major core refactor, shift to how storage is done

design.txt

@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ tracked - metadata for tracked resources
     _id         : internal id
     _random     : a random integer used for sorting
     url         : url of resource
-    versioning  : string indicating type of versioning to be used for this
-                  resource.  currently set to md5 for all documents
-    update_mins : minutes between automatic updates (defaults to 24*60)
+    doc_class   : string indicating the document class, allows for different
+                  settings/hooks for some documents
     metadata    : dictionary of extra user-specified attributes
+    versions    : list of dictionaries with the following keys:
+                      timestamp     : UTC timestamp
+                      <storage_key> : storage_id
+                      (may be s3_url, gridfs_id, etc.)
 
 logs - capped log collection
     action    : log entry
@@ -29,3 +32,9 @@ status - internal state
     update_queue : size of update queue
 
 
+Storage Interface
+=================
+    storage_key : key to store on versions
+    put(tracked_doc, data, content_type) -> id
+    get(id) -> file type object
+

oyster/core.py

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import sys
 import urllib
 
 import pymongo
-import gridfs
 import scrapelib
 
+from .storage.gridfs import GridFSStorage
 
 class Kernel(object):
     """ oyster's workhorse, handles tracking """
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class Kernel(object):
         except pymongo.errors.CollectionInvalid:
             pass
 
+        # create storage class
+        self.storage = GridFSStorage(self)
+
         # create status document if it doesn't exist
         if self.db.status.count() == 0:
             self.db.status.insert({'update_queue': 0})
@@ -35,8 +38,6 @@ class Kernel(object):
         # ensure an index on _random
         self.db.tracked.ensure_index([('_random', pymongo.ASCENDING)])
 
-        self._collection_name = 'fs'
-        self.fs = gridfs.GridFS(self.db, self._collection_name)
         self.scraper = scrapelib.Scraper(user_agent=user_agent,
                                          requests_per_minute=rpm,
                                          follow_robots=False,
@@ -46,12 +47,12 @@ class Kernel(object):
         self.retry_attempts = retry_attempts
         self.retry_wait_minutes = retry_wait_minutes
 
+        self.doc_classes = {}
+
 
     def _wipe(self):
         """ exists primarily for debug use, wipes entire db """
         self.db.drop_collection('tracked')
-        self.db.drop_collection('%s.chunks' % self._collection_name)
-        self.db.drop_collection('%s.files' % self._collection_name)
         self.db.drop_collection('logs')
         self.db.drop_collection('status')
 
@@ -65,17 +66,21 @@ class Kernel(object):
         self.db.logs.insert(kwargs)
 
 
-    def track_url(self, url, versioning='md5', update_mins=60*24,
-                  **kwargs):
+    def _add_doc_class(self, doc_class, **properties):
+        if doc_class in self.doc_classes:
+            raise ValueError('attempt to re-add doc_class: %s' % doc_class)
+        else:
+            self.doc_classes[doc_class] = properties
+
+
+    def track_url(self, url, doc_class, **kwargs):
         """
         Add a URL to the set of tracked URLs, accessible via a given filename.
 
         url
             URL to start tracking
-        versioning
-            currently only valid value is "md5"
-        update_mins
-            minutes between automatic updates, default is 1440 (1 day)
+        doc_class
+            document type, can be any arbitrary string
         **kwargs
             any keyword args will be added to the document's metadata
         """
@@ -85,8 +90,7 @@ class Kernel(object):
         # return the original object
         if tracked:
             if (tracked['metadata'] == kwargs and
-                tracked['versioning'] == versioning and
-                tracked['update_mins'] == update_mins):
+                tracked['doc_class'] == doc_class):
                 return tracked['_id']
             else:
                 self.log('track', url=url, error='tracking conflict')
@@ -94,20 +98,16 @@ class Kernel(object):
                                  'metadata' % url)
 
         self.log('track', url=url)
-        return self.db.tracked.insert(dict(url=url, versioning=versioning,
-                                       update_mins=update_mins,
+        return self.db.tracked.insert(dict(url=url, doc_class=doc_class,
                                        _random=random.randint(0, sys.maxint),
-                                       metadata=kwargs))
+                                       versions=[], metadata=kwargs))
 
 
-    def md5_versioning(self, doc, data):
+    def md5_versioning(self, olddata, newdata):
         """ return True if md5 changed or if file is new """
-        try:
-            old_md5 = self.fs.get_last_version(filename=doc['url']).md5
-            new_md5 = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
-            return (old_md5 != new_md5)
-        except gridfs.NoFile:
-            return True
+        old_md5 = hashlib.md5(olddata).hexdigest()
+        new_md5 = hashlib.md5(newdata).hexdigest()
+        return old_md5 != new_md5
 
 
     def update(self, doc):
@@ -118,84 +118,62 @@ class Kernel(object):
 
