# Is used in AWS Lambda to sync stacks when autoscaling group changes. import base64 import json import urllib import urllib2 def lambda_handler(event, context): print("Received event: " + json.dumps(event, indent=2)) stack_id = event['Records'][0]['Sns']['Message'] url = 'http://example.com/v2.0/stack/%s/sync' % stack_id username = 'root' password = 'pass' request = urllib2.Request(url, '') base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '') request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic %s' % base64string) request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json') urllib2.urlopen(request)