moodle/enrol/externallib.php

<?php
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/**
 * External course participation api.
 *
 * This api is mostly read only, the actual enrol and unenrol
 * support is in each enrol plugin.
 *
 * @package    core_enrol
 * @category   external
 * @copyright  2010 Jerome Mouneyrac
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

require_once("$CFG->libdir/externallib.php");

/**
 * Enrol external functions
 *
 * @package    core_enrol
 * @category   external
 * @copyright  2011 Jerome Mouneyrac
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 * @since Moodle 2.2
 */
class core_enrol_external extends external_api {

    /**
     * Returns description of method parameters
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     * @since Moodle 2.4
     */
    public static function get_enrolled_users_with_capability_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array (
                'coursecapabilities' => new external_multiple_structure(
                    new external_single_structure(
                        array (
                            'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course ID number in the Moodle course table'),
                            'capabilities' => new external_multiple_structure(
                                new external_value(PARAM_CAPABILITY, 'Capability name, such as mod/forum:viewdiscussion')),
                        )
                    )
                , 'course id and associated capability name'),
                 'options'  => new external_multiple_structure(
                    new external_single_structure(
                        array(
                            'name'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'option name'),
                            'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'option value')
                        )
                    ), 'Option names:
                            * groupid (integer) return only users in this group id. Requires \'moodle/site:accessallgroups\' .
                            * onlyactive (integer) only users with active enrolments. Requires \'moodle/course:enrolreview\' .
                            * userfields (\'string, string, ...\') return only the values of these user fields.
                            * limitfrom (integer) sql limit from.
                            * limitnumber (integer) max number of users per course and capability.', VALUE_DEFAULT, array())
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Return users that have the capabilities for each course specified. For each course and capability specified,
     * a list of the users that are enrolled in the course and have that capability are returned.
     *
     * @param array $coursecapabilities array of course ids and associated capability names {courseid, {capabilities}}
     * @return array An array of arrays describing users for each associated courseid and capability
     * @since  Moodle 2.4
     */
    public static function get_enrolled_users_with_capability($coursecapabilities, $options) {
        global $CFG, $DB;
        require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/user/lib.php");

        if (empty($coursecapabilities)) {
            throw new invalid_parameter_exception('Parameter can not be empty');
        }
        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_enrolled_users_with_capability_parameters(),
            array ('coursecapabilities' => $coursecapabilities,  'options'=>$options));
        $result = array();
        $userlist = array();
        $groupid        = 0;
        $onlyactive     = false;
        $userfields     = array();
        $limitfrom = 0;
        $limitnumber = 0;
        foreach ($params['options'] as $option) {
            switch ($option['name']) {
                case 'groupid':
                    $groupid = (int)$option['value'];
                    break;
                case 'onlyactive':
                    $onlyactive = !empty($option['value']);
                    break;
                case 'userfields':
                    $thefields = explode(',', $option['value']);
                    foreach ($thefields as $f) {
                        $userfields[] = clean_param($f, PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT);
                    }
                    break;
                case 'limitfrom' :
                    $limitfrom = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
                    break;
                case 'limitnumber' :
                    $limitnumber = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
                    break;
            }
        }

        foreach ($params['coursecapabilities'] as $coursecapability) {
            $courseid = $coursecapability['courseid'];
            $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$courseid), '*', MUST_EXIST);
            $coursecontext = context_course::instance($courseid);
            if (!$coursecontext) {
                throw new moodle_exception('cannotfindcourse', 'error', '', null,
                        'The course id ' . $courseid . ' doesn\'t exist.');
            }
            if ($courseid == SITEID) {
                $context = context_system::instance();
            } else {
                $context = $coursecontext;
            }
            try {
                self::validate_context($context);
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                $exceptionparam = new stdClass();
                $exceptionparam->message = $e->getMessage();
                $exceptionparam->courseid = $params['courseid'];
                throw new moodle_exception(get_string('errorcoursecontextnotvalid' , 'webservice', $exceptionparam));
            }

            if ($courseid == SITEID) {
                require_capability('moodle/site:viewparticipants', $context);
            } else {
                require_capability('moodle/course:viewparticipants', $context);
            }
            // The accessallgroups capability is needed to use this option.
            if (!empty($groupid) && groups_is_member($groupid)) {
                require_capability('moodle/site:accessallgroups', $coursecontext);
            }
            // The course:enrolereview capability is needed to use this option.
            if ($onlyactive) {
                require_capability('moodle/course:enrolreview', $coursecontext);
            }

