API provides no other_course_settings field although it is not empty

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Dear Openedx community,

I tried to get the content of the field other_course_settings through the API and it works in general. But, everytime I change the content of the other_course_settings field in an Open Edx Course (via the browser) the other_course_settings field disappears completely from the API result! Even the key (other_course_settings) is not present. In my experience it takes a few days, then it shows up with the new information. That’s very weird! Do you have a hint for me how to avoid this?

I did the steps as stated here: Enabling Custom Course Settings - #6 by erickhgm

  • Enable feature ENABLE_OTHER_COURSE_SETTINGS
  • Enable COURSE_BLOCKS_API_EXTRA_FIELDS
  • Getting course blocks: add query param: requested_fields=other_course_settings (I use Python instead of curl to request the API)

Thanks and best!

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Hi resa,
I’m having the same issue.
Did you find a fix for this? Any help would be appreciated!

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Hi medamine,

sorry, no, we decided not to use this field.

Best
Resa

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thanks for replying