README.md

Python / SQL Exercise

This repository contains the files to run tests against an existing PostgreSQL database.

For an example of an output of the reportGen.py file, click here

Running the script

The reportGen.py file utilizes three queries to generate reports for the following three questions:

1. What are the most popular three articles of all time? topArticles.sql
2. Who are the most popular article authors of all time? topAuthors.sql
3. On which days did more than 1% of requests lead to errors? totalErrors.sql

NOTE: Before running the reportGen.py file, there are some required views. NOTE: Modify the reportGen.py file with your user and password.

Views Needed

The python script expects the following views to exist within the database:

vw_httpStatusError

CREATE VIEW vw_httpStatusError AS
SELECT count(*), status, DATE(TIME), SUBSTRING(status, 1, 3) as httpStatus
FROM log
WHERE status = '404 NOT FOUND'
GROUP BY status, DATE(TIME)
ORDER BY DATE(TIME)

vw_httpStatusOK

CREATE VIEW vw_httpStatusOK AS
SELECT count(*), status, DATE(TIME), SUBSTRING(status, 1, 3) as httpStatus
FROM log
WHERE status = '200 OK'
GROUP BY status, DATE(TIME)
ORDER BY DATE(TIME)

vw_topArticles

CREATE VIEW vw_topArticles AS 
SELECT DISTINCT count(*), A.title, FORMAT('"%s" - %s views', A.title, count(*)) AS POPULAR 
FROM log l INNER JOIN articles A ON SUBSTRING(l.path, 10, 100) = A.SLUG
GROUP BY A.title 
ORDER BY count(*) desc
LIMIT 3

vw_topAuthors

CREATE VIEW vw_topAuthors AS
SELECT DISTINCT count(*), AU.name, FORMAT('%s - %s views', AU.name, count(*)) AS POPULAR 
FROM log l INNER JOIN articles A ON SUBSTRING(l.path, 10, 100) = A.SLUG
INNER JOIN Authors AU ON AU.ID = A.author
GROUP BY AU.name
ORDER BY count(*) desc