import hashlib
import hmac
import time
import base64
from urllib.parse import quote_plus
import pycurl
from io import StringIO
from io import BytesIO
import certifi

json_args = '{"command":"quarters"}'

secret_key = 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY'

shared_key = 'YOUR_SHARED_KEY'

formatted_args = quote_plus(json_args)

timenow = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', time.gmtime())

digest = hashlib.sha1

raw_args=json_args+'\n'+timenow

hmac_hash = hmac.new(secret_key.encode(),raw_args.encode(),digest).digest()

sig = base64.b64encode(hmac_hash).rstrip()

url_base = 'https://whalewisdom.com/shell/command.json?'

url_args = 'args=' + formatted_args

url_end = '&api_shared_key=' + shared_key + '&api_sig=' + sig.decode() + '&timestamp=' + timenow

api_url = url_base + url_args + url_end

buffer = BytesIO()

c = pycurl.Curl()

c.setopt(c.CAINFO, certifi.where())

c.setopt(c.URL, api_url)

c.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, buffer.write)

c.perform()

c.close()

body = buffer.getvalue().decode()

print(body)