit_signals=True.
         course_overviews = CourseOverview.objects.all()
 
+        if course_keys:
+            course_overviews = course_overviews.filter(id__in=course_keys)
+
         if orgs:
             # In rare cases, courses belonging to the same org may be accidentally assigned
             # an org code with a different casing (e.g., Harvardx as opposed to HarvardX).