def sendEvent():
# create necessary values for event
title = "Event created via Flask"
text = "This event was created via a test module using flask"
tags = ["version:1", "application:web"]
# create event, store the event ID returned by the API call
event_id = api.event_with_response(title, text, tags=tags)
# debug statement: print "\n\nevent_id = %s\n\n" % str(event_id)
# example event_id = '2399094330515743017'
time.sleep(0.05) # appears to take an average of 0.05 seconds for created event to be retreivable
# get dict containing event information
event_info = api.get_event(event_id)
# sometimes the event is not retreivable, so try again until it is
while "errors" in event_info:
time.sleep(0.05)
event_info = api.get_event(event_id)
# debug statement: print "event_info = %s\n\n" % str(event_info)
# format message to be emailed
msg = Message(event_info["title"], sender=USERNAME, recipients=[USERNAME])
msg.body = "Event created via Flask: \n"
for item in event_info.keys():
msg.body = msg.body + "%s: %s\n" % (item, event_info[item])
# print "\n\nMessage Body:\n%s\n\n" % str(msg.body)
# send message
mail.send(msg)
# return JSON containing info from the raised event
return jsonify(event_info)
from dogapi import dog_http_api as api api.api_key = '9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4' api.application_key = '87ce4a24b5553d2e482ea8a8500e71b8ad4554ff' event_id = '1375909614428331251' api.get_event(event_id)
