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namespace :test_api do

  desc "Updates cached values for losses and wins for choices."
  task :update_cached_losses_wins => :environment do
    Question.all.each do |question|
      question.choices.each do |choice|
        choice.reload
        true_losses = question.votes.count(:conditions => {:loser_choice_id => choice.id})
        true_wins = choice.votes.count
        Choice.update_counters choice.id,
            :losses => (true_losses - choice.losses), 
            :wins   => (true_wins - choice.wins)
        choice.reload
        choice.score = choice.compute_score
        choice.save(false)
      end
    end
  end

  desc "Update cached values for prompts on left and right for choices."
  task :update_cahced_prompts_on_left_right => :environment do
    Question.all.each do |question|
      question.choices.each do |choice|
        choice.reload
        choice.prompts_on_the_left
        choice.prompts_on_the_right
        Choice.update_counters choice.id,
          :prompts_on_the_left_count => choice.prompts_on_the_left.count,
          :prompts_on_the_right_count => choice.prompts_on_the_right.count
      end
    end
  end

  desc "Recomputes scores for all choices."
  task :recompute_scores => :environment do
    Choice.find_each do |choice|
      choice.reload
      choice.score = choice.compute_score
      choice.save(false)
    end
  end

   task :all => [:question_vote_consistency,:generate_density_information]

  desc "Ensure that all choices have 0 <= score <= 100"
  task :verify_range_of_choices_scores => :environment do
    puts verify_range_of_choices_scores().inspect
  end

  def verify_range_of_choices_scores
    bad_choices_count = Choice.count(:conditions => 'score < 0 OR score > 100')
    success_message = "All choices have a score within 0-100"
    if bad_choices_count > 0
      error_message = "Some choices have a score less than 0 or greater than 100"
    end
    return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true]
  end

  desc "Ensure that an idea: appearances on left + appearances on right >= (wins + losses + skips)"
  task :verify_choice_appearances_and_votes => :environment do
    choice = Choice.find(ENV["choice_id"])
    puts verify_choice_appearances_and_votes(choice).inspect
  end

  def verify_choice_appearances_and_votes(choice)
    success_message = "Choice has more appearances than votes and skips"
    all_appearances  = choice.appearances_on_the_left.count + choice.appearances_on_the_right.count
    skips = choice.skips_on_the_left.count + choice.skips_on_the_right.count

    if all_appearances < choice.wins + choice.losses + skips
      error_message = "Choice #{choice.id} in Question ##{choice.question_id} has fewer appearances than wins + losses + skips"
    end
    return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true]
  end

   desc "Don't run unless you know what you are doing"
   task(:generate_lots_of_votes => :environment) do
      if Rails.env.production?
   print "You probably don't want to run this in production as it will falsify a bunch of random votes"
      end
 
 
     current_user = User.first
      1000.times do |n|
        puts "#{n} votes completed" if n % 100 == 0
              question = Question.find(214) # test question change as needed
        @prompt = question.catchup_choose_prompt(1).first
              @appearance = current_user.record_appearance(current_user.default_visitor, @prompt)

        direction = (rand(2) == 0) ? "left" : "right"
        current_user.record_vote(:prompt => @prompt, :direction => direction, :appearance_lookup => @appearance.lookup)
      end

   end

   desc "Generate appearances for any votes that have no current appearance, should only need to be run once"
   task(:generate_appearances_for_existing_votes => :environment) do 
     votes = Vote.all

     count = 0 
     votes.each do |v|
       if v.appearance.nil?
         print "."
         a = Appearance.create(:voter_id => v.voter_id, :site_id => v.site_id, :prompt_id => v.prompt_id, :question_id => v.question_id, :created_at => v.created_at, :updated_at => v.updated_at)
         v.appearance = a
         v.save

         count += 1
       end
     end

     print count
   end


   desc "Generate past density information"
   task(:generate_past_densities => :environment) do 
     #this is not elegant, but should only be run once, so quick and dirty wins

     start_date = Vote.find(:all, :conditions => 'loser_choice_id IS NOT NULL', :order => :created_at, :limit =>  1).first.created_at.to_date
     start_date.upto(Date.today) do |the_date|
       questions = Question.find(:all, :conditions => ['created_at < ?', the_date])

