gxapi_rails 0.0.2
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- checksums.yaml +7 -0
- data/LICENSE.txt +20 -0
- data/README.md +161 -0
- data/Rakefile +25 -0
- data/app/helpers/gxapi_helper.rb +108 -0
- data/lib/gxapi.rb +160 -0
- data/lib/gxapi/base.rb +100 -0
- data/lib/gxapi/controller_methods.rb +41 -0
- data/lib/gxapi/engine.rb +14 -0
- data/lib/gxapi/google_analytics.rb +193 -0
- data/lib/gxapi/ostruct.rb +86 -0
- data/lib/gxapi/version.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/README.rdoc +261 -0
- data/spec/dummy/Rakefile +7 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js +13 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css +13 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/application_controller.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb +11 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/helpers/application_helper.rb +2 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb +2 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/models/post.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb +14 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/posts/_form.html.erb +25 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/posts/edit.html.erb +6 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/posts/index.html.erb +36 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/posts/new.html.erb +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/app/views/posts/show.html.erb +15 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config.ru +4 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/application.rb +70 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/boot.rb +10 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/database.yml +22 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/database.yml.default +111 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environment.rb +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environments/development.rb +38 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environments/production.rb +67 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/environments/test.rb +37 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/gxapi.yml +17 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb +7 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/inflections.rb +15 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/mime_types.rb +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/secret_token.rb +7 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/session_store.rb +8 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb +14 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/konfig/application.rb +16 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/konfig/development.rb +10 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/konfig/production.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/konfig/test.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/konfig/test_prod.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/locales/en.yml +5 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/routes.rb +3 -0
- data/spec/dummy/config/test.p12 +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/data/log/dummy/development.log +113 -0
- data/spec/dummy/data/log/dummy/test.log +927 -0
- data/spec/dummy/db/development.sqlite3 +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/db/test.sqlite3 +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/log/test.log +1443 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/404.html +26 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/422.html +26 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/500.html +25 -0
- data/spec/dummy/public/favicon.ico +0 -0
- data/spec/dummy/script/rails +6 -0
- data/spec/features/display_variant_js_spec.rb +34 -0
- data/spec/helpers/gxapi_helper_spec.rb +63 -0
- data/spec/lib/gxapi/base_spec.rb +80 -0
- data/spec/lib/gxapi/google_analytics_spec.rb +70 -0
- data/spec/lib/gxapi_spec.rb +32 -0
- data/spec/spec_helper.rb +32 -0
- metadata +233 -0
data/lib/gxapi/base.rb
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module Gxapi
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class Base
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TIMEOUT = 2.0
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attr_reader :user_key
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#
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# @param user_key [String] identifier for our user - this is used in
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# the cache_key
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def initialize(user_key)
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@user_key = user_key
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@interface = GoogleAnalytics.new
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end
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# get the {Gxapi.env}
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def env
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Gxapi.env
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end
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#
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# get all experiments
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#
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# @return [Array<Ostruct>]
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def get_experiments
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@interface.get_experiments
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end
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#
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# return a variant value
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# @example
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# variant = @gxapi.get_variant("my_experiment")
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# variant.value =>
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# # Ostruct.new(experiment_id: "x", index: 1, name: "name")
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#
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# @return [Celluloid::Future]
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def get_variant(experiment_name, override = nil)
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Celluloid::Future.new do
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# allows us to override and get back a variant
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# easily that conforms to the api
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if override.nil?
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self.get_variant_value(experiment_name)
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else
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Ostruct.new(self.default_values.merge(name: override))
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end
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end
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end
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# reload the experiment cache from the remote
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# @return [Boolean] true
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def reload_experiments
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@interface.reload_experiments
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true
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end
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protected
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#
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# cache key for a given experiment and our user
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# @param experiment_name [String] The name of our experiment
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# @return [String] The cache key
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def cache_key(experiment_name)
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experiment_name = experiment_name.downcase.gsub(/\s+/,'_')
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"#{Gxapi.cache_namespace}#{self.user_key}_#{experiment_name}"
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end
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#
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# Default hash values for when a variant isn't found
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# @return [Hash] Default values for when something goes wrong
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def default_values
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{name: "default", index: -1, experiment_id: nil}
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end
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#
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# protected method to make the actual calls to get values
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# from the cache or from Google
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# @param experiment_name [String] Experiment name to look for
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# @return [Gxapi::Ostruct] Experiment data
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def get_variant_value(experiment_name)
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data = Gxapi.with_error_handling do
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Timeout::timeout(2.0) do
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Gxapi.cache.fetch(self.cache_key(experiment_name)) do
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end
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module ControllerMethods
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# Get the variant and set it as an instance variable, handling
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# @param experiment_name [String] Name for the experiment
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# @param ivar_name [String, Symbol] Name for the variable
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def gxapi_get_variant(experiment_name, ivar_name = :variant)
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# handle override
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if params[ivar_name]
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value: {
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def gxapi_base
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end
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def gxapi_token
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cookies[:gxapi] ||= SecureRandom.hex(16)
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if Rails::VERSION::MAJOR >= 3
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module Gxapi
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require 'google/api_client'
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class GoogleAnalytics
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def list_experiments
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accountId: self.config.account_id.to_s,
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def run_experiment?(experiment)
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def select_variant(experiment)
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