pretty_print_rabbitmq_overview.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import base64
import json

try:
    url = 'https://localhost:15671/api/overview'
    username = 'rabbitmquser'
    password = 'rabbitmqpwd'
    request = urllib2.Request(url)
    base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
    request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
    response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
    print 'response headers: "%s"' % response.info()
    print 'response body:'
    print json.dumps(json.loads(response.read()), sort_keys=True, indent=4)
except IOError, e:
    if hasattr(e, 'code'): # HTTPError
        print 'http error code: ', e.code
    elif hasattr(e, 'reason'): # URLError
        print "can't connect, reason: ", e.reason
    else:
        raise