]> code.communitydata.science - coldcallbot-discord.git/blobdiff - coldcall.py
work to build a much better manual version of the script
[coldcallbot-discord.git] / coldcall.py
index 1ba96a582b24104b2c35b4a225eab89c553a8fef..cc5504b529203e36bbb1ba970a98fa9f446516f0 100644 (file)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import os.path
 import re
 
 class ColdCall():
-    def __init__ (self, record_attendance=True):
+    def __init__ (self, record_attendance=True, preferred_name_field=None):
         self.today = str(datetime.date(datetime.now()))
         # how much less likely should it be that a student is called upon?
         self.weight = 2
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ class ColdCall():
         self.__fn_studentinfo = "data/student_information.tsv"
         self.__fn_daily_calllist = f"data/call_list-{self.today}.tsv"
         self.__fn_daily_attendance = f"data/attendance-{self.today}.tsv"
+        self.__preferred_name_field = preferred_name_field
 
-        self.preferred_names = self.__get_preferred_names()
+        if preferred_name_field != None:
+            self.preferred_names = self.__get_preferred_names()
+        else:
+            self.preferred_names = None
         
     def __load_prev_questions(self):
         previous_questions = defaultdict(int)
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ class ColdCall():
         preferred_names = {}
         with open(self.__fn_studentinfo, 'r') as f:
             for row in DictReader(f, delimiter="\t"):
-                preferred_names[row["Your username on the class Teams server"]] = row["Name you'd like to go by in class"]
+                row["Your UW student number"] = row[self.__preferred_name_field]
 
         return(preferred_names)
         
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ class ColdCall():
         else:
             return None
 
-    def __select_student_from_list (self, students_present):
+    def select_student_from_list(self, students_present):
         prev_questions = self.__load_prev_questions()
         
         # created a weighted list by starting out with everybody 1
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ class ColdCall():
         # print(weights) # DEBUG LINE
         return choices(list(weights.keys()), weights=list(weights.values()), k=1)[0]
 
-    def __record_attendance(self, students_present):
+    def record_attendance(self, students_present):
         # if it's the first one of the day, write it out
         if not os.path.exists(self.__fn_daily_attendance):
             with open(self.__fn_daily_attendance, "w") as f:
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ class ColdCall():
                              ",".join(students_present)]),
                   file=f)
 
-    def __record_coldcall(self, selected_student):
+    def record_coldcall(self, selected_student):
         # if it's the first one of the day, write it out
         if not os.path.exists(self.__fn_daily_calllist):
             with open(self.__fn_daily_calllist, "w") as f:
@@ -91,12 +95,12 @@ class ColdCall():
                              "MISSING", "MISSING"]), file=f)
 
     def coldcall(self, students_present):
-        selected_student = self.__select_student_from_list(students_present)
+        selected_student = self.select_student_from_list(students_present)
 
         # record the called-upon student in the right place
         if self.record_attendance:
-            self.__record_attendance(students_present)
-        self.__record_coldcall(selected_student)
+            self.record_attendance(students_present)
+        self.record_coldcall(selected_student)
 
         preferred_name = self.__get_preferred_name(selected_student)
         if preferred_name:

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