Sending a simple message from python to Hangout Chat Group

hangoutAlert

WEBHOOK_URL = <URL of Hangout Chat Group to push a message to>

from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
import urllib

def hangoutAlert(message):
    """hangoutAlert
    send a message to hangoutAlert via Hangout Chat Alerts Group
    """
    bot_message = urllib.urlencode({'text' : message })
    message_headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'}
    urlfetch.fetch(url=WEBHOOK_URL, method=2, payload=bot_message, headers=message_headers)