fix: Exclude Drag and Drop blocks from the link-scanning step in the Course Optimizer

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tasks.py

@@ -1198,10 +1198,13 @@ def _scan_course_for_links(course_key):
         blocks.extend(vertical.get_children())
 
     for block in blocks:
+        # Excluding 'drag-and-drop-v2' as it contains data of object type instead of string, causing errors,
+        # and it doesn't contain user-facing links to scan.
+        if block.category == 'drag-and-drop-v2':
+            continue
         block_id = str(block.usage_key)
         block_info = get_block_info(block)
         block_data = block_info['data']
-
         url_list = _get_urls(block_data)
         urls_to_validate += [[block_id, url] for url in url_list]
 

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_tasks.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import TEST_DATA_SPLIT_MODULESTORE, ModuleStoreTestCase
-from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory, BlockFactory  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
 from ..tasks import (
     export_olx,
     update_special_exams_and_publish,
@@ -365,6 +365,49 @@ def test_number_of_scanned_blocks_equals_blocks_in_course(self, mock_get_urls):
         _scan_course_for_links(self.test_course.id)
         self.assertEqual(len(expected_blocks), mock_get_urls.call_count)
 
+    @mock.patch('cms.djangoapps.contentstore.tasks.get_block_info', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch('cms.djangoapps.contentstore.tasks.modulestore', autospec=True)
+    def test_scan_course_excludes_drag_and_drop(self, mock_modulestore, mock_get_block_info):
+        """
+        Test that `_scan_course_for_links` excludes blocks of category 'drag-and-drop-v2'.
+        """
+        vertical = BlockFactory.create(
+            category='vertical',
+            parent_location=self.test_course.location
+        )
+        drag_and_drop_block = BlockFactory.create(
+            category='drag-and-drop-v2',
+            parent_location=vertical.location,
+        )
+        text_block = BlockFactory.create(
+            category='html',
+            parent_location=vertical.location,
+            data='Test Link -> <a href="http://example.com">Example.com</a>'
+        )
+
+        mock_modulestore_instance = mock.Mock()
+        mock_modulestore.return_value = mock_modulestore_instance
+        mock_modulestore_instance.get_items.return_value = [vertical]
+        vertical.get_children = mock.Mock(return_value=[drag_and_drop_block, text_block])
+
+        def get_block_side_effect(block):
+            block_data = getattr(block, 'data', '')
+            if isinstance(block_data, str):
+                return {'data': block_data}
+            raise TypeError("expected string or bytes-like object, got 'dict'")
+        mock_get_block_info.side_effect = get_block_side_effect
+
+        urls = _scan_course_for_links(self.test_course.id)
+        # The drag-and-drop block should not appear in the results
+        self.assertFalse(
+            any(block_id == str(drag_and_drop_block.usage_key) for block_id, _ in urls),
+            "Drag and Drop blocks should be excluded"
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any(block_id == str(text_block.usage_key) for block_id, _ in urls),
+            "Text block should be included"
+        )
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_every_detected_link_is_validated(self):
         '''