Uploading emissions metric to CloudWatch

upload_emissions_to_cloudwatch_example.py

from decimal import Decimal
import boto3

cloudwatch_client = boto3.client('cloudwatch', 'eu-west-2')

def upload_emissions_to_cloudwatch(value, timestamp):
  '''
  Uploads emissions custom metric to CloudWatch
  '''
  return cloudwatch_client.put_metric_data(
    Namespace='EmissionsDemo',
    MetricData=[
      {
        'MetricName': 'co2_emissions_in_kg',
        'Value': Decimal(value),
        'Unit': 'None',
        'Timestamp': timestamp
      }
    ]
  )