How to sort `modulestore().get_blocks()` items in order presented in CMS dashboard page

Zachary_Trabookis · March 21, 2025, 3:10pm

Does anyone know of a way to sort the results of modulestore().get_blocks() call to sort the block items in the same order as presented on the CMS course dashboard page?

This seems like a straight forward solution by traversing the children.

github.com/openedx/edx-platform

lms/djangoapps/support/tasks.py

master


      
          def get_blocks(course):
              """ Get a list of problem xblock for the course."""
              blocks = []
              for section in course.get_children():
                  for subsection in section.get_children():
                      for vertical in subsection.get_children():
                          for block in vertical.get_children():
                              blocks.append(block)
              return blocks

cc @dave

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How to sort `modulestore().get_blocks()` items in order presented in CMS dashboard page

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