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REST Service core_course_create_courses

by Joshua Parker - Friday, July 25, 2014, 7:05 AM

I am trying to integrate Moodle with my student information system. When a course is created in the SIS, I want to pass the data onto Moodle. Here is my code:

function moodle($title,$short_title,$course_sec,$desc,$sDate) {
	$token = _h(Hooks::get_option('moodle_token'));
	$domainname = _h(Hooks::get_option('moodle_install_url'));
	$functionname = 'core_course_create_courses';
	$restformat = 'json';

	$Moodle_course = new stdClass();
	$Moodle_course->fullname = $title;
	$Moodle_course->shortname = $short_title;
	$Moodle_course->categoryid = 1;
	$Moodle_course->idnumber = $course_sec;
	$Moodle_course->summary = $desc;
	$Moodle_course->summaryformat = 0;
	$Moodle_course->format = 'weeks';
	$Moodle_course->showgrades = 1;
	$Moodle_course->newsitems = 0;
	$Moodle_course->startdate = strtotime($sDate);
	$Moodle_course->numsections = '';
	$Moodle_course->maxbytes = 20971520;
	$Moodle_course->showreports = 1;
	$Moodle_course->visible = 1;
	$Moodle_course->hiddensections = '';
	$Moodle_course->groupmode = 1;
	$Moodle_course->groupmodeforce = 0;
	$Moodle_course->defaultgroupingid = 0;
	$Moodle_course->enablecompletion = 1;
	$Moodle_course->completionnotify = 1;
	$Moodle_course->lang = 'eng';
	$Moodle_course->forcetheme = '';
	$Moodle_course->courseformatoptions = '';
	$MoodleCourses = array($Moodle_course);
	$params = array($MoodleCourses);
	
	/// REST CALL
	header('Content-Type: text/plain');
	$serverurl = $domainname . '/webservice/rest/server.php'. '?wstoken=' . $token . '&wsfunction='.$functionname;
	require_once('curl.php');
	$curl = new curl;
	//if rest format == 'xml', then we do not add the param for backward compatibility with Moodle < 2.2
	$restformat = ($restformat == 'json')?'&moodlewsrestformat=' . $restformat:'';
	$resp = $curl->post($serverurl . $restformat, $params);
	print_r($resp);
	return $resp;
}
Hooks::add_action('create_course_section','moodle',10,5);
?>

However, I am getting the following error message, but I am not sure how to resolve it. Any help in the right direction is much appreciated.

{"exception":"invalid_parameter_exception","errorcode":"invalidparameter","message":"Invalid parameter value detected","debuginfo":"Missing required key in single structure: courses"}

Re: REST Service core_course_create_courses

by Joshua Parker - Friday, July 25, 2014, 11:58 AM

Never mind, I got it working. Once I made a change to params: $params = array('courses'=> $MoodleCourses); I could see some other errors that needed to be corrected, and afterwards it worked.

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Re: REST Service core_course_create_courses

by Jerry Ahern - Thursday, December 4, 2014, 2:51 AM

Hi Joshua,

I'm having trouble with this REST service too. I haven't written any code yet, I'm trying to call the web service directly using a Chrome extension called Postman (see screenshot).

I've followed the instructions precisely to enable the service:

enabled the web service
enabled the REST protocol
created a user and set their capability
created a service and assigned the correct function and user
created a token for the user

However, when passing in my wstoken, wsfunction (core_course_create_courses) and moodlewsrestformat (json), and the following values:

courses[0][fullname] = "Get Started with Moodle"
courses[0][shortname] = "01MOOD"
courses[0][categeoryid] = "101" (the category 101 does exist)

I'm getting this error: Missing required key in single structure: courses.

Can you tell me how you got past this error? What other errors did you resolve? I know this was a while ago but I can't seem to find much information (on forums or otherwise) about core_course_create_courses.

Thanks in advance,

Jerry

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Re: REST Service core_course_create_courses

by Gilberto Mangones - Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 1:11 AM

Hello every posters,

This worked:

$token = 'You token'

$domainname = 'http://localhost/moodle';

$functionname = 'core_course_create_courses';

$restformat = 'json';

//crear objeto de acuerdo a la estructura para crear Categoría en Moodle

$curso = new stdClass();

$curso->fullname = 'Gilberto Mangones';

$curso->shortname ='Gm'; // This data no repeat in other side is inique

$curso->idnumber = 27; // Remember is a consecutive, you problem was for that, you sould write a number

$curso->visible = 1;

$curso->categoryid = 6; // write number of category (1: Misellaneus)

$modulos = array($curso);

$params = array('courses' => $modulos);

header('Content-Type: text/plain');

$serverurl = $domainname . '/webservice/rest/server.php' . '?wstoken=' . $token . '&wsfunction=' . $functionname;

require_once(APPPATH . 'libraries/curl.php');

$curl = new curl;

$restformat = ($restformat == 'json') ? '&moodlewsrestformat=' . $restformat : '';

$resp = $curl->post($serverurl . $restformat, $params);

return $resp;

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Re: REST Service core_course_create_courses

by Raúl Chamorro - Friday, December 11, 2015, 8:00 PM

Hello,

I have the same problem. I did the same but Im getting the error.

What I am doing wrong? Could you help me?

Thank you!

$functionname = 'core_course_create_courses';

$curs = new stdClass();
$curs->fullname = 'Curs de prova WS';
$curs->shortname = 'PWS';
$curs->category = 17;

$cursos = array($curs);

$params = array('courses'=> $cursos);

/// SOAP CALL
$serverurl = $domainname . '/webservice/soap/server.php'. '?wsdl=1&wstoken=' . $token;

$client = new SoapClient($serverurl);
try {
    $resp = $client->__soapCall($functionname, $params);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    print_r($e);
}
if (isset($resp)) {
    print_r($resp);
}

error:

[function] => __soapCall

[class] => SoapClient

[type] => ->

[args] => Array

(

[0] => core_course_create_courses

[1] => Array

(

[courses] => Array

(

[0] => stdClass Object

(

[fullname] => Curs de prova WS

[shortname] => PWS

[category] => 17

)

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