            // To see the permissions of others role:review capability is required.
            require_capability('moodle/role:review', $coursecontext);
            foreach ($coursecapability['capabilities'] as $capability) {
                $courseusers['courseid'] = $courseid;
                $courseusers['capability'] = $capability;

                list($enrolledsql, $enrolledparams) = get_enrolled_sql($coursecontext, $capability, $groupid, $onlyactive);

                $sql = "SELECT u.* FROM {user} u WHERE u.id IN ($enrolledsql) ORDER BY u.id ASC";

                $enrolledusers = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql, $enrolledparams, $limitfrom, $limitnumber);
                $users = array();
                foreach ($enrolledusers as $courseuser) {
                    if ($userdetails = user_get_user_details($courseuser, $course, $userfields)) {
                        $users[] = $userdetails;
                    }
                }
                $enrolledusers->close();
                $courseusers['users'] = $users;
                $result[] = $courseusers;
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method result value
     *
     * @return external_multiple_structure
     * @since Moodle 2.4
     */
    public static function get_enrolled_users_with_capability_returns() {
        return  new external_multiple_structure( new external_single_structure (
                array (
                    'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course ID number in the Moodle course table'),
                    'capability' => new external_value(PARAM_CAPABILITY, 'Capability name'),
                    'users' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                array(
                    'id'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'ID of the user'),
                    'username'    => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Username', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'firstname'   => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'The first name(s) of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'lastname'    => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'The family name of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'fullname'    => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'The fullname of the user'),
                    'email'       => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Email address', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'address'     => new external_value(PARAM_MULTILANG, 'Postal address', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'phone1'      => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'Phone 1', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'phone2'      => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'Phone 2', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'icq'         => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'icq number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'skype'       => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'skype id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'yahoo'       => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'yahoo id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'aim'         => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'aim id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'msn'         => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'msn number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'department'  => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'department', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'institution' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'institution', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'interests'   => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'user interests (separated by commas)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'firstaccess' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'first access to the site (0 if never)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'lastaccess'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'last access to the site (0 if never)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'User profile description', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'descriptionformat' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'User profile description format', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'city'        => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'Home city of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'url'         => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'URL of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'country'     => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'Country code of the user, such as AU or CZ', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'profileimageurlsmall' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'User image profile URL - small', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'profileimageurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'User image profile URL - big', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'customfields' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'type'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'The type of the custom field'),
                                'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The value of the custom field'),
                                'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The name of the custom field'),
                                'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The shortname of the custom field'),
                            )
                        ), 'User custom fields (also known as user profil fields)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'groups' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'id'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'group id'),
                                'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'group name'),
                                'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'group description'),
                            )
                        ), 'user groups', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'roles' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'roleid'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'role id'),
                                'name'         => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'role name'),
                                'shortname'    => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'role shortname'),
                                'sortorder'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'role sortorder')
                            )
                        ), 'user roles', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'preferences' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'name'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'The name of the preferences'),
                                'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The value of the custom field'),
                            )
                    ), 'User preferences', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'enrolledcourses' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'id'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Id of the course'),
                                'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Fullname of the course'),
                                'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Shortname of the course')
                            )
                    ), 'Courses where the user is enrolled - limited by which courses the user is able to see', VALUE_OPTIONAL)
                )
                        ), 'List of users that are enrolled in the course and have the specified capability'),
                    )
                )
            );
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method parameters
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function get_users_courses_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array(
                'userid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'user id'),
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get list of courses user is enrolled in (only active enrolments are returned).
     * Please note the current user must be able to access the course, otherwise the course is not included.
     *
     * @param int $userid
     * @return array of courses
     */
    public static function get_users_courses($userid) {
        global $USER, $DB;

        // Do basic automatic PARAM checks on incoming data, using params description
        // If any problems are found then exceptions are thrown with helpful error messages
        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_users_courses_parameters(), array('userid'=>$userid));

