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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.3.x will end 7 October 2024 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.3.x will end 21 April 2025 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 8.0.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.1. PHP 8.2.x is supported too.

Differences Between: [Versions 310 and 403] [Versions 311 and 403] [Versions 39 and 403] [Versions 400 and 403] [Versions 401 and 403]

   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
   3  //
   4  // Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5  // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   6  // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   7  // (at your option) any later version.
   8  //
   9  // Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10  // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11  // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  12  // GNU General Public License for more details.
  13  //
  14  // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15  // along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  16  
  17  /**
  18   * This is the external API for blogs.
  19   *
  20   * @package    core_blog
  21   * @copyright  2018 Juan Leyva
  22   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  23   */
  24  
  25  namespace core_blog;
  26  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  27  
  28  require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/blog/lib.php');
  29  require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/blog/locallib.php');
  30  
  31  use core_external\external_api;
  32  use core_external\external_function_parameters;
  33  use core_external\external_multiple_structure;
  34  use core_external\external_single_structure;
  35  use core_external\external_value;
  36  use core_external\external_warnings;
  37  use context_system;
  38  use context_course;
  39  use moodle_exception;
  40  use core_blog\external\post_exporter;
  41  
  42  /**
  43   * This is the external API for blogs.
  44   *
  45   * @copyright  2018 Juan Leyva
  46   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  47   */
  48  class external extends external_api {
  49  
  50      /**
  51       * Validate access to the blog and the filters to apply when listing entries.
  52       *
  53       * @param  array  $rawwsfilters array containing the filters in WS format
  54       * @return array  context, filters to apply and the calculated courseid and user
  55       * @since  Moodle 3.6
  56       */
  57      protected static function validate_access_and_filters($rawwsfilters) {
  58          global $CFG;
  59  
  60          if (empty($CFG->enableblogs)) {
  61              throw new moodle_exception('blogdisable', 'blog');
  62          }
  63  
  64          // Init filters.
  65          $filterstype = array(
  66              'courseid' => PARAM_INT,
  67              'groupid' => PARAM_INT,
  68              'userid' => PARAM_INT,
  69              'tagid' => PARAM_INT,
  70              'tag' => PARAM_NOTAGS,
  71              'cmid' => PARAM_INT,
  72              'entryid' => PARAM_INT,
  73              'search' => PARAM_RAW
  74          );
  75          $filters = array(
  76              'courseid' => null,
  77              'groupid' => null,
  78              'userid' => null,
  79              'tagid' => null,
  80              'tag' => null,
  81              'cmid' => null,
  82              'entryid' => null,
  83              'search' => null
  84          );
  85  
  86          foreach ($rawwsfilters as $filter) {
  87              $name = trim($filter['name']);
  88              if (!isset($filterstype[$name])) {
  89                  throw new moodle_exception('errorinvalidparam', 'webservice', '', $name);
  90              }
  91              $filters[$name] = clean_param($filter['value'], $filterstype[$name]);
  92          }
  93  
  94          // Do not overwrite here the filters, blog_get_headers and blog_listing will take care of that.
  95          list($courseid, $userid) = blog_validate_access($filters['courseid'], $filters['cmid'], $filters['groupid'],
  96              $filters['entryid'], $filters['userid']);
  97  
  98          if ($courseid && $courseid != SITEID) {
  99              $context = context_course::instance($courseid);
 100              self::validate_context($context);
 101          } else {
 102              $context = context_system::instance();
 103              if ($CFG->bloglevel == BLOG_GLOBAL_LEVEL) {
 104                  // Everybody can see anything - no login required unless site is locked down using forcelogin.
 105                  if ($CFG->forcelogin) {
 106                      self::validate_context($context);
 107                  }
 108              } else {
 109                  self::validate_context($context);
 110              }
 111          }
 112          // Courseid and userid may not be the same that the ones in $filters.
 113          return array($context, $filters, $courseid, $userid);
 114      }
 115  
 116      /**
 117       * Returns description of get_entries() parameters.
 118       *
 119       * @return external_function_parameters
 120       * @since  Moodle 3.6
 121       */
 122      public static function get_entries_parameters() {
 123          return new external_function_parameters(
 124              array(
 125                  'filters' => new external_multiple_structure (
 126                      new external_single_structure(
 127                          array(
 128                              'name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA,
 129                                  'The expected keys (value format) are:
 130                                  tag      PARAM_NOTAGS blog tag
 131                                  tagid    PARAM_INT    blog tag id
 132                                  userid   PARAM_INT    blog author (userid)
 133                                  cmid    PARAM_INT    course module id
 134                                  entryid  PARAM_INT    entry id
 135                                  groupid  PARAM_INT    group id
 136                                  courseid PARAM_INT    course id
 137                                  search   PARAM_RAW    search term
 138                                  '
 139                              ),
 140                              'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The value of the filter.')
 141                          )
 142                      ), 'Parameters to filter blog listings.', VALUE_DEFAULT, array()
 143                  ),
 144                  'page' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The blog page to return.', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0),
 145                  'perpage' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The number of posts to return per page.', VALUE_DEFAULT, 10),
 146              )
 147          );
 148      }
 149  
 150      /**
 151       * Return blog entries.
