Update URL handling

control/veda_file_ingest.py

@@ -386,20 +386,10 @@ class VedaIngest:
         else:
             val_status = 'ingest'
 
-        val_duration = Output._seconds_from_string(duration=self.video_proto.duration)
-
-        if self.video_proto.s3_filename is not None:
-            val_id = self.video_proto.s3_filename
-        else:
-            val_id = self.video_proto.veda_id
-
-        if self.video_proto.platform_course_url is None:
-            self.video_proto.platform_course_url = ''
-
         VAC = VALAPICall(
             video_proto=self.video_proto,
             val_status=val_status,
-            platform_course_url=self.video_proto.platform_course_url
+            platform_course_url=""  # Empty record for initial status update
         )
         VAC.call()
 

control/veda_val.py

@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ class VALAPICall():
         if self.val_token is None:
             self.val_tokengen()
         if self.video_object is not None:
-            print 'VIDEO OBJECT'
             self.send_object_data()
         if self.video_proto is not None:
-            print 'VIDEO PROTO'
             self.send_val_data()
 
     def _AUTH(self):
@@ -106,7 +104,9 @@ class VALAPICall():
 
     @newrelic.agent.background_task()
     def val_tokengen(self):
-
+        """
+        Generate a API token for VAL
+        """
         payload = {
             'grant_type': 'password',
             'client_id': self.auth_dict['val_client_id'],