import unittest
import psycopg2
import pandas as pd

class TestPostgresQuery(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        cls.connection = psycopg2.connect(
            host="localhost",
            user="agent",
            password="qwerty",
            dbname="testdb",
            sslmode="disable"
        )
        cls.cursor = cls.connection.cursor()

    def test_only_expense_category_rows(self):
        """Check that only rows where category is 'Expense' are returned."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = file.read()
        self.cursor.execute(query)
        rows = self.cursor.fetchall()
        columns = [desc[0] for desc in self.cursor.description]
        result_df = pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=columns)

        # Query the table for correct rows
        self.cursor.execute("SELECT transaction_date, amount, description FROM transactions WHERE category = 'Expense' ORDER BY transaction_date")
        expense_rows = self.cursor.fetchall()
        expense_df = pd.DataFrame(expense_rows, columns=["transaction_date", "amount", "description"])

        # Check that all rows in result_df are in expense_df
        merged = pd.merge(result_df[["transaction_date", "amount", "description"]], expense_df, how="left", on=["transaction_date", "amount", "description"])
        only_expense = merged.notnull().all(axis=1).all()
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            only_expense,
            "All returned rows have category 'Expense'.",
            "Some rows are not from category 'Expense'."
        )

    def test_columns_present(self):
        """Check that all required columns are present."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = file.read()
        self.cursor.execute(query)
        columns = [desc[0] for desc in self.cursor.description]
        required = {"transaction_date", "amount", "description", "running_total"}
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            required.issubset(set(columns)),
            "All required columns are present.",
            f"Missing columns: {required - set(columns)}"
        )

    def test_running_total_calculation(self):
        """Check that running_total is cumulative sum of amount by date."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = file.read()
        self.cursor.execute(query)
        rows = self.cursor.fetchall()
        columns = [desc[0] for desc in self.cursor.description]
        df = pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=columns)
        df = df.sort_values("transaction_date").reset_index(drop=True)
        # Calculate expected running total
        df["expected"] = df["amount"].cumsum()
        # Convert to numeric before rounding
        df["running_total"] = pd.to_numeric(df["running_total"], errors="coerce")
        df["expected"] = pd.to_numeric(df["expected"], errors="coerce")
        correct = (df["running_total"].round(2) == df["expected"].round(2)).all()
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            correct,
            "running_total column contains correct cumulative sums.",
            "running_total column does not match expected cumulative sums."
        )

    def test_order_by_transaction_date(self):
        """Check that results are ordered by transaction_date ascending."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = file.read()
        self.cursor.execute(query)
        rows = self.cursor.fetchall()
        columns = [desc[0] for desc in self.cursor.description]
        df = pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=columns)
        ordered = (df["transaction_date"].tolist() == sorted(df["transaction_date"].tolist()))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            ordered,
            "Results are ordered by transaction_date ascending.",
            "Results are not ordered by transaction_date ascending."
        )

    def test_row_count_matches_expenses(self):
        """Check that the number of result rows matches the number of expense transactions."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = file.read()
        self.cursor.execute(query)
        result_rows = self.cursor.fetchall()
        self.cursor.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM transactions WHERE category = 'Expense'")
        expense_count = self.cursor.fetchone()[0]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            len(result_rows) == expense_count,
            "Row count matches number of expense transactions.",
            f"Row count ({len(result_rows)}) does not match number of expense transactions ({expense_count})."
        )


def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

def normalize_text(text):
    text = text.lower()
    text = re.sub(r"\\s{2,}", " ", text)
    text = re.sub(r"\\s*([,:?])\\s*", r"\\1 ", text)
    return text.strip()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()


test_solution.py

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Challenge: Calculate Running Totals

Solution

Challenge: Calculate Running Totals

Solution