Sort module items inside a module

[nschutz]

Does anyone know how to sort module items alphabetically via API calls? We we have some old courses that group the module items by types within a module. For example, all the pages, then all the assignments, then all the discussions. Since we need to apply prerequisites to all these module  items, we need to first have them sorted in the right order (they all start with a number like 1.05) before we apply prerequisite requirements.

[pklove · Accepted solution]

There isn't a simple re-order alphabetically call, but you could do it by calling "List module items" (/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items), work out the order from the returned item information, and then update the order using module_item[position] in the "Update a module item" endpoint (/api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items/:id).

If you have a programmer its quite straightforward.

[nschutz]

Peter,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, it will be straightforward to code as well.

Would you mind sharing what environment and language you use to write this kind of scripts?

Thanks again!

[pklove]

I would do it with Perl.  Python is probably more common now and comes up quite often in these fora.