telegraf_http.py

import json
import os
import time

def old_function():
    print("old_function()")
    import urllib2
    imdsurl = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/instance?api-version=2019-03-11"
    print("imdsurl=", imdsurl)
    req = urllib2.Request(imdsurl, headers={'Metadata':'true'})
    res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    data = json.loads(res.read())
    print("data=", data)


def new_function():
    import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
    print("new_function()")
    imdsurl = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/instance?api-version=2019-03-11"
    print("imdsurl=", imdsurl)
    req = urllib.request.Request(imdsurl, headers={'Metadata':'true'})
    res = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
    data = json.loads(res.read().decode('utf-8', 'ignore'))
    print("data=", data)


old_function()
new_function()