       print the_date.to_s
       questions.each do |q|
         puts q.id
         relevant_choices = q.choices.find(:all, :conditions => ['created_at < ?', the_date])

         seed_choices = 0

         if relevant_choices == 0
           next
           #this question had not been created yet
         end

         relevant_choices.each do |c|
           if !c.user_created
             seed_choices+=1
           end

         end

         nonseed_choices = relevant_choices.size - seed_choices

         seed_seed_total = seed_choices **2 - seed_choices
         nonseed_nonseed_total = nonseed_choices **2 - nonseed_choices
         seed_nonseed_total = seed_choices * nonseed_choices
         nonseed_seed_total = seed_choices * nonseed_choices

         seed_seed_sum = 0
         seed_nonseed_sum= 0
         nonseed_seed_sum= 0
         nonseed_nonseed_sum= 0

         q.appearances.find_each(:conditions => ['prompt_id IS NOT NULL AND created_at < ?', the_date]) do |a|

           p = a.prompt
           if p.left_choice.user_created == false && p.right_choice.user_created == false
             seed_seed_sum += 1
           elsif p.left_choice.user_created == false && p.right_choice.user_created == true
             seed_nonseed_sum += 1
           elsif p.left_choice.user_created == true && p.right_choice.user_created == false
             nonseed_seed_sum += 1
           elsif p.left_choice.user_created == true && p.right_choice.user_created == true
             nonseed_nonseed_sum += 1
           end
         end

         densities = {}
         densities[:seed_seed] = seed_seed_sum.to_f / seed_seed_total.to_f
         densities[:seed_nonseed] = seed_nonseed_sum.to_f / seed_nonseed_total.to_f
         densities[:nonseed_seed] = nonseed_seed_sum.to_f / nonseed_seed_total.to_f
         densities[:nonseed_nonseed] = nonseed_nonseed_sum.to_f / nonseed_nonseed_total.to_f

         densities.each do |type, average|
           d = Density.new
           d.created_at = the_date
           d.question_id = q.id
           d.prompt_type = type.to_s
           d.value = average.nan? ? nil : average
           d.save!
         end

         puts "Seed_seed sum: #{seed_seed_sum}, seed_seed total num: #{seed_seed_total}"
         puts "Seed_nonseed sum: #{seed_nonseed_sum}, seed_nonseed total num: #{seed_nonseed_total}"
         puts "Nonseed_seed sum: #{nonseed_seed_sum}, nonseed_seed total num: #{nonseed_seed_total}"
         puts "Nonseed_nonseed sum: #{nonseed_nonseed_sum}, nonseed_nonseed total num: #{nonseed_nonseed_total}"


       end

     end

   end


   desc "Should only need to be run once"
   task(:generate_all_possible_prompts => :environment) do
      Question.find(:all).each do |q|
  choices = q.choices
  if q.prompts.size > choices.size**2 - choices.size
    print "ERROR: #{q.id}\n"
    next
  elsif q.prompts.size == choices.size**2 - choices.size
    print "#{q.id} has enough prompts, skipping...\n"
    next
  else
    print "#{q.id} should add #{(choices.size ** 2 - choices.size) - q.prompts.size}\n"

  end
        created_timestring = q.created_at.to_s(:db)
  updated_timestring = Time.now.to_s(:db) #isn't rails awesome?
  promptscount=0
        inserts = []
    the_prompts = Prompt.find(:all, :select => 'id, left_choice_id, right_choice_id', :conditions => {:question_id => q.id})

  the_prompts_hash = {}
  the_prompts.each do |p|
    the_prompts_hash["#{p.left_choice_id},#{p.right_choice_id}"] = 1
  end

        choices.each do |l|
     choices.each do |r|
       if l.id == r.id
       next
       else
    #p = the_prompts.find{|o| o.left_choice_id == l.id && o.right_choice_id == r.id}
    keystring = "#{l.id},#{r.id}"
    p = the_prompts_hash[keystring]
    if p.nil?
             inserts.push("(NULL, #{q.id}, NULL, #{l.id}, '#{created_timestring}', '#{updated_timestring}', NULL, 0, #{r.id}, NULL, NULL)")
       promptscount+=1
    end

       end

     end
         end

  print "Added #{promptscount} to #{q.id}\n"
  sql = "INSERT INTO `prompts` (`algorithm_id`, `question_id`, `voter_id`, `left_choice_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `tracking`, `votes_count`, `right_choice_id`, `active`, `randomkey`) VALUES #{inserts.join(', ')}"
  unless inserts.empty?
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql)
  end

