piazza_stats.py

from piazza_api import PiazzaAPI
import dateutil.parser

p = PiazzaAPI('hv3tfd1v38g7fc')
p.user_auth()

s_answers = 0
i_answers = 0
s_before_i = 0

posts_with_answers = set()

for i in xrange(1, 613):
  a = p.get(i)
  print a['aid'],":", i
  a = a.get('result', None)
  if a:
    if a.get('children', None) is None:
      continue
    children = a['children']
    s_time = None
    i_time = None
    for child in children:
      if child['type'] == 's_answer':
        print "  ",child['type'], child['history'][-1]['created']
        s_answers += 1
        s_time = child['history'][-1]['created']
      if child['type'] == 'i_answer':
        print "  ",child['type'], child['history'][-1]['created']
        i_answers += 1
        i_time = child['history'][-1]['created']
    if s_time and i_time:
      s_time = dateutil.parser.parse(s_time)
      i_time = dateutil.parser.parse(i_time)
      if s_time < i_time:
        s_before_i += 1
    if s_time or i_time:
      posts_with_answers.add(i)


print "Student Answers", s_answers
print "Instructor Answers", i_answers
print "Number of Student Answers before Instructor Answers", s_before_i
print "Number of posts with answers", len(posts_with_answers)