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This project uses PostgreSQL and DB-API code to create a reporting tool that answers the following questions by querying a databse:

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

In this project we use a Linux-based Virtual Machine and the Psycopg2 Python Module

Requirements

User must have virtual environment(Vagrant) running and a copy of database file

Get Vagrant file here: https://github.com/udacity/fullstack-nanodegree-vm/blob/master/vagrant/Vagrantfile Download database here: https://d17h27t6h515a5.cloudfront.net/topher/2016/August/57b5f748_newsdata/newsdata.zip

Place logsproject.py and newsdata.sql in vagrant directory

If psycopg2 is not already installed, use command pip install psycopg2

How to run

Open terminal and make FSND-Virtual-Machine/vagrant current directory

Then run:

`vagrant up` and `vagrant ssh`

use following command to open database:

`psql news`

enter the following queries to create required views:

CREATE VIEW shortened2 AS SELECT path, COUNT(id) AS x FROM log GROUP BY path ORDER BY x DESC LIMIT 3 OFFSET 1;

CREATE VIEW articles4 AS SELECT *, CONCAT('/article/', slug) FROM articles;

CREATE VIEW z AS SELECT concat, title, name FROM articles4, authors WHERE articles4.author = authors.id;

CREATE VIEW y AS SELECT path, count(path) AS number_of_views FROM log GROUP BY path ORDER BY number_of_views desc;

CREATE VIEW ok AS SELECT time::date AS date, COUNT(status) AS no_error FROM log WHERE status = '200 OK' GROUP BY date;

CREATE VIEW error AS SELECT time::date AS date, COUNT(status) AS error FROM log WHERE status = '404 NOT FOUND' GROUP BY date;

CREATE VIEW together AS SELECT ok.date, error, no_error FROM ok, error WHERE ok.date = error.date;

CREATE VIEW divide AS SELECT date, 100*(error::decimal / no_error) AS percentage FROM together;

exit psql using CTRL + D and run command: python logsproject.py