  Question.update_counters(q.id, :prompts_count => promptscount)


       end


   
   end


   desc "Dump votes of a question by left vs right id"
   task(:make_csv => :environment) do

     q = Question.find(214)


     the_prompts = q.prompts_hash_by_choice_ids

     #hash_of_choice_ids_from_left_to_right_to_votes
     the_hash = {}
     q.choices.each do |l|
       q.choices.each do |r|
       next if l.id == r.id
       
       if not the_hash.has_key?(l.id)
         the_hash[l.id] = {}
         the_hash[l.id][l.id] = 0
       end

       p = the_prompts["#{l.id}, #{r.id}"]
       if p.nil?
        the_hash[l.id][r.id] = 0
             else
        the_hash[l.id][r.id] = p.appearances.size
       end
       end
     end

     the_hash.sort.each do |xval, row|
       rowarray = []
       row.sort.each do |yval, cell|
         rowarray << cell
       end
       puts rowarray.join(", ")
     end
   end


   desc "Generate density information for each question - should be run nightly"
   task(:generate_density_information => :environment) do

     # calculating densities is expensive, so only do it for questions with new data
     question_ids = Vote.count(:conditions => ['date(created_at) = ?', Date.yesterday], :group => 'question_id').keys()

     Question.find(:all, :conditions => {:id => question_ids}).each do |q|
       q.save_densities!
     end

     # we can just copy the previous night's data for remaining questions
     
     Question.find(:all, :conditions => ['id NOT IN (?)', question_ids]).each do |q|
       densities = q.densities.find(:all, :conditions => ['date(created_at) = ?', Date.yesterday])


       densities.each do |d|
         new_d = d.clone
         new_d.created_at = new_d.updated_at = Time.now
         new_d.save!
       end

       if densities.blank?
         #fallback in case there wasn't a successful run yesterday
         q.save_densities!
         
       end

     end
   end
      
  desc "Description here"
  task(:question_vote_consistency => :environment) do
    questions = Question.find(:all)
    errors = []
    successes = []

    questions.each do |question|

      message, error_occurred = check_basic_balanced_stats(question)
      # hack for now, get around to doing this with block/yield to
      # get rid of duplication
      if error_occurred
        errors << message
      else
        successes << message
      end


      message, error_occurred = check_each_choice_appears_within_n_stddevs(question)
      if error_occurred
        errors << message
      else
        successes << message
      end

      message, error_occurred = check_each_choice_equally_likely_to_appear_left_or_right(question)
      if error_occurred
        errors << message
      else
        successes << message
      end



      message, error_occurred = check_object_counter_cache_values_match_actual_values(question)
      if error_occurred
        errors << message
      else
        successes << message
      end


      #catchup specific 
      if question.uses_catchup?
        message, error_occurred = check_prompt_cache_hit_rate(question)
        if error_occurred
          errors << message
        else
          successes << message
        end
      end

    end

    message, error_occurred = ensure_all_votes_and_skips_have_unique_appearance
     
    if error_occurred
      errors << message
    else
      successes << message
    end

    message, error_occurred = response_time_tests  

    if error_occurred
      errors << message
    else
      successes << message
    end
    message, error_occurred = verify_range_of_choices_scores
    if error_occurred
      errors << message
    else
      successes << message
    end

    email_text = "Conducted the following tests on API data and found the following results\n" + "For each of the #{questions.length} questions in the database: \n"
    errors.each do |e|
      email_text += "     Test FAILED:\n" + e + "\n"
    end

