Merge pull request #5714 from edx/will/logistration-email-field

Change field type for email from 'text' to 'email'

common/djangoapps/user_api/helpers.py

@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ class InvalidFieldError(Exception):
 class FormDescription(object):
     """Generate a JSON representation of a form. """
 
-    ALLOWED_TYPES = ["text", "select", "textarea", "checkbox", "password"]
+    ALLOWED_TYPES = ["text", "email", "select", "textarea", "checkbox", "password"]
 
     ALLOWED_RESTRICTIONS = {
         "text": ["min_length", "max_length"],
         "password": ["min_length", "max_length"],
+        "email": ["min_length", "max_length"],
     }
 
     OVERRIDE_FIELD_PROPERTIES = [

common/djangoapps/user_api/tests/test_views.py

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ class LoginSessionViewTest(ApiTestCase):
             {
                 "name": "email",
                 "defaultValue": "",
-                "type": "text",
+                "type": "email",
                 "required": True,
                 "label": "E-mail",
                 "placeholder": "example: username@domain.com",
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ class RegistrationViewTest(ApiTestCase):
             {
                 u"name": u"email",
                 u"defaultValue": u"",
-                u"type": u"text",
+                u"type": u"email",
                 u"required": True,
                 u"label": u"E-mail",
                 u"placeholder": u"example: username@domain.com",
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ class RegistrationViewTest(ApiTestCase):
                 {
                     u"name": u"email",
                     u"defaultValue": u"bob@example.com",
-                    u"type": u"text",
+                    u"type": u"email",
                     u"required": True,
                     u"label": u"E-mail",
                     u"placeholder": u"example: username@domain.com",

common/djangoapps/user_api/views.py

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class LoginSessionView(APIView):
 
         form_desc.add_field(
             "email",
+            field_type="email",
             label=_(u"E-mail"),
             placeholder=_(u"example: username@domain.com"),
             instructions=_(
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ class RegistrationView(APIView):
     def _add_email_field(self, form_desc, required=True):
         form_desc.add_field(
             "email",
+            field_type="email",
             label=_(u"E-mail"),
             placeholder=_(u"example: username@domain.com"),
             instructions=_(