scratchings/view.py

import os
import datetime
import requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv


def broadcast(this_message):
    """

    :param this_message:
    :return:
    """
    # development only
    load_dotenv()
    url = os.environ["BROADCAST_URL"]
    this_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
    json = {'content': this_time+': '+this_message}
    response = requests.post(url, json=json)
    if response.status_code in [200, 204]:
        print("Webhook executed")
    else:
        print("status code {}: {}".format(response.status_code, response.content.decode("utf-8")))