    successes.uniq.each do |s|
      s.split("\n").each do |m| # some successes have several lines
        email_text += "     Test Passed: " + m + "\n"
      end
    end
   
    puts email_text
     
    if errors.empty?
      CronMailer.deliver_info_message(CRON_EMAIL, "Test of API Vote Consistency passed", email_text)
    else
      CronMailer.deliver_info_message(CRON_EMAIL.to_a + ERRORS_EMAIL.to_a, "Error! Failure of API Vote Consistency " , email_text)
    end

  end

   def check_basic_balanced_stats(question)
  error_message = ""
  success_message = "2 x Total Wins = Total Votes\n" +
       "Total Votes (wins + losses) is Even\n" +
       "Total Votes (wins + losses) = 2 x the number of vote objects that belong to the question\n" +
             "Total generated prompts on left = Total generated prompts on right"
  total_wins =0
  total_votes =0
  total_generated_prompts_on_left = 0
  total_generated_prompts_on_right = 0
  total_scores_gte_fifty= 0
  total_scores_lte_fifty= 0
  error_bool = false
  # votes before 2010-02-17 have null loser_choice_id therefore we
  # want to ignore some tests for any question with votes before 2010-02-17
  question_has_votes_before_2010_02_17 = question.votes.count(:conditions => ["created_at < ?", '2010-02-17']) > 0

  # reload question to make sure we have most recent data
  question.reload
  question.choices.each do |choice|
      
      if choice.wins
        total_wins += choice.wins
        total_votes += choice.wins
      end

      if choice.losses
              total_votes += choice.losses
      end

      total_generated_prompts_on_left += choice.prompts_on_the_left.size
      total_generated_prompts_on_right += choice.prompts_on_the_right.size

      cached_score = choice.score.to_f
      generated_score = choice.compute_score.to_f

      delta = 0.001

      if (cached_score - generated_score).abs >= delta
     error_message += "Error! The cached_score is not equal to the calculated score for choice #{choice.id}\n"

     print "This score is wrong! #{choice.id} , Question ID: #{question.id}, #{cached_score}, #{generated_score}, updated: #{choice.updated_at}\n"


      end

      if cached_score == 0.0 || cached_score == 100.0 || cached_score.nil?
     error_message += "Error! The cached_score for choice #{choice.id} is exactly 0 or 100, the value: #{cached_score}"
     print "Either 0 or 100 This score is wrong! #{choice.id} , Question ID: #{question.id}, #{cached_score}, #{generated_score}, updated: #{choice.updated_at}\n"
      end

      unless question_has_votes_before_2010_02_17
        message, error_occurred = verify_choice_appearances_and_votes(choice)
        if error_occurred
          error_message += message + "\n"
        end
      end


      if cached_score >= 50
        total_scores_gte_fifty +=1
      end
      if cached_score <= 50
        total_scores_lte_fifty +=1
      end

      if (choice.wins != choice.votes.count)
     error_message += "Error!: Cached choice wins != actual choice wins for choice #{choice.id}\n"
     error_bool= true
      end
  
      # votes before 2010-02-17 have null loser_choice_id
      # therefore we want to ignore this test for any question with votes
      # prior to 2010-02-17
      unless question_has_votes_before_2010_02_17
        if (choice.losses != question.votes.count(:conditions => {:loser_choice_id => choice.id}))
          error_message += "Error!: Cached choice losses != actual choice losses for choice #{choice.id}\n"
          error_bool= true
        end
      end

        end
  
  
  unless question_has_votes_before_2010_02_17
    if (2*total_wins != total_votes)
       error_message += "Error 1: 2 x Total Wins != Total votes\n"
       error_bool= true
    end

    if(total_votes % 2 != 0)
      error_message += "Error 2: Total votes is not Even!\n"
      error_bool= true
    end

    if(total_votes != 2* question.votes_count)
      error_message += "Error 3: Total votes != 2 x # vote objects\n"
      error_bool = true
    end
  end

  if(total_generated_prompts_on_right != total_generated_prompts_on_right)
    error_message += "Error 4: Total generated prompts on left != Total generated prompts on right\n"
    error_bool = true
  end

