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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/abtest_module.py
2012-06-29 12:45:18 -04:00

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import json
import random
from lxml import etree
from xmodule.x_module import XModule
from xmodule.raw_module import RawDescriptor
from xmodule.xml_module import XmlDescriptor
from xmodule.exceptions import InvalidDefinitionError
def group_from_value(groups, v):
''' Given group: (('a',0.3),('b',0.4),('c',0.3)) And random value
in [0,1], return the associated group (in the above case, return
'a' if v<0.3, 'b' if 0.3<=v<0.7, and 'c' if v>0.7
'''
sum = 0
for (g, p) in groups:
sum = sum + p
if sum > v:
return g
# Round off errors might cause us to run to the end of the list
# If the do, return the last element
return g
class ABTestModule(XModule):
"""
Implements an A/B test with an aribtrary number of competing groups
Format:
<abtest>
<group name="a" portion=".1"><contenta/></group>
<group name="b" portion=".2"><contentb/></group>
<default><contentdefault/></default>
</abtest>
"""
def __init__(self, system, location, definition, instance_state=None, shared_state=None, **kwargs):
XModule.__init__(self, system, location, definition, instance_state, shared_state, **kwargs)
target_groups = self.definition['data'].keys()
if shared_state is None:
self.group = group_from_value(
self.definition['data']['group_portions'],
random.uniform(0, 1)
)
else:
shared_state = json.loads(shared_state)
# TODO (cpennington): Remove this once we aren't passing in
# groups from django groups
if 'groups' in shared_state:
self.group = None
target_names = [elem.get('name') for elem in target_groups]
for group in shared_state['groups']:
if group in target_names:
self.group = group
break
else:
self.group = shared_state['group']
def get_shared_state(self):
print self.group
return json.dumps({'group': self.group})
def displayable_items(self):
return [self.system.get_module(child)
for child
in self.definition['data']['group_content'][self.group]]
class ABTestDescriptor(RawDescriptor, XmlDescriptor):
module_class = ABTestModule
def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs):
kwargs['shared_state_key'] = definition['data']['experiment']
RawDescriptor.__init__(self, system, definition, **kwargs)
@classmethod
def definition_from_xml(cls, xml_object, system):
experiment = xml_object.get('experiment')
if experiment is None:
raise InvalidDefinitionError("ABTests must specify an experiment. Not found in:\n{xml}".format(xml=etree.tostring(xml_object, pretty_print=True)))
definition = {
'data': {
'experiment': experiment,
'group_portions': [],
'group_content': {None: []},
},
'children': []}
for group in xml_object:
if group.tag == 'default':
name = None
else:
name = group.get('name')
definition['data']['group_portions'].append(
(name, float(group.get('portion', 0)))
)
child_content_urls = [
system.process_xml(etree.tostring(child)).url
for child in group
]
definition['data']['group_content'][name] = child_content_urls
definition['children'].extend(child_content_urls)
default_portion = 1 - sum(portion for (name, portion) in definition['data']['group_portions'])
if default_portion < 0:
raise InvalidDefinitionError("ABTest portions must add up to less than or equal to 1")
definition['data']['group_portions'].append((None, default_portion))
return definition