def listen_for_course_publish(sender, course_key, **kwargs): # pylint: disable=unused-argument """ Receives publishing signal and performs publishing related workflows, such as registering proctored exams, building up credit requirements, and performing search indexing """ # first is to registered exams, the credit subsystem will assume that # all proctored exams have already been registered, so we have to do that first try: register_special_exams(course_key) # pylint: disable=broad-except except Exception as exception: log.exception(exception) # then call into the credit subsystem (in /openedx/djangoapps/credit) # to perform any 'on_publish' workflow on_course_publish(course_key) # Finally call into the course search subsystem # to kick off an indexing action if CoursewareSearchIndexer.indexing_is_enabled(): # import here, because signal is registered at startup, but items in tasks are not yet able to be loaded from contentstore.tasks import update_search_index update_search_index.delay(unicode(course_key), datetime.now(UTC).isoformat())