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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/abtest_module.py
2012-08-15 10:27:07 -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
DEFAULT = "_DEFAULT_GROUP"
def group_from_value(groups, v):
"""
Given group: (('a', 0.3), ('b', 0.4), ('c', 0.3)) and random value v
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
"""
def __init__(self, system, location, definition, descriptor, instance_state=None, shared_state=None, **kwargs):
XModule.__init__(self, system, location, definition, descriptor, instance_state, shared_state, **kwargs)
if shared_state is None:
self.group = group_from_value(
self.definition['data']['group_portions'].items(),
random.uniform(0, 1)
)
else:
shared_state = json.loads(shared_state)
self.group = shared_state['group']
def get_shared_state(self):
return json.dumps({'group': self.group})
def displayable_items(self):
child_locations = self.definition['data']['group_content'][self.group]
children = [self.system.get_module(loc) for loc in child_locations]
return [c for c in children if c is not None]
# TODO (cpennington): Use Groups should be a first class object, rather than being
# managed by ABTests
class ABTestDescriptor(RawDescriptor, XmlDescriptor):
module_class = ABTestModule
def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs):
"""
definition is a dictionary with the following layout:
{'data': {
'experiment': 'the name of the experiment',
'group_portions': {
'group_a': 0.1,
'group_b': 0.2
},
'group_contents': {
'group_a': [
'url://for/content/module/1',
'url://for/content/module/2',
],
'group_b': [
'url://for/content/module/3',
],
DEFAULT: [
'url://for/default/content/1'
]
}
},
'children': [
'url://for/content/module/1',
'url://for/content/module/2',
'url://for/content/module/3',
'url://for/default/content/1',
]}
"""
kwargs['shared_state_key'] = definition['data']['experiment']
RawDescriptor.__init__(self, system, definition, **kwargs)
@classmethod
def definition_from_xml(cls, xml_object, system):
"""
XML Format:
<abtest experiment="experiment_name">
<group name="a" portion=".1"><contenta/></group>
<group name="b" portion=".2"><contentb/></group>
<default><contentdefault/></default>
</abtest>
"""
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': {DEFAULT: []},
},
'children': []}
for group in xml_object:
if group.tag == 'default':
name = DEFAULT
else:
name = group.get('name')
definition['data']['group_portions'][name] = float(group.get('portion', 0))
child_content_urls = [
system.process_xml(etree.tostring(child)).location.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'].items())
if default_portion < 0:
raise InvalidDefinitionError("ABTest portions must add up to less than or equal to 1")
definition['data']['group_portions'][DEFAULT] = default_portion
definition['children'].sort()
return definition
def definition_to_xml(self, resource_fs):
xml_object = etree.Element('abtest')
xml_object.set('experiment', self.definition['data']['experiment'])
for name, group in self.definition['data']['group_content'].items():
if name == DEFAULT:
group_elem = etree.SubElement(xml_object, 'default')
else:
group_elem = etree.SubElement(xml_object, 'group', attrib={
'portion': str(self.definition['data']['group_portions'][name]),
'name': name,
})
for child_loc in group:
child = self.system.load_item(child_loc)
group_elem.append(etree.fromstring(child.export_to_xml(resource_fs)))
return xml_object