 152       *
 153       * @param array $filters the parameters to filter the blog listing
 154       * @param int $page the blog page to return
 155       * @param int $perpage the number of posts to return per page
 156       * @return array with the blog entries and warnings
 157       * @since  Moodle 3.6
 158       */
 159      public static function get_entries($filters = array(), $page = 0, $perpage = 10) {
 160          global $PAGE;
 161  
 162          $warnings = array();
 163          $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_entries_parameters(),
 164              array('filters' => $filters, 'page' => $page, 'perpage' => $perpage));
 165  
 166          list($context, $filters, $courseid, $userid) = self::validate_access_and_filters($params['filters']);
 167  
 168          $PAGE->set_context($context); // Needed by internal APIs.
 169          $output = $PAGE->get_renderer('core');
 170  
 171          // Get filters.
 172          $blogheaders = blog_get_headers($filters['courseid'], $filters['groupid'], $filters['userid'], $filters['tagid'],
 173              $filters['tag'], $filters['cmid'], $filters['entryid'], $filters['search']);
 174          $bloglisting = new \blog_listing($blogheaders['filters']);
 175  
 176          $page  = $params['page'];
 177          $limit = empty($params['perpage']) ? get_user_preferences('blogpagesize', 10) : $params['perpage'];
 178          $start = $page * $limit;
 179          $entries = $bloglisting->get_entries($start, $limit);
 180          $totalentries = $bloglisting->count_entries();
 181  
 182          $exportedentries = array();
 183          foreach ($entries as $entry) {
 184              $exporter = new post_exporter($entry, array('context' => $context));
 185              $exportedentries[] = $exporter->export($output);
 186          }
 187          return array(
 188              'warnings' => $warnings,
 189              'entries' => $exportedentries,
 190              'totalentries' => $totalentries,
 191          );
 192      }
 193  
 194      /**
 195       * Returns description of get_entries() result value.
 196       *
 197       * @return \core_external\external_description
 198       * @since  Moodle 3.6
 199       */
 200      public static function get_entries_returns() {
 201          return new external_single_structure(
 202              array(
 203                  'entries' => new external_multiple_structure(
 204                      post_exporter::get_read_structure()
 205                  ),
 206                  'totalentries' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The total number of entries found.'),
 207                  'warnings' => new external_warnings(),
 208              )
 209          );
 210      }
 211  
 212      /**
 213       * Returns description of view_entries() parameters.
 214       *
 215       * @return external_function_parameters
 216       * @since  Moodle 3.6
 217       */
 218      public static function view_entries_parameters() {
 219          return new external_function_parameters(
 220              array(
 221                  'filters' => new external_multiple_structure (
 222                      new external_single_structure(
 223                          array(
 224                              'name' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA,
 225                                  'The expected keys (value format) are:
 226                                  tag      PARAM_NOTAGS blog tag
 227                                  tagid    PARAM_INT    blog tag id
 228                                  userid   PARAM_INT    blog author (userid)
 229                                  cmid     PARAM_INT    course module id
 230                                  entryid  PARAM_INT    entry id
 231                                  groupid  PARAM_INT    group id
 232                                  courseid PARAM_INT    course id
 233                                  search   PARAM_RAW    search term
 234                                  '
 235                              ),
 236                              'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The value of the filter.')
 237                          )
 238                      ), 'Parameters used in the filter of view_entries.', VALUE_DEFAULT, array()
 239                  ),
 240              )
 241          );
 242      }
 243  
 244      /**
 245       * Trigger the blog_entries_viewed event.
 246       *
 247       * @param array $filters the parameters used in the filter of get_entries
 248       * @return array with status result and warnings
 249       * @since  Moodle 3.6
 250       */
 251      public static function view_entries($filters = array()) {
 252  
 253          $warnings = array();
 254          $params = self::validate_parameters(self::view_entries_parameters(), array('filters' => $filters));
 255  
 256          list($context, $filters, $courseid, $userid) = self::validate_access_and_filters($params['filters']);
 257  
 258          $eventparams = array(
 259              'other' => array('entryid' => $filters['entryid'], 'tagid' => $filters['tagid'], 'userid' => $userid,
 260                  'modid' => $filters['cmid'], 'groupid' => $filters['groupid'], 'search' => $filters['search']
 261              )
 262          );
 263          if (!empty($userid)) {
 264              $eventparams['relateduserid'] = $userid;
 265          }
 266          $eventparams['other']['courseid'] = ($courseid === SITEID) ? 0 : $courseid;
 267          $event = \core\event\blog_entries_viewed::create($eventparams);
 268          $event->trigger();
 269  
 270          return array(
 271              'warnings' => $warnings,
 272              'status' => true,
 273          );
 274      }
 275  
 276      /**
 277       * Returns description of view_entries() result value.
 278       *
 279       * @return \core_external\external_description
 280       * @since  Moodle 3.6
 281       */
 282      public static function view_entries_returns() {
 283          return new external_single_structure(
 284              array(
 285                  'status' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'status: true if success'),
 286                  'warnings' => new external_warnings(),
 287              )
 288          );
 289      }
 290  }