Add find_bad_choices.py

Creates a list of Qs that have badly-formatted choices.  There are 114
of them.  >:-(

find_bad_choices.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2013 Gold Brand Software, LLC. and (c) 2014 George Mason University
+#  This software was developed under U.S. Government contract number D11PC20062.
+#  The U.S. Federal Government is granted unlimited rights as defined in FAR 52.227-14.
+#  All other rights reserved.
+#
+
+'''get_question_choices.py
+
+   Retrieve question_choices and do some stuff with it.  Notably, find
+   badly-constructed choices.
+
+   ctwardy, 2014.
+   
+'''
+
+import sys
+import get_questions as getQ
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print "Usage: %s api_key" % (sys.argv[0])
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    api_key = sys.argv[1]
+    payload = {'api_key': api_key, 'format': 'json'}
+
+    # Get question data and write link files
+    questions = getQ.get_questions(payload)
+    print '%d Questions Retrieved' % len(questions)
+    odd_questions = {}
+    for q in questions:
+        id = q['question_id']
+        try:
+            # Before mid-March 2014, we return a string
+            choices=q['choices'].split(',')
+        except KeyError:
+            # After mid-March 2014, we return a list
+            choices = q['choices_list']
+        if any([(choice.startswith(' ') or
+                 choice.startswith(u'\xa0') or
+                 choice.endswith('\r') or
+                 choice.endswith('\n') or
+                 '?' in choice) for choice in choices]):
+            odd_questions[id] = choices
+
+    filename = 'bad_choices.csv'
+    print '%d Questions had bad choices. See %s' % (len(odd_questions), filename)
+    s = '''
+# Questions with bad choices
+# Bad choices start with spacelike, end with CR/LF, or include '?'.
+# ====================================================================
+'''
+    with open(filename,'w') as f:
+        f.write(s)
+        for key, val in odd_questions.iteritems():
+            f.write('%s, %s\n' % (key, val))
+
+