  unless question_has_votes_before_2010_02_17
    if(total_scores_lte_fifty == question.choices.size || total_scores_gte_fifty == question.choices.size) && (total_scores_lte_fifty != total_scores_gte_fifty)
      error_message += "Error: The scores of all choices are either all above 50, or all below 50. This is probably wrong\n"
      error_bool = true
      puts "Error score fifty: #{question.id}"
    end
  end
  
  if error_bool
     error_message += "Question #{question.id}: 2*wins = #{2*total_wins}, total votes = #{total_votes}, vote_count = #{question.votes_count}\n"
  end
        return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
   end
   def check_each_choice_appears_within_n_stddevs(question)
  error_message =""
  success_message = "Each choice has appeared n times, where n falls within 6 stddevs of the mean number of appearances for a question " +
       "(Note: this applies only to seed choices (not user submitted) and choices currently marked active)"

  wins_by_choice_id = question.votes.active.count(:group => :choice_id)
  losses_by_choice_id= question.votes.active.count(:conditions => "loser_choice_id IS NOT NULL", :group => :loser_choice_id)

  #Rails returns an ordered hash, which doesn't allow for blocks to change merging logic.
  #A little hack to create a normal hash
  wins_hash = {}
  wins_hash.merge!(wins_by_choice_id)
  losses_hash = {}
  losses_hash.merge!(losses_by_choice_id)



  appearances_by_choice_id = wins_hash.merge(losses_hash) do |key, oldval, newval| oldval + newval end

  sum = total_appearances = appearances_by_choice_id.values.inject(0) {|sum, x| sum +=x}
  mean = average_appearances = total_appearances.to_f / appearances_by_choice_id.size.to_f

  if sum > 0:
     stddev = Math.sqrt( appearances_by_choice_id.values.inject(0) { |sum, e| sum + (e - mean) ** 2 } / appearances_by_choice_id.size.to_f )

           appearances_by_choice_id.each do |choice_id, n_i| 
    if ((n_i < (mean - 6*stddev)) || (n_i > mean + 6 *stddev)) && Choice.find(choice_id).active?
      error_message += "Choice #{choice_id} in Question ##{question.id} has an irregular number of appearances: #{n_i}, as compared to the mean: #{mean} and stddev #{stddev} for this question\n"
    end
     end
  end

        return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
   end
   def check_each_choice_equally_likely_to_appear_left_or_right(question)
    error_message = ""
  success_message = "All choices have equal probability of appearing on left or right (within error params)"
  question.choices.each do |c|
           left_prompts_ids = c.prompts_on_the_left.ids_only
           right_prompts_ids = c.prompts_on_the_right.ids_only

           left_appearances = question.appearances.count(:conditions => {:prompt_id => left_prompts_ids})
           right_appearances = question.appearances.count(:conditions => {:prompt_id => right_prompts_ids})

     n = left_appearances + right_appearances

     if n == 0
        next
     end
     est_p = right_appearances.to_f / n.to_f
     z = (est_p - 0.5).abs / Math.sqrt((0.5 * 0.5) / n.to_f)

     if z > 6 
      error_message += "Error: Choice ID #{c.id} seems to favor one side: Left Appearances #{left_appearances}, Right Appearances: #{right_appearances}, z = #{z}\n"
     end
  end
        return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
   end
   def check_prompt_cache_hit_rate(question)
  error_message = ""
  success_message = "At least 90% of prompts on catchup algorithm questions were served from cache\n" 

  misses = question.get_prompt_cache_misses(Date.yesterday).to_i
  hits = question.get_prompt_cache_hits(Date.yesterday).to_i

  question.expire_prompt_cache_tracking_keys(Date.yesterday)
    
  yesterday_appearances = question.appearances.count(:conditions => ['date(created_at) = ?', Date.yesterday])

  if misses + hits != yesterday_appearances
       error_message += "Error! Question #{question.id} isn't tracking prompt cache hits and misses accurately! Expected #{yesterday_appearances}, Actual: #{misses+hits}, Hits: #{hits}, Misses: #{misses}\n"
  end
  