        $courses = enrol_get_users_courses($params['userid'], true, 'id, shortname, fullname, idnumber, visible,
                   summary, summaryformat, format, showgrades, lang, enablecompletion');
        $result = array();

        foreach ($courses as $course) {
            $context = context_course::instance($course->id, IGNORE_MISSING);
            try {
                self::validate_context($context);
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                // current user can not access this course, sorry we can not disclose who is enrolled in this course!
                continue;
            }

            if ($userid != $USER->id and !has_capability('moodle/course:viewparticipants', $context)) {
                // we need capability to view participants
                continue;
            }

            list($enrolledsqlselect, $enrolledparams) = get_enrolled_sql($context);
            $enrolledsql = "SELECT COUNT('x') FROM ($enrolledsqlselect) enrolleduserids";
            $enrolledusercount = $DB->count_records_sql($enrolledsql, $enrolledparams);

            list($course->summary, $course->summaryformat) =
                external_format_text($course->summary, $course->summaryformat, $context->id, 'course', 'summary', null);
            $course->fullname = external_format_string($course->fullname, $context->id);
            $course->shortname = external_format_string($course->shortname, $context->id);

            $result[] = array('id' => $course->id, 'shortname' => $course->shortname, 'fullname' => $course->fullname,
                'idnumber' => $course->idnumber, 'visible' => $course->visible, 'enrolledusercount' => $enrolledusercount,
                'summary' => $course->summary, 'summaryformat' => $course->summaryformat, 'format' => $course->format,
                'showgrades' => $course->showgrades, 'lang' => $course->lang, 'enablecompletion' => $course->enablecompletion
                );
        }

        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method result value
     *
     * @return external_description
     */
    public static function get_users_courses_returns() {
        return new external_multiple_structure(
            new external_single_structure(
                array(
                    'id'        => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of course'),
                    'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'short name of course'),
                    'fullname'  => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'long name of course'),
                    'enrolledusercount' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Number of enrolled users in this course'),
                    'idnumber'  => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'id number of course'),
                    'visible'   => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1 means visible, 0 means hidden course'),
                    'summary'   => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'format'    => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN, 'course format: weeks, topics, social, site', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'showgrades' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'true if grades are shown, otherwise false', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'lang'      => new external_value(PARAM_LANG, 'forced course language', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'enablecompletion' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'true if completion is enabled, otherwise false',
                                                                VALUE_OPTIONAL)
                )
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method parameters
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function get_enrolled_users_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array(
                'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id'),
                'options'  => new external_multiple_structure(
                    new external_single_structure(
                        array(
                            'name'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'option name'),
                            'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'option value')
                        )
                    ), 'Option names:
                            * withcapability (string) return only users with this capability. This option requires \'moodle/role:review\' on the course context.
                            * groupid (integer) return only users in this group id. If the course has groups enabled and this param
                                                isn\'t defined, returns all the viewable users.
                                                This option requires \'moodle/site:accessallgroups\' on the course context if the
                                                user doesn\'t belong to the group.
                            * onlyactive (integer) return only users with active enrolments and matching time restrictions. This option requires \'moodle/course:enrolreview\' on the course context.
                            * userfields (\'string, string, ...\') return only the values of these user fields.
                            * limitfrom (integer) sql limit from.
                            * limitnumber (integer) maximum number of returned users.
                            * sortby (string) sort by id, firstname or lastname. For ordering like the site does, use siteorder.
                            * sortdirection (string) ASC or DESC',
                            VALUE_DEFAULT, array()),
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get course participants details
     *
     * @param int $courseid  course id
     * @param array $options options {
     *                                'name' => option name
     *                                'value' => option value
     *                               }
     * @return array An array of users
     */
    public static function get_enrolled_users($courseid, $options = array()) {
        global $CFG, $USER, $DB;
        require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/user/lib.php");