         * download latest document
         * check if document has changed using versioning func
-        * if a change has occurred save the file to GridFS
+        * if a change has occurred save the file
         * if error occured, log & keep track of how many errors in a row
         * update last_update/next_update timestamp
         """
 
-        do_put = True
+        new_version = True
         error = False
+        now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        # FIXME
+        update_mins = self.doc_classes[doc['doc_class']].get('update_mins', 60)
 
-        # update strategies could be implemented here as well
+        # fetch strategies could be implemented here as well
         try:
             url = doc['url'].replace(' ', '%20')
             newdata = self.scraper.urlopen(url)
             content_type = newdata.response.headers['content-type']
         except Exception as e:
-            do_put = False
+            new_version = False
             error = str(e)
 
-        # versioning is a concept for future use, but here's how it can work:
+        # only do versioning check if at least one version exists
+        if new_version and doc['versions']:
+            # room here for different versioning schemes:
             #  versioning functions take doc & data, and return True if data is
             #  different, since they have access to doc, they can also modify
             #  certain attributes as needed
+            olddata = self.storage.get(doc['versions'][-1]['storage_key'])
+            new_version = self.md5_versioning(olddata, newdata)
 
-        if do_put:
-            if doc['versioning'] == 'md5':
-                do_put = self.md5_versioning(doc, newdata)
-            else:
-                raise ValueError('unknown versioning strategy "%s"' %
-                                 doc['versioning'])
-
-        if do_put:
-            self.fs.put(newdata, filename=doc['url'],
-                        content_type=content_type, **doc['metadata'])
+        if new_version:
+            storage_id = self.storage.put(doc, newdata, content_type)
+            doc['versions'].append({'timestamp': now,
+                                    'storage_key': storage_id,
+                                    'storage_type': self.storage.storage_type,
+                                   })
 
         if error:
+            # if there's been an error, increment the consecutive_errors count
+            # and back off a bit until we've reached our retry limit
             c_errors = doc.get('consecutive_errors', 0)
             doc['consecutive_errors'] = c_errors + 1
             if c_errors <= self.retry_attempts:
                 update_mins = self.retry_wait_minutes * (2**c_errors)
         else:
-                update_mins = doc['update_mins']
-        else:
+            # reset error count if all was ok
             doc['consecutive_errors'] = 0
-            update_mins = doc['update_mins']
 
         # last_update/next_update are separate from question of versioning
-        doc['last_update'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
-        doc['next_update'] = (doc['last_update'] +
-                              datetime.timedelta(minutes=update_mins))
+        doc['last_update'] = now
+        doc['next_update'] = now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=update_mins)
 
-        self.log('update', url=url, new_doc=do_put, error=error)
+        self.log('update', url=url, new_doc=new_version, error=error)
 
         self.db.tracked.save(doc, safe=True)
 
 
-    def get_all_versions(self, url):
-        """
-        get all versions stored for a given URL
-        """
-        versions = []
-        n = 0
-        while True:
-            try:
-                versions.append(self.fs.get_version(url, n))
-                n += 1
-            except gridfs.NoFile:
-                break
-        return versions
-
-
-    def get_version(self, url, n=-1):
-        """
-        get a specific version of a file
-
-        defaults to getting latest version
-        """
-        return self.fs.get_version(url, n)
-
-
     def get_update_queue(self):
         """
         Get a list of what needs to be updated.

oyster/storage/gridfs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import gridfs
+
+class GridFSStorage(object):
+
+    storage_type = 'gridfs'
+
+    def __init__(self, kernel):
+        self.db = kernel.db
+        self._collection_name = 'fs'
+        self.fs = gridfs.GridFS(self.db, self._collection_name)
+
+    def put(self, tracked_doc, data, content_type):
+        return self.fs.put(data, filename=tracked_doc['url'],
+                           content_type=content_type,
+                           **tracked_doc['metadata'])
+
+    def get(self, id):
+        return self.fs.get(id).read()

oyster/tests/test_kernel.py

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class KernelTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.kernel = Kernel(mongo_db='oyster_test', retry_wait_minutes=1/60.)
         self.kernel._wipe()
+        self.kernel._add_doc_class('default', update_mins=30)
+        self.kernel._add_doc_class('fast-update', update_mins=0.01)
 
 
     def test_constructor(self):
@@ -42,11 +44,12 @@ class KernelTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_track_url(self):
         # basic insert
-        id1 = self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', update_mins=30, pi=3)
+        id1 = self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', 'default', pi=3)
         obj = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one()
         assert '_random' in obj
-        assert obj['update_mins'] == 30
+        assert obj['doc_class'] == 'default'
         assert obj['metadata'] == {'pi': 3}
+        assert obj['versions'] == []
 
