check.py

#!/usr/bin/python

from random import choice
import string
import traceback

from django.conf import settings
import capa.capa_problem as lcp
from dogfood.views import update_problem


def GenID(length=8, chars=string.letters + string.digits):
    return ''.join([choice(chars) for i in range(length)])

randomid = GenID()


def check_problem_code(ans, the_lcp, correct_answers, false_answers):
    """
    ans = student's answer
    the_lcp = LoncapaProblem instance

    returns dict {'ok':is_ok,'msg': message with iframe}
    """
    pfn = "dog%s" % randomid
    pfn += the_lcp.problem_id.replace('filename', '')    # add problem ID to dogfood problem name
    update_problem(pfn, ans, filestore=the_lcp.system.filestore)
    msg = '<hr width="100%"/>'
    msg += '<iframe src="%s/dogfood/filename%s" width="95%%" height="400" frameborder="1">No iframe support!</iframe>' % (settings.MITX_ROOT_URL, pfn)
    msg += '<hr width="100%"/>'

    endmsg = """<p><font size="-1" color="purple">Note: if the code text box disappears after clicking on "Check",
        please type something in the box to make it refresh properly.  This is a
                bug with Chrome; it does not happen with Firefox.  It is being fixed.
                </font></p>"""

    is_ok = True
    if (not correct_answers) or (not false_answers):
        ret = {'ok': is_ok,
               'msg': msg + endmsg,
               }
        return ret

    try:
        # check correctness
        fp = the_lcp.system.filestore.open('problems/%s.xml' % pfn)
        test_lcp = lcp.LoncapaProblem(fp, '1', system=the_lcp.system)

        if not (test_lcp.grade_answers(correct_answers).get_correctness('1_2_1') == 'correct'):
            is_ok = False
        if (test_lcp.grade_answers(false_answers).get_correctness('1_2_1') == 'correct'):
            is_ok = False
    except Exception, err:
        is_ok = False
        msg += "<p>Error: %s</p>" % str(err).replace('<', '&#60;')
        msg += "<p><pre>%s</pre></p>" % traceback.format_exc().replace('<', '&#60;')

    ret = {'ok': is_ok,
           'msg': msg + endmsg,
           }
    return ret