        $params = self::validate_parameters(
            self::get_enrolled_users_parameters(),
            array(
                'courseid'=>$courseid,
                'options'=>$options
            )
        );
        $withcapability = '';
        $groupid        = 0;
        $onlyactive     = false;
        $userfields     = array();
        $limitfrom = 0;
        $limitnumber = 0;
        $sortby = 'us.id';
        $sortparams = array();
        $sortdirection = 'ASC';
        foreach ($options as $option) {
            switch ($option['name']) {
            case 'withcapability':
                $withcapability = $option['value'];
                break;
            case 'groupid':
                $groupid = (int)$option['value'];
                break;
            case 'onlyactive':
                $onlyactive = !empty($option['value']);
                break;
            case 'userfields':
                $thefields = explode(',', $option['value']);
                foreach ($thefields as $f) {
                    $userfields[] = clean_param($f, PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT);
                }
                break;
            case 'limitfrom' :
                $limitfrom = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
                break;
            case 'limitnumber' :
                $limitnumber = clean_param($option['value'], PARAM_INT);
                break;
            case 'sortby':
                $sortallowedvalues = array('id', 'firstname', 'lastname', 'siteorder');
                if (!in_array($option['value'], $sortallowedvalues)) {
                    throw new invalid_parameter_exception('Invalid value for sortby parameter (value: ' . $option['value'] . '),' .
                        'allowed values are: ' . implode(',', $sortallowedvalues));
                }
                if ($option['value'] == 'siteorder') {
                    list($sortby, $sortparams) = users_order_by_sql('us');
                } else {
                    $sortby = 'us.' . $option['value'];
                }
                break;
            case 'sortdirection':
                $sortdirection = strtoupper($option['value']);
                $directionallowedvalues = array('ASC', 'DESC');
                if (!in_array($sortdirection, $directionallowedvalues)) {
                    throw new invalid_parameter_exception('Invalid value for sortdirection parameter
                        (value: ' . $sortdirection . '),' . 'allowed values are: ' . implode(',', $directionallowedvalues));
                }
                break;
            }
        }

        $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$courseid), '*', MUST_EXIST);
        $coursecontext = context_course::instance($courseid, IGNORE_MISSING);
        if ($courseid == SITEID) {
            $context = context_system::instance();
        } else {
            $context = $coursecontext;
        }
        try {
            self::validate_context($context);
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            $exceptionparam = new stdClass();
            $exceptionparam->message = $e->getMessage();
            $exceptionparam->courseid = $params['courseid'];
            throw new moodle_exception('errorcoursecontextnotvalid' , 'webservice', '', $exceptionparam);
        }

        if ($courseid == SITEID) {
            require_capability('moodle/site:viewparticipants', $context);
        } else {
            require_capability('moodle/course:viewparticipants', $context);
        }
        // to overwrite this parameter, you need role:review capability
        if ($withcapability) {
            require_capability('moodle/role:review', $coursecontext);
        }
        // need accessallgroups capability if you want to overwrite this option
        if (!empty($groupid) && !groups_is_member($groupid)) {
            require_capability('moodle/site:accessallgroups', $coursecontext);
        }
        // to overwrite this option, you need course:enrolereview permission
        if ($onlyactive) {
            require_capability('moodle/course:enrolreview', $coursecontext);
        }

        list($enrolledsql, $enrolledparams) = get_enrolled_sql($coursecontext, $withcapability, $groupid, $onlyactive);
        $ctxselect = ', ' . context_helper::get_preload_record_columns_sql('ctx');
        $ctxjoin = "LEFT JOIN {context} ctx ON (ctx.instanceid = u.id AND ctx.contextlevel = :contextlevel)";
        $enrolledparams['contextlevel'] = CONTEXT_USER;

        $groupjoin = '';
        if (empty($groupid) && groups_get_course_groupmode($course) == SEPARATEGROUPS &&
                !has_capability('moodle/site:accessallgroups', $coursecontext)) {
            // Filter by groups the user can view.
            $usergroups = groups_get_user_groups($course->id);
            if (!empty($usergroups['0'])) {
                list($groupsql, $groupparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($usergroups['0'], SQL_PARAMS_NAMED);
                $groupjoin = "JOIN {groups_members} gm ON (u.id = gm.userid AND gm.groupid $groupsql)";
                $enrolledparams = array_merge($enrolledparams, $groupparams);
            } else {
                // User doesn't belong to any group, so he can't see any user. Return an empty array.
                return array();
            }
        }
        $sql = "SELECT us.*
                  FROM {user} us
                  JOIN (
                      SELECT DISTINCT u.id $ctxselect
                        FROM {user} u $ctxjoin $groupjoin
                       WHERE u.id IN ($enrolledsql)
                  ) q ON q.id = us.id
                ORDER BY $sortby $sortdirection";
        $enrolledparams = array_merge($enrolledparams, $sortparams);
        $enrolledusers = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql, $enrolledparams, $limitfrom, $limitnumber);
        $users = array();
        foreach ($enrolledusers as $user) {
            context_helper::preload_from_record($user);
            if ($userdetails = user_get_user_details($user, $course, $userfields)) {
                $users[] = $userdetails;
            }
        }
        $enrolledusers->close();

