python recurly token generator

recurly_token.py

import os
import requests

def get_recurly_token(billing_data):
    billing_data.update(**{
        'version': "3.1.0",
        'key': os.environ.get('RECURLY_PUBLIC_KEY')
    })
    recurly_js_url = "https://api.recurly.com/js/v1/token"

    response = requests.get(recurly_js_url, params=billing_data)
    data = response.json()
    if data.get('id', None):
        return data['id']
    else:
        print(response.status_code, data)
        raise ValueError('unable to get recurly_id')