tower_diagnose_ping

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#Import required python modules
import requests,json,getpass
import os,sys
import ConfigParser

#Disabling InsecureRequestWarnings in python requests module
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

def tower_ping(url, user, passwd):
    """This function returns the 
    ping api endpoint and store the output
    in a text file"""
    try:
        req = requests.get(url + '/api/v2/ping', auth=(user, passwd), verify=False)
        results = str(json.dumps(req.json(), sort_keys=True, indent=4))
        write(results)
    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as error:
        print('Unable to GET api ping endpoint due to error : {0} '. format(error))

def write(results):
    f = open('ping_status.txt','w')
    f.write(results)
    f.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':

    #Read Config
    config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
    config.read('config.ini')
    url = config.get('tower', 'url')
    user = config.get('tower', 'username')
    passwd = config.get('tower', 'password')

    # calling tower_ping function
    tower_ping(url, user, passwd)