Create factory for courses

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/factories.py

+from factory import Factory
+from xmodule.modulestore import Location
+from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
+from time import gmtime
+from uuid import uuid4
+from xmodule.timeparse import stringify_time
+
+
+class XModuleCourseFactory(Factory):
+    """
+    Factory for XModule courses.
+    """
+
+    ABSTRACT_FACTORY = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create(cls, target_class, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        template = Location('i4x', 'edx', 'templates', 'course', 'Empty')
+        org = kwargs.get('org')
+        number = kwargs.get('number')
+        display_name = kwargs.get('display_name')
+        location = Location('i4x', org, number, 
+                            'course', Location.clean(display_name))
+
+        store = modulestore('direct')
+
+        # Write the data to the mongo datastore
+        new_course = store.clone_item(template, location)
+
+        # This metadata code was copied from cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
+        if display_name is not None:
+            new_course.metadata['display_name'] = display_name
+
+        new_course.metadata['data_dir'] = uuid4().hex
+        new_course.metadata['start'] = stringify_time(gmtime())
+        new_course.tabs = [{"type": "courseware"}, 
+            {"type": "course_info", "name": "Course Info"}, 
+            {"type": "discussion", "name": "Discussion"},
+            {"type": "wiki", "name": "Wiki"},
+            {"type": "progress", "name": "Progress"}]
+
+        # Update the data in the mongo datastore
+        store.update_metadata(new_course.location.url(), new_course.own_metadata)   
+
+        return new_course
+
+class Course:
+    pass
+
+class CourseFactory(XModuleCourseFactory):
+    FACTORY_FOR = Course
+
+    template = 'i4x://edx/templates/course/Empty'
+    org = 'MITx'
+    number = '999'
+    display_name = 'Robot Super Course'
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