        return $users;
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method result value
     *
     * @return external_description
     */
    public static function get_enrolled_users_returns() {
        return new external_multiple_structure(
            new external_single_structure(
                array(
                    'id'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'ID of the user'),
                    'username'    => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Username policy is defined in Moodle security config', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'firstname'   => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'The first name(s) of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'lastname'    => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'The family name of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'fullname'    => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'The fullname of the user'),
                    'email'       => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'An email address - allow email as root@localhost', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'address'     => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'Postal address', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'phone1'      => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'Phone 1', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'phone2'      => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'Phone 2', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'icq'         => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'icq number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'skype'       => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'skype id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'yahoo'       => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'yahoo id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'aim'         => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'aim id', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'msn'         => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'msn number', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'department'  => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'department', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'institution' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'institution', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'idnumber'    => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'An arbitrary ID code number perhaps from the institution', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'interests'   => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'user interests (separated by commas)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'firstaccess' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'first access to the site (0 if never)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'lastaccess'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'last access to the site (0 if never)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'User profile description', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'descriptionformat' => new external_format_value('description', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'city'        => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'Home city of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'url'         => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'URL of the user', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'country'     => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'Home country code of the user, such as AU or CZ', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'profileimageurlsmall' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'User image profile URL - small version', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'profileimageurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'User image profile URL - big version', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'customfields' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'type'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'The type of the custom field - text field, checkbox...'),
                                'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The value of the custom field'),
                                'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The name of the custom field'),
                                'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The shortname of the custom field - to be able to build the field class in the code'),
                            )
                        ), 'User custom fields (also known as user profil fields)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'groups' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'id'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'group id'),
                                'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'group name'),
                                'description' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'group description'),
                                'descriptionformat' => new external_format_value('description'),
                            )
                        ), 'user groups', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'roles' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'roleid'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'role id'),
                                'name'         => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'role name'),
                                'shortname'    => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'role shortname'),
                                'sortorder'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'role sortorder')
                            )
                        ), 'user roles', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'preferences' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'name'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'The name of the preferences'),
                                'value' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The value of the custom field'),
                            )
                    ), 'User preferences', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                    'enrolledcourses' => new external_multiple_structure(
                        new external_single_structure(
                            array(
                                'id'  => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Id of the course'),
                                'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Fullname of the course'),
                                'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Shortname of the course')
                            )
                    ), 'Courses where the user is enrolled - limited by which courses the user is able to see', VALUE_OPTIONAL)
                )
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of get_course_enrolment_methods() parameters
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function get_course_enrolment_methods_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array(
                'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course id')
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Get list of active course enrolment methods for current user.
     *
     * @param int $courseid
     * @return array of course enrolment methods
     * @throws moodle_exception
     */
    public static function get_course_enrolment_methods($courseid) {
        global $DB;

        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_course_enrolment_methods_parameters(), array('courseid' => $courseid));
        self::validate_context(context_system::instance());

        $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $params['courseid']), '*', MUST_EXIST);
        $context = context_course::instance($course->id);
        if (!$course->visible and !has_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddencourses', $context)) {
            throw new moodle_exception('coursehidden');
        }

