log user creation timestamp

qiita_db/handlers/tests/test_user.py

@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ def test_get(self):
 
         obs = loads(obs.body)
         exp = {'data': [
-            {'email': '[email protected]', 'name': 'Dude'},
             {'email': '[email protected]', 'name': 'Shared'},
             {'email': '[email protected]', 'name': 'Admin'},
-            {'email': '[email protected]', 'name': 'Demo'}]}
+            {'email': '[email protected]', 'name': 'Demo'},
+            {'email': '[email protected]', 'name': 'Dude'}
+            ]}
         self.assertEqual(obs, exp)
 
 

qiita_db/support_files/patches/92.sql

@@ -30,3 +30,16 @@ ALTER TABLE qiita.prep_template ADD current_human_filtering boolean DEFAULT Fals
 -- Adding a new column: reprocess_job_id to qiita.prep_template to keep track of
 -- the job that reprocessed this prep
 ALTER TABLE qiita.prep_template ADD reprocess_job_id uuid DEFAULT NULL;
+
+-- Jun 19, 2024
+-- Adding a new column to the user table that logs when this account was created
+-- Usefull e.g. to prune non-verified=inactive user or to plot user growth
+
+ALTER TABLE qiita.qiita_user
+  ADD creation_timestamp timestamp without time zone DEFAULT NOW();
+
+COMMENT ON COLUMN qiita.qiita_user.creation_timestamp IS 'The date the user account was created';
+
+-- for testing: provide creation date for one of the existing users
+
+UPDATE qiita.qiita_user SET creation_timestamp = '2015-12-03 13:52:42.751331-07' WHERE email = '[email protected]';

qiita_db/test/test_user.py

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ def setUp(self):
             'receive_processing_job_emails': True,
             'social_orcid': None,
             'social_researchgate': None,
-            'social_googlescholar': None
+            'social_googlescholar': None,
+            'creation_timestamp': datetime(2015, 12, 3, 13, 52, 42, 751331)
         }
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -88,7 +89,22 @@ def test_instantiate_unknown_user(self):
         with self.assertRaises(qdb.exceptions.QiitaDBUnknownIDError):
             qdb.user.User('[email protected]')
 
-    def _check_correct_info(self, obs, exp):
+    def _check_correct_info(self, obs, exp, ts_before=None):
+        """Compares info dict of user with special handling of specific keys.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        obs : dict
+            Observed user info dictionary.
+        exp : dict
+            Expected user info dictionary.
+        ts_before : datetime.datetime or None
+            User.create records the creation timestamp through SQL's NOW().
+            Since it is set by the database to the microsecond, we can't
+            predict it a priori and therefore simply record timestamp before
+            execution of user.create() and compare the relation.
+            The DB creation_timestamp column is optional, i.e. can be None.
+        """
         self.assertEqual(set(exp.keys()), set(obs.keys()))
         for key in exp:
             # user_verify_code and password seed randomly generated so just
@@ -97,10 +113,14 @@ def _check_correct_info(self, obs, exp):
                 self.assertEqual(len(obs[key]), 20)
             elif key == "password":
                 self.assertEqual(len(obs[key]), 60)
+            elif key == "creation_timestamp":
+                self.assertTrue(((exp[key] is None) and (obs[key] is None))
+                                or (ts_before <= exp[key]))
             else:
                 self.assertEqual(obs[key], exp[key])
 
     def test_create_user(self):
+        before = datetime.now()
         user = qdb.user.User.create('[email protected]', 'password')
 
         # adding a couple of messages
@@ -131,8 +151,9 @@ def test_create_user(self):
             'email': '[email protected]',
             'social_orcid': None,
             'social_researchgate': None,
-            'social_googlescholar': None}
-        self._check_correct_info(obs, exp)
+            'social_googlescholar': None,
+            'creation_timestamp': datetime.now()}
+        self._check_correct_info(obs, exp, before)
 
         # Make sure new system messages are linked to user
         sql = """SELECT message_id FROM qiita.message_user
@@ -146,6 +167,7 @@ def test_create_user(self):
         qdb.util.clear_system_messages()
 
     def test_create_user_info(self):
+        before = datetime.now()
         user = qdb.user.User.create('[email protected]', 'password',
                                     self.userinfo)
         self.assertEqual(user.id, '[email protected]')
@@ -171,8 +193,9 @@ def test_create_user_info(self):
             'email': '[email protected]',
             'social_orcid': None,
             'social_researchgate': None,
-            'social_googlescholar': None}
-        self._check_correct_info(obs, exp)
+            'social_googlescholar': None,
+            'creation_timestamp': datetime.now()}
+        self._check_correct_info(obs, exp, before)
 
     def test_create_user_column_not_allowed(self):
         self.userinfo["email"] = "FAIL"
@@ -241,8 +264,20 @@ def test_get_info(self):
             'phone': '222-444-6789',
             'social_orcid': None,
             'social_researchgate': None,
-            'social_googlescholar': None
+            'social_googlescholar': None,
+            'creation_timestamp': datetime(2015, 12, 3, 13, 52, 42, 751331)
         }
+
+        # test database is re-populated during testing several times.
+        # Creation_timestamp depends on the percise timing of the repopulation,
+        # i.e. we cannot predict its value. We just test that this date should
+        # be within an hour and now. For the remainder of tests, we update
+        # our expectation.
+        self.assertTrue(datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=1) <
+                        self.user.info['creation_timestamp'] <
+                        datetime.now())
+        expinfo['creation_timestamp'] = self.user.info['creation_timestamp']
+
         self.assertEqual(self.user.info, expinfo)
 
     def test_set_info(self):

qiita_db/test/test_util.py

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ def test_get_table_cols(self):
         exp = {"email", "user_level_id", "password", "name", "affiliation",
                "address", "phone", "user_verify_code", "pass_reset_code",
                "pass_reset_timestamp", "receive_processing_job_emails",
-               "social_orcid", "social_researchgate", "social_googlescholar"}
+               "social_orcid", "social_researchgate", "social_googlescholar",
+               "creation_timestamp"}
         self.assertEqual(set(obs), exp)
 
     def test_exists_table(self):

qiita_pet/handlers/user_handlers.py

@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ class UserProfileHandler(BaseHandler):
     def get(self):
         profile = UserProfile()
         profile.process(data=self.current_user.info)
-        self.render("user_profile.html", profile=profile, msg="", passmsg="")
+        self.render("user_profile.html", profile=profile, msg="", passmsg="",
+                    creation_timestamp=self.current_user.info[
+                        'creation_timestamp'])
 
     @authenticated
     @execute_as_transaction
@@ -248,7 +250,9 @@ def post(self):
                 else:
                     passmsg = "Incorrect old password"
         self.render("user_profile.html", user=user.id, profile=form_data,
-                    msg=msg, passmsg=passmsg)
+                    msg=msg, passmsg=passmsg,
+                    creation_timestamp=self.current_user.info[
+                        'creation_timestamp'])
 
 
 class ForgotPasswordHandler(BaseHandler):

qiita_pet/templates/user_profile.html

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ <h3>User Information</h3>
         {% end %}
       </div>
       {% end %}
+      {%if creation_timestamp is not None %}
+        <div style="padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; color: grey;">account created on {{creation_timestamp}}</div>
+      {% end %}
       <div style="color:{% if msg.startswith('ERROR:') %}red{% else %}darkgreen{% end %};">{{msg}}</div>
       <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Save Edits</button>
     </form>