Merge pull request #314 from edx-solutions/ziafazal/api-update-user-title-when-empty

ziafazal/api-update-user-title-when-empty:accept empty user title

lms/djangoapps/api_manager/courses/tests.py

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class CoursesApiTests(TestCase):
                 )
 
         self.test_course_id = unicode(self.course.id)
-        self.test_bogus_course_id = 'i4x://foo/bar/baz'
+        self.test_bogus_course_id = 'foo/bar/baz'
         self.test_course_name = self.course.display_name
         self.test_course_number = self.course.number
         self.test_course_org = self.course.org

lms/djangoapps/api_manager/users/tests.py

@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ class UsersApiTests(TestCase):
 
         data["country"] = "US"
         data["year_of_birth"] = "1990"
+        data["title"] = ""
         response = self.do_post(test_uri, data)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         response = self.do_get(test_uri)

lms/djangoapps/api_manager/users/views.py

@@ -564,9 +564,9 @@ class UsersDetail(SecureAPIView):
             gender = request.DATA.get('gender')
             if gender:
                 existing_user_profile.gender = gender
-            title = request.DATA.get('title')
-            if title:
-                existing_user_profile.title = title
+            # Empty title is also allowed
+            title = request.DATA.get('title', None)
+            existing_user_profile.title = title
             avatar_url = request.DATA.get('avatar_url')
             if avatar_url:
                 existing_user_profile.avatar_url = avatar_url