Add hidden flag and return courses hidden in LMS when include_hidden is passed

lms/djangoapps/course_api/forms.py

@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ class CourseListGetForm(UsernameValidatorMixin, Form):
     filter_type = namedtuple('filter_type', ['param_name', 'field_name'])
     supported_filters = [
         filter_type(param_name='mobile', field_name='mobile_available'),
+        filter_type(param_name='include_hidden', field_name='include_hidden'),
     ]
     mobile = ExtendedNullBooleanField(required=False)
+    include_hidden = ExtendedNullBooleanField(required=False)
 
     def clean(self):
         """

lms/djangoapps/course_api/serializers.py

@@ -72,10 +72,21 @@ class CourseSerializer(serializers.Serializer):  # pylint: disable=abstract-meth
     start_type = serializers.CharField()
     pacing = serializers.CharField()
     mobile_available = serializers.BooleanField()
+    hidden = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
 
     # 'course_id' is a deprecated field, please use 'id' instead.
     course_id = serializers.CharField(source='id', read_only=True)
 
+    def get_hidden(self, course_overview):
+        """
+        Get the representation for SerializerMethodField `hidden`
+        Represents whether course is hidden in LMS
+        """
+        catalog_visibility = course_overview.catalog_visibility
+        if catalog_visibility in ['about', 'none']:
+            return True
+        return False
+
     def get_blocks_url(self, course_overview):
         """
         Get the representation for SerializerMethodField `blocks_url`

lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_forms.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Tests for Course API forms.
 import ddt
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.http import QueryDict
-from itertools import product
+from itertools import product, chain
 from urllib import urlencode
 
 from openedx.core.djangoapps.util.test_forms import FormTestMixin
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class TestCourseListGetForm(FormTestMixin, UsernameTestMixin, SharedModuleStoreT
             'org': '',
             'mobile': None,
             'filter_': None,
+            'include_hidden': None,
         }
 
     def test_basic(self):
@@ -78,10 +79,13 @@ class TestCourseListGetForm(FormTestMixin, UsernameTestMixin, SharedModuleStoreT
         self.assert_valid(self.cleaned_data)
 
     @ddt.data(
-        *product(
+        *chain(product(
             [('mobile', 'mobile_available')],
             [(True, True), (False, False), ('1', True), ('0', False), (None, None)],
-        )
+        ), product(
+            [('include_hidden', 'include_hidden')],
+            [(True, True), (False, False), ('1', True), ('0', False), (None, None)],
+        ))
     )
     @ddt.unpack
     def test_filter(self, param_field_name, param_field_value):

lms/djangoapps/course_api/tests/test_serializers.py

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class TestCourseSerializer(CourseApiFactoryMixin, ModuleStoreTestCase):
             'effort': u'6 hours',
             'pacing': 'instructor',
             'mobile_available': False,
+            'hidden': False,
 
             # 'course_id' is a deprecated field, please use 'id' instead.
             'course_id': u'edX/toy/2012_Fall',

lms/djangoapps/course_api/views.py

@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ class CourseListView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, ListAPIView):
             If specified, only visible `CourseOverview` objects that are
             designated as mobile_available are returned.
 
+        include_hidden (optional):
+            If specified, courses that are hidden in the LMS, will be returned
+            with a hidden flag set to true.
+
     **Returns**
 
         * 200 on success, with a list of course discovery objects as returned

lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py

@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ def get_courses(user, org=None, filter_=None):
     Returns a list of courses available, sorted by course.number and optionally
     filtered by org code (case-insensitive).
     """
+    include_hidden = filter_.pop('include_hidden', False) if filter_ else False
     courses = branding.get_visible_courses(org=org, filter_=filter_)
 
     permission_name = configuration_helpers.get_value(
@@ -383,8 +384,14 @@ def get_courses(user, org=None, filter_=None):
         settings.COURSE_CATALOG_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION
     )
 
-    courses = [c for c in courses if has_access(user, permission_name, c)]
-
+    # see_in_catalog is the permission that checks the catalog visibility setting.
+    # include_hidden refers to showing courses that are normally not visible due to this setting.
+    # We don't want to show courses that are hidden for other reasons, which is why we don't
+    # use the override for other permissions.
+    if permission_name is 'see_in_catalog':
+        courses = [c for c in courses if include_hidden or has_access(user, permission_name, c)]
+    else:
+        courses = [c for c in courses if has_access(user, permission_name, c)]
     return courses