         # logging
         log = self.kernel.db.logs.find_one()
@@ -54,51 +57,53 @@ class KernelTests(TestCase):
         assert log['url'] == 'http://example.com'
 
         # track same url again with same metadata returns id
-        id2 = self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', update_mins=30, pi=3)
+        id2 = self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', 'default', pi=3)
         assert id1 == id2
 
         # can't track same URL twice with different metadata
-        assert_raises(ValueError, self.kernel.track_url, 'http://example.com')
+        assert_raises(ValueError, self.kernel.track_url, 'http://example.com',
+                      'default')
+        # logged error
+        assert self.kernel.db.logs.find_one({'error': 'tracking conflict'})
 
+        assert_raises(ValueError, self.kernel.track_url, 'http://example.com',
+                      'special-doc-class', pi=3)
         # logged error
         assert self.kernel.db.logs.find_one({'error': 'tracking conflict'})
 
 
+
     def test_md5_versioning(self):
-        doc = {'url': 'hello.txt'}
-        self.kernel.fs.put('hello!', filename='hello.txt')
-        assert not self.kernel.md5_versioning(doc, 'hello!')
-        assert self.kernel.md5_versioning(doc, 'hey!')
+        assert not self.kernel.md5_versioning('hello!', 'hello!')
+        assert self.kernel.md5_versioning('hello!', 'hey!')
 
 
     def test_update(self):
-        # get a single document tracked
-        self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', update_mins=60, pi=3)
+        # get a single document tracked and call update on it
+        self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', 'default')
         obj = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one()
         self.kernel.update(obj)
 
-        # check that metadata has been updated
+        # check that the metadata has been updated
         newobj = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one()
-        assert (newobj['last_update'] +
-                datetime.timedelta(minutes=newobj['update_mins']) ==
+        assert (newobj['last_update'] + datetime.timedelta(minutes=30) ==
                 newobj['next_update'])
         first_update = newobj['last_update']
         assert newobj['consecutive_errors'] == 0
 
-        # check that document exists in database
-        doc = self.kernel.fs.get_last_version()
-        assert doc.filename == 'http://example.com'
-        assert doc.content_type.startswith('text/html')
-        assert doc.pi == 3
+        assert len(newobj['versions']) == 1
+
+        # check that document exists in storage (TODO: storage test)
+        assert self.kernel.storage.get(newobj['versions'][0]['storage_key'])
 
         # check logs
         assert self.kernel.db.logs.find({'action': 'update'}).count() == 1
 
-        # and do an update..
+        # and do another update..
         self.kernel.update(obj)
 
         # hopefully example.com hasn't changed, this tests that md5 worked
-        assert self.kernel.db.fs.files.count() == 1
+        assert len(newobj['versions']) == 1
 
         # check that appropriate metadata updated
         newobj = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one()
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ class KernelTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_update_failure(self):
         # track a non-existent URL
-        self.kernel.track_url('http://not_a_url')
+        self.kernel.track_url('http://not_a_url', 'default')
         obj = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one()
         self.kernel.update(obj)
 
@@ -128,23 +133,10 @@ class KernelTests(TestCase):
         assert obj['consecutive_errors'] == 2
 
 
-    def test_all_versions(self):
-        random_url = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random'
-        self.kernel.track_url(random_url)
-        obj = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one()
-        self.kernel.update(obj)
-
-        versions = self.kernel.get_all_versions(random_url)
-        assert versions[0].filename == random_url
-
-        self.kernel.update(obj)
-        assert len(self.kernel.get_all_versions(random_url)) == 2
-
-
     def test_get_update_queue(self):
-        self.kernel.track_url('never-updates', update_mins=0.01)
-        self.kernel.track_url('bad-uri', update_mins=0.01)
-        self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', update_mins=0.01)
+        self.kernel.track_url('never-updates', 'fast-update')
+        self.kernel.track_url('bad-uri', 'fast-update')
+        self.kernel.track_url('http://example.com', 'fast-update')
 
         never = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one(dict(url='never-updates'))
         bad = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one(dict(url='bad-uri'))
@@ -170,9 +162,9 @@ class KernelTests(TestCase):
 
 
     def test_get_update_queue_size(self):
-        self.kernel.track_url('a', update_mins=0.01)
-        self.kernel.track_url('b', update_mins=0.01)
-        self.kernel.track_url('c', update_mins=0.01)
+        self.kernel.track_url('a', 'fast-update')
+        self.kernel.track_url('b', 'fast-update')
+        self.kernel.track_url('c', 'fast-update')
 
         a = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one(dict(url='a'))
         b = self.kernel.db.tracked.find_one(dict(url='b'))