new_contents: import requests
  import hmac
  import hashlib
  import base64
  
  PUBLIC_KEY = '##'
  PRIVATE_KEY = '##'
  URL = 'https://www.poolstat.net.au/restapi/v1/ladders'
  
  digest = hmac.new(PRIVATE_KEY, URL, digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
  # signature = base64.b64encode(digest).decode()
  
  print digest
  #print signature
  
  headers = {
      'X-Public': PUBLIC_KEY,
      'X-Hash': digest
  };
  
  def get_response():
      params = {"year": "2017"}
      return requests.get(URL, headers=headers)
  
  res = get_response()
  print res
  
subject: Add poolstat api example to project root.