        $result = array();
        $enrolinstances = enrol_get_instances($params['courseid'], true);
        foreach ($enrolinstances as $enrolinstance) {
            if ($enrolplugin = enrol_get_plugin($enrolinstance->enrol)) {
                if ($instanceinfo = $enrolplugin->get_enrol_info($enrolinstance)) {
                    $result[] = (array) $instanceinfo;
                }
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of get_course_enrolment_methods() result value
     *
     * @return external_description
     */
    public static function get_course_enrolment_methods_returns() {
        return new external_multiple_structure(
            new external_single_structure(
                array(
                    'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of course enrolment instance'),
                    'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of course'),
                    'type' => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN, 'type of enrolment plugin'),
                    'name' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'name of enrolment plugin'),
                    'status' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'status of enrolment plugin'),
                    'wsfunction' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'webservice function to get more information', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                )
            )
        );
    }
}

/**
 * Role external functions
 *
 * @package    core_role
 * @category   external
 * @copyright  2011 Jerome Mouneyrac
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 * @since Moodle 2.2
 */
class core_role_external extends external_api {

    /**
     * Returns description of method parameters
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function assign_roles_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array(
                'assignments' => new external_multiple_structure(
                    new external_single_structure(
                        array(
                            'roleid'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Role to assign to the user'),
                            'userid'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The user that is going to be assigned'),
                            'contextid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The context to assign the user role in', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                            'contextlevel' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'The context level to assign the user role in
                                    (block, course, coursecat, system, user, module)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                            'instanceid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The Instance id of item where the role needs to be assigned', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                        )
                    )
                )
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Manual role assignments to users
     *
     * @param array $assignments An array of manual role assignment
     */
    public static function assign_roles($assignments) {
        global $DB;

        // Do basic automatic PARAM checks on incoming data, using params description
        // If any problems are found then exceptions are thrown with helpful error messages
        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::assign_roles_parameters(), array('assignments'=>$assignments));

        $transaction = $DB->start_delegated_transaction();

        foreach ($params['assignments'] as $assignment) {
            // Ensure correct context level with a instance id or contextid is passed.
            $context = self::get_context_from_params($assignment);

            // Ensure the current user is allowed to run this function in the enrolment context.
            self::validate_context($context);
            require_capability('moodle/role:assign', $context);

            // throw an exception if user is not able to assign the role in this context
            $roles = get_assignable_roles($context, ROLENAME_SHORT);

            if (!array_key_exists($assignment['roleid'], $roles)) {
                throw new invalid_parameter_exception('Can not assign roleid='.$assignment['roleid'].' in contextid='.$assignment['contextid']);
            }

            role_assign($assignment['roleid'], $assignment['userid'], $context->id);
        }

        $transaction->allow_commit();
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of method result value
     *
     * @return null
     */
    public static function assign_roles_returns() {
        return null;
    }


    /**
     * Returns description of method parameters
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function unassign_roles_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
            array(
                'unassignments' => new external_multiple_structure(
                    new external_single_structure(
                        array(
                            'roleid'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Role to assign to the user'),
                            'userid'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The user that is going to be assigned'),
                            'contextid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The context to unassign the user role from', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                            'contextlevel' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'The context level to unassign the user role in
+                                    (block, course, coursecat, system, user, module)', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                            'instanceid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The Instance id of item where the role needs to be unassigned', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                        )
                    )
                )
            )
        );
    }

     /**
     * Unassign roles from users
     *
     * @param array $unassignments An array of unassignment
     */
    public static function unassign_roles($unassignments) {
         global $DB;

        // Do basic automatic PARAM checks on incoming data, using params description
        // If any problems are found then exceptions are thrown with helpful error messages
        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::unassign_roles_parameters(), array('unassignments'=>$unassignments));

        $transaction = $DB->start_delegated_transaction();

        foreach ($params['unassignments'] as $unassignment) {
            // Ensure the current user is allowed to run this function in the unassignment context
            $context = self::get_context_from_params($unassignment);
            self::validate_context($context);
            require_capability('moodle/role:assign', $context);

            // throw an exception if user is not able to unassign the role in this context
            $roles = get_assignable_roles($context, ROLENAME_SHORT);
            if (!array_key_exists($unassignment['roleid'], $roles)) {
                throw new invalid_parameter_exception('Can not unassign roleid='.$unassignment['roleid'].' in contextid='.$unassignment['contextid']);
            }

            role_unassign($unassignment['roleid'], $unassignment['userid'], $context->id);
        }

        $transaction->allow_commit();
    }

   /**
     * Returns description of method result value
     *
     * @return null
     */
    public static function unassign_roles_returns() {
        return null;
    }
}