  if yesterday_appearances > 5 # this test isn't worthwhile for small numbers of appearances
    miss_rate = misses.to_f / yesterday_appearances.to_f
    if miss_rate > 0.1
       error_message += "Warning! Question #{question.id} has less than 90% of appearances taken from a pre-generated cache! Expected <#{0.1}, Actual: #{miss_rate}, total appearances yesterday: #{yesterday_appearances}\n"
    end
        end
        return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
   end

   def check_object_counter_cache_values_match_actual_values(question)
        error_message = ""
        success_message = "All cached object values match actual values within database"
        # Checks that counter_cache is working as expected
  cached_prompts_size = question.prompts.size
  actual_prompts_size = question.prompts.count

  if cached_prompts_size != actual_prompts_size
    error_message += "Error! Question #{question.id} has an inconsistent # of prompts! cached#: #{cached_prompts_size}, actual#: #{actual_prompts_size}\n"
  end
  
  cached_votes_size = question.votes.size
  actual_votes_size = question.votes.count

  if cached_votes_size != actual_votes_size
    error_message += "Error! Question #{question.id} has an inconsistent # of votes! cached#: #{cached_votes_size}, actual#: #{actual_votes_size}\n"
  end
  
  cached_choices_size = question.choices.size
  actual_choices_size = question.choices.count

  if cached_choices_size != actual_choices_size
    error_message+= "Error! Question #{question.id} has an inconsistent # of choices! cached#: #{cached_choices_size}, actual#: #{actual_choices_size}\n"
  end

  #if cached_prompts_size != question.choices.size **2 - question.choices.size 
  # error_message += "Error! Question #{question.id} has an incorrect number of prompts! Expected #{question.choices.size **2 - question.choices.size}, Actual: #{cached_prompts_size}\n"
  #end
        return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
   end
   
   def ensure_all_votes_and_skips_have_unique_appearance
     error_message = ""
     success_message = "All vote and skip objects have an associated appearance object"

     total_answered_appearances = Appearance.count(:conditions => 'answerable_id IS NOT NULL')
     total_votes = Vote.count
     total_skips = Skip.count

     if (total_answered_appearances != total_votes+ total_skips)
             difference = (total_votes+ total_skips) - total_answered_appearances 
       error_message += "Error! There are #{difference} votes or skips without associated appearance objects."
     end

     return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
   end

   def response_time_tests
     error_message = ""
     success_message = "All Vote objects have an client response time < calculated server roundtrip time\n" 

     recording_client_time_start_date = Vote.find(:all, :conditions => 'time_viewed IS NOT NULL', :order => 'created_at', :limit => 1).first.created_at

     Vote.find_each(:batch_size => 1000, :include => :appearance) do |v|

      next if v.nil? || v.appearance.nil?
       # Subtracting DateTime objects results in the difference in days
       server_response_time = v.created_at.to_f - v.appearance.created_at.to_f
       if server_response_time < 0
          the_error_msg = "Error! Vote #{v.id} was created before the appearance associated with it: Appearance id: #{v.appearance.id}, Vote creation time: #{v.created_at.to_s}, Appearance creation time: #{v.appearance.created_at.to_s}\n"

    error_message += the_error_msg
    print "Error!" + the_error_msg
       end

       if v.time_viewed && v.time_viewed/1000 > server_response_time 
         the_error_msg = "Warning! Vote #{v.id} with Appearance #{v.appearance.id}, has a longer client response time than is possible. Server roundtrip time is: #{v.created_at.to_f - v.appearance.created_at.to_f} seconds, but client side response time is: #{v.time_viewed.to_f / 1000.0} seconds\n"

         error_message += the_error_msg
               print the_error_msg

             elsif v.time_viewed.nil?
         if v.created_at > recording_client_time_start_date && v.missing_response_time_exp != 'invalid'
                  the_error_msg = "Error! Vote #{v.id} with Appearance #{v.appearance.id}, does not have a client response, even though it should! Vote creation time: #{v.created_at.to_s}, Appearance creation time: #{v.appearance.created_at.to_s}, Client side response time: #{v.time_viewed}\n"
            error_message += the_error_msg
                  print the_error_msg
         end

       end

       end
  
        return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true] 
     end
end