def _send_web_request(self, url, payload, attempts=1):
"""Send out a web request and retry on failure.
TODO: Currently this is a blocking operation. Devising a way to send
these requests without blocking would be benificial.
Args:
url (unicode):
The URL to send the request to.
payload (unicode):
The JSON-encoded payload to send.
attempts (int):
The number of retry attempts left.
"""
request = Request(url)
arguments = urlencode({
'payload': payload,
})
# The addition of data automatically converts request to a POST.
request.add_data(arguments)
while attempts:
try:
return urlopen(request)
except URLError:
attempts -= 1
logging.warning('Sending WebHook Request failed: %s ' % url)
