def send_message(**kwargs):
"""Send a message to server.
kwargs a dict of keyword arguments
Send a JSON representation of the kwargs dict.
Add the User, Project, Scenario, Setup global values.
"""
# add the global values
kwargs['user'] = User
kwargs['project'] = Project
kwargs['scenario'] = Scenario
kwargs['setup'] = Setup
kwargs['instance'] = Instance
kwargs['project_id'] = ProjectID
kwargs['scenario_id'] = ScenarioID
# add time as float and string (UTC, ISO 8601 format)
kwargs['time'] = time.time()
kwargs['timestamp'] = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%SZ', time.gmtime())
# get JSON string
msg = json.dumps(kwargs)
log.debug('message JSON: %s' % msg)
amqp.post_server_message(msg)
def send_message_lite(**kwargs):
"""Send a message. Can't assume any environment.
kwargs a dict of keyword arguments
Send a JSON representation of the kwargs dict ONLY.
Can't assume logging is set up
"""
# add time as float and string (UTC, ISO 8601 format)
kwargs['timestamp'] = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%SZ', time.gmtime())
# get JSON string
msg = json.dumps(kwargs)
amqp.post_server_message(msg)