def update_hourly_stats(request):
"""
Group stories by hour and record the totals in the database.
"""
qs = Story.all().filter("updated_date >=", ANALYSIS_STARTDATE).order("-updated_date")
data_dict = {}
for obj in qs:
this_hour = obj.updated_local().hour
try:
data_dict[this_hour] += 1
except KeyError:
data_dict[this_hour] = 1
data_json = simplejson.dumps(data_dict)
logging.info("Creating a new HourlyStats record")
obj = HourlyStats(creation_datetime=datetime.now(), data=data_json)
obj.put()
return HttpResponse('ok!')
