lti 0.9.3

Tool Config Example (Django)

Here’s an example of a Django view you might use as the configuration URL when registering your app with the LTI consumer.

from lti import ToolConfig
from django.http import HttpResponse


def tool_config(request):

    # basic stuff
    app_title = 'My App'
    app_description = 'An example LTI App'
    launch_view_name = 'lti_launch'
    launch_url = request.build_absolute_uri(reverse('lti_launch'))

    # maybe you've got some extensions
    extensions = {
        'my_extensions_provider': {
            # extension settings...
        }
    }

    lti_tool_config = ToolConfig(
        title=app_title,
        launch_url=launch_url,
        secure_launch_url=launch_url,
        extensions=extensions,
        description = app_description
    )

    # or you may need some additional LTI parameters
    lti_tool_config.cartridge_bundle = 'BLTI001_Bundle'
    lti_tool_config.cartridge_icon = 'BLTI001_Icon'
    lti_tool_config.icon = 'http://www.example.com/icon.png'

    return HttpResponse(lti_tool_config.to_xml(), content_type='text/xml')

Tool Provider OAuth Request Validation Example (Django)

from lti.contrib.django import DjangoToolProvider
from my_app import RequestValidator


# create the tool provider instance
tool_provider = DjangoToolProvider.from_django_request(request=request)

# the tool provider uses the 'oauthlib' library which requires an instance
# of a validator class when doing the oauth request signature checking.
# see https://oauthlib.readthedocs.org/en/latest/oauth1/validator.html for
# info on how to create one
validator = RequestValidator()

# validate the oauth request signature
ok = tool_provider.is_valid_request(validator)

# do stuff if ok / not ok

Tool Consumer Example (Django)

In your view:

def index(request):
    consumer = ToolConsumer(
        consumer_key='my_key_given_from_provider',
        consumer_secret='super_secret',
        launch_url='provider_url',
        params={
            'lti_message_type': 'basic-lti-launch-request'
        }
    )

    return render(
        request,
        'lti_consumer/index.html',
        {
            'launch_data': consumer.generate_launch_data(),
            'launch_url': consumer.launch_url
        }
    )

At the template:

<form action="{{ launch_url }}"
      name="ltiLaunchForm"
      id="ltiLaunchForm"
      method="POST"
      encType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
  {% for key, value in launch_data.items %}
    <input type="hidden" name="{{ key }}" value="{{ value }}"/>
  {% endfor %}
  <button type="submit">Launch the tool</button>
</form>