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+"""
+    Basic Sliver Test
+
+    1) Create a slice1
+    2) Create sliver1 on slice1
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import os
+import operator
+import pytz
+import json
+import random
+import sys
+import time
+
+MINUTE_SECONDS = 60
+HOUR_SECONDS = MINUTE_SECONDS * 60
+DAY_SECONDS = HOUR_SECONDS * 24
+MONTH_SECONDS = DAY_SECONDS * 30
+
+
+sys.path.append("/opt/planetstack")
+#sys.path.append("/home/smbaker/projects/vicci/plstackapi/planetstack")
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "planetstack.settings")
+#from openstack.manager import OpenStackManager
+from core.models import Slice, Sliver, ServiceClass, Reservation, Tag, Network, User, Node, Image, Deployment, Site, NetworkTemplate, NetworkSlice
+from core.models import Invoice, Charge, Account, UsableObject, Payment
+
+def delete_all(model):
+   for item in model.objects.all():
+       item.delete()
+
+def get_usable_object(name):
+   objs = UsableObject.objects.filter(name=name)
+   if objs:
+       return objs[0]
+   obj = UsableObject(name=name)
+   obj.save()
+   return obj
+
+def generate_invoice(account, batch):
+   invoice = Invoice(date=batch[-1].date, account=account)
+   invoice.save()
+   for charge in batch:
+       charge.invoice = invoice
+       charge.state = "invoiced"
+       charge.save()
+
+def generate_invoices(account):
+   invoices = sorted(Invoice.objects.filter(account=account), key=operator.attrgetter('date'))
+   charges = sorted(Charge.objects.filter(account=account, state="pending"), key=operator.attrgetter('date'))
+
+   if invoices:
+       latest_invoice_date = invoices[-1].date()
+   else:
+       latest_invoice_date = None
+
+   batch = []
+   last_week = 0
+   for charge in charges:
+       # check to see if we crossed a week boundary. If we did, then generate
+       # an invoice for the last week's batch of charges
+       week = charge.date.isocalendar()[1]
+       if (week != last_week) and (batch):
+           generate_invoice(account, batch)
+           batch = []
+           last_week = week
+       batch.append(charge)
+
+   # we might still have last week's data batched up, and no data for this week
+   # if so, invoice the batch
+   this_week = datetime.datetime.now().isocalendar()[1]
+   if (this_week != last_week) and (batch):
+       generate_invoice(account, batch)
+
+def generate_payments(account):
+    invoices = Invoice.objects.filter(account=account)
+    for invoice in invoices:
+        # let's be optomistic and assume everyone pays exactly two weeks after
+        # receiving an invoice
+        payment_time = int(invoice.date.strftime("%s")) + 14 * DAY_SECONDS
+        if payment_time < time.time():
+             payment_time = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(payment_time).replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
+             payment = Payment(account=account, amount=invoice.amount, date=payment_time)
+             payment.save()
+
+delete_all(Invoice)
+delete_all(Charge)
+delete_all(Payment)
+delete_all(Account)
+delete_all(UsableObject)
+
+for site in Site.objects.all():
+    # only create accounts for sites where some slices exist
+    if len(site.slices.all()) > 0:
+        account = Account(site=site)
+        account.save()
+
+for slice in Slice.objects.all():
+    site = slice.site
+    account = site.accounts.all()[0]
+    serviceClass =slice.serviceClass
+
+    if not (slice.name in ["DnsRedir", "DnsDemux", "HyperCache"]):
+        continue
+
+    now = int(time.time())/HOUR_SECONDS*HOUR_SECONDS
+
+    charge_kind=None
+    for resource in slice.serviceClass.resources.all():
+        if resource.name == "cpu.cores":
+            charge_kind = "reservation"
+            cost = resource.cost
+        elif (resource.name == "cycles") or (resource.name == "Cycles"):
+            charge_kind = "besteffort"
+            cost = resource.cost
+
+    if not charge_kind:
+        print "failed to find resource for", slice.serviceClass
+        continue
+
+    for sliver in slice.slivers.all():
+        hostname = sliver.node.name
+        for i in range(now-MONTH_SECONDS, now, HOUR_SECONDS):
+            if charge_kind == "besteffort":
+                core_hours = random.randint(1,60)/100.0
+            else:
+                core_hours = 1
+
+            amount = core_hours * cost
+
+            object = get_usable_object(hostname)
+
+            date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(i).replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
+
+            charge = Charge(account=account, slice=slice, kind=charge_kind, state="pending", date=date, object=object, coreHours=core_hours, amount=amount)
+            charge.save()
+
+for account in Account.objects.all():
+    generate_invoices(account)
+    generate_payments(account)
+
+
+