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Daemon for Python
# From "A simple unix/linux daemon in Python" by Sander Marechal
# See http://stackoverflow.com/a/473702/1422096
#
# Modified to add quit() that allows to run some code before closing the daemon
# See http://stackoverflow.com/a/40423758/1422096
#
# Joseph Ernest, 2016/11/12
import sys, os, time, atexit
from signal import signal, SIGTERM
## convert HTML POST data or HTTP GET query string to JSON
## get the raw post data from the AWS built-in variable and give it a nicer name
#if ($context.httpMethod == "POST")
#set($rawAPIData = $input.path('$'))
#elseif ($context.httpMethod == "GET")
#set($rawAPIData = $input.params().querystring)
#set($rawAPIData = $rawAPIData.toString())
#set($rawAPIDataLength = $rawAPIData.length() - 1)
#set($rawAPIData = $rawAPIData.substring(1, $rawAPIDataLength))