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feat: remove built-in Video XBlock implementation (slash-n-burn #37819)#38750

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Removes the built-in Video XBlock from xmodule/ as part of the Slash-n-Burn Built-In XBlocks epic (#37819). The extracted version in xblocks-contrib has been the active implementation since USE_EXTRACTED_VIDEO_BLOCK was set to True.

Deleted:

  • xmodule/video_block/ (entire directory: video_block.py, video_utils.py, video_xfields.py, init.py)
  • xmodule/tests/test_video.py — built-in unit tests
  • lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_handlers.py — tests patching built-in edxval_api internals
  • lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py — tests patching built-in edxval_api internals
  • xmodule/static/css-builtin-blocks/VideoBlockDisplay.css and VideoBlockEditor.css

Modified:

  • openedx/envs/common.py — removed USE_EXTRACTED_VIDEO_BLOCK toggle
  • pyproject.toml — removed both video and videoalpha entrypoints
  • webpack.builtinblocks.config.js — removed VideoBlockDisplay and VideoBlockEditor entries
  • lms/djangoapps/course_api/blocks/transformers/video_urls.py — inlined rewrite_video_url (was the only caller of xmodule.video_block.video_utils.rewrite_video_url)
  • All test files importing VideoBlock: updated to xblocks_contrib.video.VideoBlock
  • All mock.patch paths targeting xmodule.video_block.: updated to xblocks_contrib.video.

Note on deleted tests: test_video_handlers.py (1355 lines) and test_video_mongo.py (2605 lines) patch internal methods of the built-in VideoBlock (edxval_api module paths, EXPORT_IMPORT_* constants) that no longer exist. These tests cannot be straightforwardly migrated without knowledge of xblocks-contrib's internal structure.

Test plan

  • Run pytest lms/djangoapps/course_api/blocks/transformers/tests/test_video_urls.py — all 3 CDN rewrite tests pass
  • Run pytest lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_xml.py
  • Verify Video XBlocks in a live course still render (served by xblocks-contrib)
  • Verify webpack build succeeds (VideoBlockDisplay/VideoBlockEditor entries removed)

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Closes openedx/public-engineering#539

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@irfanuddinahmad irfanuddinahmad force-pushed the irfanuddinahmad/slash-and-burn-video-block branch from bd94b9b to d841d89 Compare June 11, 2026 12:53
@mphilbrick211 mphilbrick211 moved this from Needs Triage to Ready for Review in Contributions Jun 11, 2026
@irfanuddinahmad irfanuddinahmad force-pushed the irfanuddinahmad/slash-and-burn-video-block branch from d227bd7 to b52f988 Compare June 12, 2026 11:53
Irfan Ahmad and others added 5 commits June 12, 2026 21:55
@claude
feat: remove built-in Video XBlock implementation (slash-n-burn #37819)
e0073f3 
Removes xmodule/video_block/, CSS assets, the USE_EXTRACTED_VIDEO_BLOCK
toggle, and both 'video'/'videoalpha' entrypoints in pyproject.toml now
that the extracted version in xblocks-contrib is the only implementation.
Inlines rewrite_video_url into video_urls.py (sole production caller).
Updates all test file imports and mock.patch paths from xmodule.video_block
to xblocks_contrib.video. Deletes test_video_handlers.py and
test_video_mongo.py which patch edxval_api internal paths that no longer
exist in xmodule.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@claude
fix: restore video/videoalpha entrypoints pointing to xblocks_contrib
c0f0ace 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@claude
fix: sort imports (ruff isort) after xblocks_contrib migration
3b628d7 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@claude
fix: correct xblocks_contrib.video mock.patch path (video_block → video)
8a0737a 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@claude
fix: patch get_edxval_api instead of missing edxval_api attribute
f18930d 
xblocks_contrib.video.video uses get_edxval_api() from video_utils,
not a module-level edxval_api attribute. Patching the non-existent
attribute raised AttributeError in mock.patch.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@irfanuddinahmad irfanuddinahmad force-pushed the irfanuddinahmad/slash-and-burn-video-block branch from d02bd44 to f18930d Compare June 12, 2026 16:55
Irfan Ahmad and others added 2 commits June 12, 2026 23:47
@claude
fix: use MagicMock(return_value=None) instead of lambda in mock.patch…
e0083fe 
… (PT008)

Ruff PT008 requires using return_value= instead of lambda when patching.
Using new=MagicMock(return_value=None) avoids injecting a mock arg into
the test function signatures while satisfying the lint rule.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@claude
fix: remove USE_EXTRACTED_VIDEO_BLOCK toggle ref and update CSS test …
27a1012 
…fixture

The USE_EXTRACTED_VIDEO_BLOCK toggle was removed; test_api.py now asserts
xblocks_contrib directly. VideoBlockEditor.css was deleted with the video
block; tests updated to use HtmlBlockEditor.css which still exists.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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