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Get AWS Region (with cache)
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get-aws-region.py
def get_region_name():
from urllib import request, error
me = get_region_name
if hasattr(me, 'cache'):
return me.cache
try:
with request.urlopen("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/region", timeout=1) as res:
me.cache = res.read().decode().strip()
except error.URLError:
me.cache = None
return me.cache
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