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edx-platform/common/lib/capa/capa/xqueue_interface.py
2012-08-06 17:44:07 -04:00

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#
# LMS Interface to external queueing system (xqueue)
#
import hashlib
import json
import logging
import requests
import time
# TODO: Collection of parameters to be hooked into rest of edX system
XQUEUE_LMS_AUTH = { 'username': 'LMS',
'password': 'PaloAltoCA' }
XQUEUE_URL = 'http://xqueue.edx.org'
log = logging.getLogger('mitx.' + __name__)
def make_hashkey(seed=None):
'''
Generate a string key by hashing
'''
h = hashlib.md5()
if seed is not None:
h.update(str(seed))
h.update(str(time.time()))
return h.hexdigest()
def make_xheader(lms_callback_url, lms_key, queue_name):
'''
Generate header for delivery and reply of queue request.
Xqueue header is a JSON-serialized dict:
{ 'lms_callback_url': url to which xqueue will return the request (string),
'lms_key': secret key used by LMS to protect its state (string),
'queue_name': designate a specific queue within xqueue server, e.g. 'MITx-6.00x' (string)
}
'''
return json.dumps({ 'lms_callback_url': lms_callback_url,
'lms_key': lms_key,
'queue_name': queue_name })
def parse_xreply(xreply):
'''
Parse the reply from xqueue. Messages are JSON-serialized dict:
{ 'return_code': 0 (success), 1 (fail)
'content': Message from xqueue (string)
}
'''
try:
xreply = json.loads(xreply)
except ValueError, err:
log.error(err)
return (1, 'unexpected reply from server')
return_code = xreply['return_code']
content = xreply['content']
return (return_code, content)
class XqueueInterface:
'''
Interface to the external grading system
'''
def __init__(self, url=XQUEUE_URL, auth=XQUEUE_LMS_AUTH):
self.url = url
self.auth = auth
self.session = requests.session()
self._login()
def send_to_queue(self, header, body, file_to_upload=None):
'''
Submit a request to xqueue.
header: JSON-serialized dict in the format described in 'xqueue_interface.make_xheader'
body: Serialized data for the receipient behind the queueing service. The operation of
xqueue is agnostic to the contents of 'body'
file_to_upload: File object to be uploaded to xqueue along with queue request
Returns (error_code, msg) where error_code != 0 indicates an error
'''
# Attempt to send to queue
(error, msg) = self._send_to_queue(header, body, file_to_upload)
if error and (msg == 'login_required'): # Log in, then try again
self._login()
(error, msg) = self._send_to_queue(header, body, file_to_upload)
return (error, msg)
def _login(self):
payload = { 'username': self.auth['username'],
'password': self.auth['password'] }
return self._http_post(self.url+'/xqueue/login/', payload)
def _send_to_queue(self, header, body, file_to_upload=None):
payload = {'xqueue_header': header,
'xqueue_body' : body}
files = None
if file_to_upload is not None:
files = { file_to_upload.name: file_to_upload }
return self._http_post(self.url+'/xqueue/submit/', payload, files)
def _http_post(self, url, data, files=None):
try:
r = self.session.post(url, data=data, files=files)
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, err:
log.error(err)
return (1, 'cannot connect to server')
if r.status_code not in [200]:
return (1, 'unexpected HTTP status code [%d]' % r.status_code)
return parse_xreply(r.text)
qinterface = XqueueInterface()