def _validate_email_change(user, data, field_errors):
# If user has requested to change email, we must call the multi-step process to handle this.
# It is not handled by the serializer (which considers email to be read-only).
if "email" not in data:
return
if not settings.FEATURES['ALLOW_EMAIL_ADDRESS_CHANGE']:
raise AccountUpdateError(
u"Email address changes have been disabled by the site operators.")
new_email = data["email"]
try:
student_views.validate_new_email(user, new_email)
except ValueError as err:
field_errors["email"] = {
"developer_message":
u"Error thrown from validate_new_email: '{}'".format(
text_type(err)),
"user_message":
text_type(err)
}
return
# Don't process with sending email to given new email, if it is already associated with
# an account. User must see same success message with no error.
# This is so that this endpoint cannot be used to determine if an email is valid or not.
if email_exists_or_retired(new_email):
del data["email"]
def do_email_validation(self, email):
"""
Executes validate_new_secondary_email, returning any resulting error message.
"""
try:
validate_new_email(self.request.user, email)
except ValueError as err:
return text_type(err)
