main.py

# Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
#
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# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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# [START app]
import logging

from flask import Flask
import requests


logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
app = Flask(__name__)


# [START metadata]
METADATA_NETWORK_INTERFACE_URL = \
    ('http://metadata/computeMetadata/v1/instance/network-interfaces/0/'
     'access-configs/0/external-ip')


def get_external_ip():
    """Gets the instance's external IP address from the Compute Engine metadata
    server. If the metadata server is unavailable, it assumes that the
    application is running locally.
    """
    try:
        r = requests.get(
            METADATA_NETWORK_INTERFACE_URL,
            headers={'Metadata-Flavor': 'Google'},
            timeout=2)
        return r.text
    except requests.RequestException:
        logging.info('Metadata server could not be reached, assuming local.')
        return 'localhost'
# [END metadata]


@app.route('/')
def index():
    # Websocket connections must be made directly to this instance, so the
    # external IP address of this instance is needed.
    external_ip = get_external_ip()
    return 'External IP: {}'.format(external_ip)
# [END app]


@app.errorhandler(500)
def server_error(e):
    logging.exception('An error occurred during a request.')
    return """
    An internal error occurred: <pre>{}</pre>
    See logs for full stacktrace.
    """.format(e), 500


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # This is used when running locally. Gunicorn is used to run the
    # application on Google App Engine. See entrypoint in app.yaml.
    app.run(host='127.0.0.1', port=8080, debug=True)